Taco Soup

Not an exciting picture ? I agree, but, the soup is fantastic!! Dare I tell you that it all got eaten before the picture could be taken..........ok, I forgot to take the picture.

Taco Soup
1/4 cup margerine                   8 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup flour                           2 cups of chopped chicken (pre cooked)
3 cups of chicken broth           1 tsp cumin
1 cup milk                               1 tsp chili powder
1 cup salsa                              salt and pepper

Melt margerine with flour. Put it in crockpot. Slowly whisk in the broth, then the milk. Drop in chunks of the cream cheese. Add all the other ingredients. Simmer on low in your crockpot. So tasty!!! Enjoy!!

Reese's Chewy Chocolate Cookies

They might not be that great to look at, but, taste them.....go ahead...........do it...........so yummy!!

Recipe:
1 1/4 cup of margerine
2 eggs                                    3/4 cup cocoa powder
2 cup white sugar                   1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp vanilla                            1/2 tsp salt
2 cup flour                             2 cup Reese's Peanut Butter Chips

Beat the butter and the sugar together, til creamy. Add the eggs and vanilla. Slowly add the flour, cocoa, soda and salt. Stir in chips.
This will be kind of gooey, so you wouldn't want to try and roll it into dough balls. Just plop it on the pan by the teaspoon full.
Bake at 350 degrees for 9 minutes. Cookies will look puffy when you take them out. Let them sit on the pan and cool for 5 minutes. Take them off the pan and onto a cooling rack. Best served off of a glass cake plate with dome lid. Lid is to slow you down...............this may or may not work. Enjoy!!

I prefer this cookie to be served fresh, as in not day old. So, I usually bake up just half of this recipe and put the other half in the freezer to be used at a later date.

Paper Dolls

Have I mentioned that I love fabric with paper doll images? Well....I really, really do!! When I first started sewing for my daughter, one of the first things I made were the bloomers in the top photo. I loved the colour of the fabric and the images are so adorable. That was 3 years ago.............turns out that the fabric is out of print and I have a tough time finding it! I only have 2 yards of it left, and I look at it often. I should likely frame a piece to save. During the summer my nieces and my 2 of my kids had a fun day doing a photo shoot. The second photo shows 2 of the dresses I make with the paper doll fabric...........love the paper doll apron on my daughter (she is the smaller one). Lastly, is a pair of bloomers. I have a nice amount of this fabric. I am thinking of doing a paper doll set for my little one to play with. I've seen a few out there, I happen to have everything I need to make a set................I really should just do it!
You can find all these clothing items here.
I made a super cute bedding set for Sadie when she moved into her "big girl" bed. It is my favourite set of sheets that she has!
How about you? Do you enjoy paperdoll whimsy?

Nacho Dip

What would a gathering be without a good Nacho Dip???
Sour Cream 500 ml
Cream Cheese 250
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
salsa
medium Tomato
green onion
Grated Cheese

Beat the softened cream cheese into the sour cream. Add the chili powder and garlic powder. Spread into your pie pan. Spread a layer of salsa over the base.  Chop up the tomato and onion and put it over the salsa. Great the cheese and spread over the chopped veggies.
Cover and refridgerate until the flavours have blended...........or as long as you are willing to wait!
Grab a bag of nacho chips and dip away!!

This is another thing we are taking to the family reunion tomorrow!!

Fall Favourites.....Candy Apples and Caramel Corn

 Canadian Thanksgiving is on Monday October the 8th! Oddly, we are not actually celebrating Thanksgiving this year.........however, we are having a huge family reunion on Saturday. I think there will be at least 50 people there. This event is potluck..............I am a little concerned about this..............I have to admit, I have been to many of these family potluck events, there is usually a great amount of variety and lots that I like. Sigh...........so far, the things  I've been told  will be there are not sounding so good, not good at all. Let me give you an example.......cooked red cabbage, turnip, pototo dishes, curried pears, cranberry salad, tolmin sweet apples. Hmmmmm, well, I do like pototoes. My brother is actually smoking two turkeys for this event, that should be yummy. So, I have to bring something that my kids and I will eat. Thus the above pictures................Candy apples and caramel corn!!!! Yummy!!! I will also be making yummy cupcakes and sourdough bread. I am sure the other things will be liked by someone..............I'm sure all the kids, and myself, will be devouring what I bring............the sugar!!

Thinking of Winter.....Yes, Already!!

It's getting cooler out...Yay!! I love the cooler temperatures, the sweaters, the boots, the snowmen! I know we haven't hit Halloween yet, but, I am already in Christmas mode. Well for clothing anyway! This is a sweet Snowman Bustle skirt that I made for my little girl. I love it! So does she! You can find it here in my etsy shop.

Dick & Jane Vintage Inspired Twirl Skirt

Yesterday I got an order for this Dick and Jane Vintage Inspired Twirl Skirt................I love, love this skirt!! It is so full and ruffly. The Dick and Jane print is just like in the old, old school readers. So Sweet!! Perfect for back to school wear. My little girl wants this skirt...........but then again........I think she wants everything!!!Click here to visit my Etsy Shop.