Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope that everyone is having a wonderful day!

I am so glad the sun is shining yet again today!

I got to sleep in this morning!

Then I opened a {{handmade}} Valentine card, ate some chocolate TRufFles {yum!} for breakfast, then sat on the couch catching up on episodes of the show Shear Genius, while watching my hub paint the living room!

I thought he deserved a nice pancake and sausage breakfast!

I also put an Asian/Swedish fusion {{{?} how is that for experimental!?!}} Pot Roast in the crock pot for dinner!

It is a Pot roast marinated in soy sauce, ginger, dijon mustard, salt, pepper & garlic.

I diced up some turnips, rutabaga and onions and threw it all in the crock.

I am going to serve it with some brown rice.

YUM!

Looks like I will be getting a little work out in before I enjoy my dinner...hmm, does it get any better then chocolate for breakfast and pot roast for dinner....man I should have had Lou's for lunch...not going to do it, that is just crazy talk! hahah!

Love to all, enjoy your day!

XO

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MMmmmm Pumpkin Muffins....

My customer Debbie, (who makes me a huge fabulous tin of almost too beautiful to eat Christmas cookies) brought me this recipe for these yummy muffins. Not only did she bring the recipe, but she baked some for samples, AND brought me the jar of dry ingredients and can of pumpkin needed to make my own!!! How NICE!!!!

So tonight to take the snowy chill out of the house I turned on my oven and made them!!!

YUMMMMmmmmYYYyyy!!! Only I added dried cranberries instead or raisins or currents (it is what I had in the house). Just look at all those cranberries!
So here is the details:

• 1 c quick oats
• 1 c buttermilk (mix w/oats and let sit 1 hr)
• 1/2 c white flour
• 1/2 c whole wheat flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp pumpkin spice
• 1 egg
• 1/4 c brown sugar
• 1/4 c canola oil
• 1/4 c molasses (I didn't have any)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 can (15oz) pumpkin

Mix everything together, dry ingredients first then wet, then pumpkin.

Line muffin tin with papers and spray with Pam.

Bake 15 - 20 minutes @ 400 Makes 12 muffins

I must have used too many cranberries cuz I got 18 huge wompers!!!

Enjoy!

More from Chrissy's Kitchen...

Pumpkin Cookies

1 cup shortening
1 cups sugar
1 cup pumpkin
1 egg
2 cups flour, sifted
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup raisins or nuts (optional)

1) Cream shortening, sugar, and pumpkin
2) Add egg and mix well
3) Add dry ingredients & raisins or nuts. Mix well.
4) Drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet
5) Bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 12 minutes


These are real simple cookies. Delicious (if you like pumpkin) with tea or coffee So easy to make. ENJOY and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Mom/Chris

From Chrissy's Kitchen...

Lasagna

1 lb. of sliced vegetables (yellow and green zucchini sliced thin)
sliced onion or onion powder to taste ( I use powder)
1 cup of each celery and carrots (sliced small) and one clove garlic
14 oz. of lasagna noodles
2 beaten eggs
2 cups small curd cottage cheese
1/2 cups fresh Parmesan cheese
2 TBSP. parsley
28 oz. can tomatoes
6 oz can tom. paste
16 oz. mozzarella cheese
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp fennel seed

In skillet - saute the celery, carrots, zucchini and garlic in olive oil until softened. Stir in undrained tomatoes, t. paste, sugar, oregano, fennel seed (optional), 1 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp. pepper. Bring mixture to a boil, Reduce heat and cover. Simmer 20 minutes stirring occasionally.

Meanwhile, cook lasagna noodles according to directions. Drain and rinse with cold water.

Combine eggs, c. cheese, shredded mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, parsley and 1/4 tsp. pepper.

Grease 13 x 9 pan. Layer lasagna noodles on bottom of pan, next spread with cottage cheese mixture, next veggie sauce mixture. Repeat so there are two layers of each. You can add more mozz. cheese on top but wait until lasagna is half cooked so it does not burn but is just bubbly and slightly brown.

Bake 40 minutes at 375 degrees. Let stand 10 -15 minutes.

ENJOY!

you can substitute for other veggies like broccoli.



(posted by Jules for Chrissy, we gotta teach you how to do this blog thang girl!!)