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This is a great appetizer

1 tortilla, white/wheat or spinach is also yummy
garden vegetable cream cheese
1/2 of a cucumber, peeled

I take one tortilla and spread the veggie cream cheese on it
then dice up the peeled cucumber and spread it on the cream cheese
roll it up like a burrito
then slice it diagonally and serve

You could add other veggies in it too, I did tomato & cucumber the other day and my husband loved it!

Roasted Red Potato Salad

This is a great side dish-

5 red potatoes
1 red bell pepper
1 orange bell pepper
1/4 yellow onion
1 celery stick
olive oil
seasonings- pepper, rosemary, onion powder, garlic salt, celery salt

Preheat oven to 350
Spread plenty of olive oil on a cookie sheet with sides, not flat
Cut potatoes in bite size pieces, spread on cookie sheet
Season with all seasonings, be generous
Roast in oven for 45 minutes, or until you can easily put a fork through them
Slice and dice up onion, celery and bell peppers
Saute in 1 tablespoon olive oil in skillet for about 15-20 minutes

Mix together and serve~

Chocolate Strawberry Panini

This amazing dessert is very easy and also quite cheap, and I had so much fun making these ;-)

1 loaf pound cake
Nutella (a chocolate hazelnut spread)
2 cups fresh strawberries

-Cut the pound cake in 1/2" slices, should make about 12
-Spread Nutella on the insides of each slice
-Wash and cut tops off strawberries, thinly slice
-Put 3-4 strawberry slices on the nutella and then lay another slice on top, like a sandwich

Using a panini grill, heat til ready, spray the top and bottom of the grill with cooking spray
set two in at a time and press down lightly for 1-2 minutes, just until heated thoroughly, take out and enjoy~

yummy yummy yummy...

Cousin's Carrot Cake

My cousin Jessie gave me this great recipe for Carrot Cake...delicious!

2 cups flour
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
-mix together
-add
3/4 cup canola oil
3 cups grated carrots
4 eggs
-mix all together

-put in a 9x13 pan
-bake at 350 for 40 minutes

*Frosting
8oz block of cream cheese
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cup powdered sugar
-mix together and spread on cake after it is cool

Sugar Snap Avocado Walnut Salad

I made this yummy salad the other day...

I threw together:

2 ribs of celery
1 avocado
a handful of sugar snap peas
a handful of toasted walnuts
juice of half a lemon
1 Tbs olive oil

Thinly slice the celery, avocado and sugar snap peas
Put in a medium bowl
Toast the walnuts in a skillet over medium heat for about 7-10 minutes
Squeeze the juice of half a lemon and the olive oil over the mix
Add the toasted walnuts
Season lightly with salt & pepper

This was so delicious!

Meatloaf

1 pound hamburger
1 sleeve saltine crackers, crumbled OR 1 cup Progresso Italian Bread Crumbs
1 egg, whisk
2 Tbs worcestershire sauce
ketchup
barbeque sauce
salt, pepper, garlic salt, onion salt

Oven 350

In large bowl mix raw hamburger, crackers, egg, worcestershire, salt, pepper, garlic and onion salt. I put mine in a banana bread glass dish ( I do not know if this dish has a name...)
Spray the dish/pan first
I do a zigzag pattern across the top with the ketchup and bbq sauce

I usually serve this with steamed asparagus

My Wine List

I love red wines...especially merlot
Here is a list of my fav's that I recommend you to try if you love vino. I will continue to add to this list as I keep falling in love with new favorites!

• Tapena
• 7 Deadly Zinz
• Bitch
• Yellowtail Merlot
• Menage a Trois
• Little Black Dress
• Red Guitar
• Mad Housewife