Tuesday, October 31, 2023

No Bean Crockpot Chili :

This Tuesday it's all about checking off my Fall Bucket List with some of my favorite Fall eats. From Chili, to Popcorn balls to Smore Pie - it's Tasty Tuesday ! Lisa.

2 pounds 90% lean ground beef
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 yellow onion, finely chopped
3 bell peppers, finely chopped (I use red, green, and yellow)
4 large garlic cloves, minced (a generous tablespoon)
2 (4-oz) cans diced green chiles (hot, mild, or a combination)
1 (14.5-oz) can diced fire-roasted tomatoes
1 (15-oz) can tomato sauce
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 tablespoon ground cumin

2 tablespoons dried oregano
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 tsp black pepper

2 tablespoons dried oregano
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Brown the beef in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Break it up as it cooks and then transfer it to the slow cooker.
Add all of the other ingredients and stir to combine. Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook the chili on low for six to eight hours.
Stir the chili before ladling it into bowls. Add your favorite chili toppings and en

We have a bonus challenge this month with an anything-goes theme, so show us your project . Let's see what you are working on this week! Feel free to enter as many times as you would like. Let's sneak a peek into what the DT is working on this week!

My Halloween goody bags

made from my stash of Halloween stickes and papers.

my son made this one ...

Snow Fun

Cupcake Inspirations (2W, 3E) - #581 - Color - Coffee, Denim Blue, Cream * (W1 of 2)

My tag features cold weather essentials : hot coco , mittens and snow

with cute blue paper and red doted background paper.

Happy Halloween

Tuesdays 4

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Fall Traditons & Memories

Welcome to another Tuesday 4 a fun meme started by Toni Taddeo.

It is Halloween , all Hallows Eve and tomorrow is All Saint's Day. Originally these days were to remember the deaths of Christian martyrs but things have certainly changed and the dark, the scary and remnant of Samhain (So-Win) have been introduced.

1. What is your opinion of Halloween?

Great fun to decorate and craft. But we dont go wild for the holiday.

2. Memories are important. Some of them are seasonal good times. What fall memories and traditions can you share with us?

Fall Corn Boil, Fall Bonfire, Fall Festival, Hunted House

3. Stews, soups and chili dishes warm the tummy on chilly fall days. Have you a good recipe to share for a good fall dish?

My favorite time too cook. Check out my recipes

4. Fall is football season. Are you a fan of any teams? Do you watch games>

Local College ball , Saints. Sometimes but not regular.

Monday, October 30, 2023

Halloween scrapbook

Its Halloween scrapbook time in this fast and easy 8 by 8 project life page made with journal cards from the pack.

National Candy Corn Day

tissue paper candy corn

Supplies
contact paper
tissue paper – white, orange, yellow – cut into small pieces
permanent marker
scissors
yarn

Draw a candy corn shape on the shiny side of the contact paper.

Peel the backing off and lay the contact paper

sticky side up on the table.
Place pieces of tissue paper on the contact paper

to start creating the candy corn.

Candy Corn candles

Soy wax flacks
candlewick
Pencil.glue dot
Glass jar
Glass measuring cups , bowls
Yellow and Orange crayons (dye)
Candy Corn fragrance (lone Star candles)

Depending on size of your jar will be how much wax you will need. For an 8 oz candle you will need about 5.3 0z of wax. https://www.lifenreflection.com/candle-wax-calculator/

Clean your Jar. And place a glue dot on bottom of wick and place in jar. To keep wick in place use a pencil . Then you will need to melt you wax slowly in a microwave or double boiler on the stove. After melting separate in small glass bowls to dye. with crayons. After color is right add fragrance. Pour in Yellow -let harden (fridge) and then add Orange -harden then add White. Let harden and cut wick to size.

Monday Planner

Happy Monday

Today planner is filled with hand drawn doodles and pictures .

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Halloween Recipes: Frightfully Fun & Spooky Cookbook

Frightfully Fun & Spooky Halloween Recipes

Makes a fantastic Halloween cookbook for holiday fun, parties, and trick-or-treating!

Halloween is one of the most memorable and fun holidays of the year. For children, it can be the most fun of all. They get to dress up in cute costumes, have fun with friends and family, and eat lots of yummy treats. This Halloween cookbook is perfect for creating fun and festive Halloween treats for the entire family. Kids will especially love helping to make these spooky treats!

Here's a few of the spooky recipes:

Skeleton Pops
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
Hocus Pocus Spell Book Brownies
Dark Chocolate Halloween Cookies
Spider Peanut Butter Cookies
Haunted Haysticks
Halloween Bark
Monster Cookie Dough Dip
Ghost Powdered Sugar Donuts
Worm Jello Cups
Ghost Bananas
Mandarin Spider
Pretzel Spider Webs
Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats
Halloween Pretzel Rods
Monster Pudding Cups
Ghost Smores
Graveyard Dirt Cake
Witch Brooms
Bloody Finger Hotdogs
Halloween Pasta Salad
Spider Stuffed Mushrooms
Mummy Stuffed Jalapenos
Deviled Eggs
Mummy Dogs
Monster Spaghetti
Snake Breadsticks
Stuffed Halloween Peppers
Mouse Meatballs
Halloween Charcuterie Board
Spider Taco Dip

Full-Time Mom, Best-Selling Author, and Lover of Food

Hannah Abedikichi is a best-selling author that knows a thing or two about cooking! Cooking and experimenting with foods is her life passion. Driven by her desire for cooking for others (and herself), Hannah spends a lot of time in the kitchen. She enjoys sharing her love of food with the world by creating "no-nonsense" recipe books that anyone can use. You can find cooking tips, advice, and recipes on her blog (see link in book, author bio, or search for Abedikitchen).

Scroll up and click 'buy' grab these spooktacular Halloween recipes today!

1 can Crescent rool
1 package of hot dogs
Americana cheese

Using Crescent rolls: Unroll dough; separate at perforations, creating 4 rectangles. Press perforations to seal. If using dough sheet: Unroll dough; cut into 4 rectangles.With knife or kitchen scissors, cut each rectangle lengthwise into 10 pieces, making a total of 40 pieces of dough. Slice cheese slices into quarters (1/2 slice cheese, cut in half).

Wrap 4 pieces of dough around each hot dog and 1/4 slice of cheese to look like "bandages," stretching dough slightly to completely cover hot dog. About 1/2 inch from one end of each hot dog, separate "bandages" so hot dog shows through for "face." On ungreased large cookie sheet, place wrapped hot dogs (cheese side down); spray dough lightly with cooking spray.

Bake 13 to 17 minutes or until dough is light golden brown and hot dogs are hot. With mustard, draw features on "face."

Town in a Pumpkin Bash

Coffee and Cozy Mystery

Town in a Pumpkin Bash: A Candy Holliday Murder Mystery

In the quaint seaside village of Cape Willington, Maine, Candy Holliday has a mostly idyllic life, tending to the Blueberry Acres farm she runs with her father and occasionally stepping in to solve a murder or two…

Halloween is fast approaching, and preparations for the Pumpkin Bash, Cape Willington’s annual autumn festival, are well underway. Candy is running this year’s haunted hayride, in the hopes of making some extra cash. But when she discovers a real dead body near some fake tombstones, Candy’s side job becomes a full-blown investigation to find out who turned a holiday attraction into a real horror show.

Will Candy’s keen eye for detail unearth buried town secrets? As her search leads her through old graveyards and a haunted house, Candy will discover that not all of the skeletons hidden in this small town’s closets are Halloween decorations…

INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES!

Book Review:

I love all of the books in this series. This had a great fall/Halloween setting. You'll find pumpkin patches, costume parties, a biggest pumpkin contest and a cemetery tour! It's fun to read about Candy, Maggie, Candy's father and the gang again. I don't normally recommend reading a cozy mystery series in order but I think you would enjoy this book more if you had read the 1st three. There were twists and turns that kept me in suspense. I really liked the sub plot and how it was tied in to past books in this series. It really sets up an interesting scenario for the next book. I cannot wait to read the next book in this series.

Saturday, October 28, 2023

Marshmellow Ghost

Welcome to my Home this Saturday

Are you getting ready for ghost and goblins to visit?

Today i am sharing a recipe for Ghost candy :

12 ounces of white candy coating
1 1/2 C Mini Marshmallows
decorating gel or candy eyes

In a microwave, melt candy coating; stir until smooth. Cool slightly. Stir in marshmallows until coated. Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper; smooth and flatten into ghost shapes.
Decorate with gel or candies for eyes. Cool completely. Store in an airtight container.https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/marshmallow-ghosts/

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloweens!

And today we are celebrating our fun at the

Party with the kids in these scrapbook pages.

School Halloween party :

Enjoy our Halloween costume parade down the hallway.

Mummy wrapping game

How fast can you wrap your mummy with toilet paper roll?

Saturday Project life

Happy Saturday! Today project life celebrates Halloween. Are you planning to watch the Hunter Moon?

We have been busy this week making crafts for Halloween and visiting Haunted places in Louisiana.

Friday, October 27, 2023

Halloween Mummy Lights

Mummy Jars

Mason jars
gauze
Mod podge
Marker/ Google eyes
battery Tea lights

Take your choice of Jar size and wrap in guaze and seal with modge podge. Will look like a Mummy. . Add tea lights and eyes. These are perfect for table decoration or walkway.

Thanks for stopping in this Friday for some Fun Halloween crafts...

Frankenstein Day

Happy Frankenstein day

Iam sharing today some items featuring a not so scary Frankenstein. He's green but ready to party ! In these two cards.

Halloween Boo bracelet

Halloween Boo bracelet

The perfect little bead bracelet with orange and black beads with a Boo charm.

Bracelet finding at Hobby Lobby. As well as beads,wire and charms.

What's all Good Witches are wearing!

Thursday, October 26, 2023

At the Library : with the kids

Today I am at the Library !

If you read my Tanksful Thursday post you know I volunteer at the Library here in town. I do a book reading and craft table monthly for the kids. So I thought I would share today my Halloween table I just set up--

Reading time :

Craft Table : paper plate monsters, mummy , witches and pumpkins.

Supply list:

white paper plates
party plates (Dollar store) green, black and purple
Bandages, construction paper, tissue paper
basic craft supplies

Book reading and treats :

October Featured Movie :

Scooby-Doo and Shaggy’s favorite holiday is upon us! With fake monsters and candy galore – Halloween is heaven for these hungry foodies going door-to-door. But, this year, their sweet holiday turns sour when the neighborhood pumpkin patch is infected by toxic ooze, creating high-flying jack-o-lanterns, and a king-sized pumpkin leader squashing everything in its path. It’s up to Scooby-Doo and the gang as they team up with their pals, Bill Nye The Science Guy and Elvira Mistress of the Dark, to solve this mystery of gigantic proportions and save Crystal Cove