lovin right now

 

Last month, my niece and I took a trip to my cousin's house in Houston, Texas.  She had a house warming party and had these teeny candles as party favors.  Sine Shaun doesn't care for strong scents from candles and air fresheners I brought my little candles to the day care.  Man does this one smell good!  It is from Bath and Body Works and is called Pumpkin Pecan Waffles.  YUM!  Really covers up that... day care smell... sometimes.

 

 

I recently watched a special on QVC... HHHAAAAA I always watch specials on QVC!!!  But really... Josie Maran, vanilla cream, whipped body butter with Argan oil is fantastic.  It feels so smooth and silky on my skin and smells fantastic. 

 

I think it was last Christmas or there-a-bouts that my Aunt Dea gave my sisters and I these neat little handmade gadgets that fit a soup bowl and goes into the microwave.  You can heat up your soup and not singe your hands trying to get the hot bowl back out when it's done.  It's genius!  I really use mine a lot at the day care when I am heating up my lunch.  I like to make batches of soup for myself and freeze lunch servings for easy eatin.

 

Sweet mini peppers... Mmmmm.  I use these babies for everything.  I eat them plain and cut up with my sandwiches, cut up in salads, cooked in the oven with other veggies... you name it.  They are crisp and great.  I just get mine at Kroger or Walmart's produce section.

 

 

Here's a picture of my microwave cozy that my Aunt gave me.

 

And HERE is where you can get the on Etsy.

 

Vegetable and Herb Seeds

A friend of mine gave me a tip on a great place to buy seeds!  Thanks!  I always love to find recommended companies to buy seeds from.  Especially companies who have a ton of quality items that are non-GMO (genetically modified organism).  I like it when they haven't been messed with.  Here I found caraway seeds, dock and stinging nettle herbs.  All of which are interesting to me for medicine purposes.

I also bought two new-to-me varieties of pepper and tomatoes.  I am always excited to try growing new produce and herbs that I haven't grown before.  It keeps me going!

Please visit www.rareseeds.com and take a look around!  Be sure to visit the About Us page for more personal and company information.

Stuffed Peppers

Happy Tuesday to you!! I have made this recipe for Stuffed Peppers a couple of times recently as we have had an out-pouring of bell peppers in our garden! This recipe also calls for canned tomatoes of which I used fresh since we have a bit of those also from the garden. Hope you enjoy them!

Stuffed Peppers

About 9 Small to Medium Green Bell Peppers or Red (4 to 5 large)

1 lb ground venison, beef or sausage (seasoned to taste)
1 small onion, chopped

1 - 7 oz can diced tomatoes or 5 fresh (peeled and chopped in food processor)
1/3 cup white rice (or whatever kind you have)
1/2 cup water
several leaves fresh basil chopped or 1 tsp dried basil
1 Tbsp Worcestershire
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

In large sauce pan, brown meat and onion and drain off fat. Return meat to saucepan and add tomato, rice, water, basil and Worcestershire sauce. Over medium high heat bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and allow to simmer for 20 minutes. Add 1/4 cup cheese and stir.

While mixture cooks, cut tops off of pepper and de-seed. Chop the rest of tops (except stems) and freeze for later use. Blanch in boiling water for 3 minutes.

Fill peppers with meat mixture. (At this point some of the stuffed peppers can be frozen for later use.) Place stuffed peppers in Pam sprayed casserole dish and bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. Add remaining cheese to tops of peppers and serve.