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Rocky Road Fudge mmm

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 Rocky Road FUDGE...not ice cream. Here's a family favorite from the family bakery. It's easy enough for the beginner but tastes like you spent all day in the kitchen. Plus, it only has four ingredients. What can get better than that? But you better buy Nestle chocolate chips, nunna that store brand mess. HAPPY THIRD DAY OF FALL!! Enjoy. melt one bag of chocolate chips, one bag butterscotch, and one stick butter in microwave one minute each, stir, repeat   butter up your pan!  stir every minute and make sure all the chunks are gone add marshmallows. Lick your fingers, repeat!  put it in your pan!   put it on your prettiest plate     kitty watchin all the fun who ate all the rocky road??? A few tricks of the trade: Once you place it in the pan, cover your hand with a bag to spread it out Also, use a plastic knife of spatula to cut it and it won't stick 

Third Day

Third Day. When I hear "third day" the first thing that comes to mind is a giant chord that captures the over-done too happiness of Christian music. Does anyone else know what I'm talking about? It seems to me that a lot of Christian music can be too happy, too cheesy (and I'm a very optimistic person). I think the highs and the lows of our faith are both purposeful. We're not supposed to be happy all the time; than why is "our" music. Joy-yes, Sorrow-yes. It seems like all the powerful soulful slow songs on a CD such as Shane and Shane never get played on the radio because they're too real, too dramatic. But they're so awesome! Woops-Back to Third Day! At first, you may think of the band name, how He rose again on the third day, or for those Disney fans, "before the sun sets on the third day" - The Little Mermaid. But, there's more to "the third day" than we think. After being in Beth Moore's Esther study the past f...

Meet Jackson and Parker: Bathtime!

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Parker park! Bathtime= serious playtime. I remember loving bath time becasue I got to make a tornado as the water swirled down the drain, play with my older sister's stuff, and get a chance to smell more like a princess. However, this weekend I learned why these little rascles that happen to be my nephews loved bathtime. It was our turn to babysit the two nephews and little baby mallory. Being around these little monkeys gives us an opportintiy to learn more about our parenting syles... I'm the comforter and diciplinarian and Blake's a mixture of best buddy, disciplinarian, and snuggle buddy. This time they asked for "lay time" with me though! I got to tell them stories of the five sisters (one including their mom) and the old Farrington house in Knoxville. Things such as the hanger police can only be understood within the sisterhood. WE MARCH ALL DAY, WE MARCH ALL NIGHT, WE GET YOUR HANGERS WITHOUT A FIGHT..because we are the hanger police. Oh we t...

Zapanese Peanut Noodle

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 here's the line up!  Ingredients: One box your favorite noodles Veggies of your choice Meat of your choice 1/4 cup melted peanut butter 1/4 or less cup soy sauce 2 tablespoons or more sugar 2 to 4 garlic cloves, Minced 2 tablespoons rice vinegar 3 tablespoons pure sesame oil 1/2 teaspoon hot chili oil (or more! to taste) 4 tablespoons canola oil  2 tablespoons hot water  sneek peek!  melt your favorite peanut butter  get out that measuring cup and mesure away...lotta good stuff to measure  boil those noodles   mix all the ingredients and pour in the money maker: peanut butter!   pour the sauce over the noodles, mix, smell, get out your drink because this thing is salty   add your favorite steamed veggies/shrimp/chicken and you'll have leftovers for days! 

Lemon Basil Penne Alfredo with Grilled Chicken: AKA Smell Up Your Houseness

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Starts with a bowl of lemons :) If you're ever craving Alfredo with a kick here's an old faithful Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups heavy cream 5 Tbs. unsalted butter 1 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste Freshly grated nutmeg, optional 1 Box Fettuccine/Penne Pasta 3 Lemons Juiced 10-20 Fresh Basil Leaves Grilled Chicken THE FUN PART... Marinate Chicken in your favorite marinade and get out your ( or your friends) GEORGE FORMAN this baby will stink up your house, especially if you didn't clean it last round so turn on that fan! and simply hand it over to the hubby to cut, slice, snack, etc. Sauce time! Start boiling salty water for pasta add pasta to boiling water and cook for 10-15 minutes, drain. In a large saucepan over high heat, bring the cream and butter to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 1 minute. Add 6 Tbs. of the cheese and whisk/beat until smooth, then add the remai...