This is what I like to call fun

S'more Cupcakes Please!

Isaac and I spent lots of the afternoon talking about what it would be like if I had a cupcake shop.  We talked about flavors, cupcake names, decor, marketing etc. I made up a song and dance and we laughed our heads off!  I was so inspired I ran to the store and bought ingredients and made these babies...

S'MORE CUPCAKES

Tasia said she wants to learn the business. LOL!

For now we will continue to just enjoy the hobby. 

Cupcakes are boxed up and ready to go to my office tomorrow.  We will see what the girls think of these little yum yums tomorrow.

Have a HAPPY Sunday!

XOXO,

Jillian

my gift to him

Since Isaac is going to be going through such a major surgery and since it will mean that he has to watch what he eats for awhile if not permanently, I decided to give him a gift. It's the best gift I know how to give because it's my utmost love language.  Cooking!  I told the hubs that every weekend I would make him a new delicious meal with new recipes I've never done before.  This is something special to him because he loves food.  This is something special to me because I can search or design the most perfect recipes using the foods I know he loves best.  For tonights tummy yummy I made cupcakes.  Cuz remember I felt like getting my cupcake on today?  Well they aren't just any old cupcake...  they are MEXICAN HOT CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES with a delicate butter cream frosting.  They are sweet and spicy, oooeey gooeey goodness.  The sweetness is the first thing that hugs your taste buds, followed by the zing of cayenne pepper that dances across your tongue - leaving you the happiest little palet ever.  The sweetness of the buttercream and the spicy intermingled with the chocolate are of the utmost yumminess.  And best of all, HE LOVED THEM!

XOXO,

Jillian

Ze' Menu

~Homemade Creamy Potato Bacon Soup~

~Pumpkin Bread~

~Spaghetti with marinara and garlic bread~

~Slow roasted London Broil with asparagus and mashed potatoes~

~Spiced Taco Soup~

~Cinnamon Cupcakes with Buttercream frosting~

~Roasted Chicken and Herb Potatoes~

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 I don't know about you but Autumn is filling my senses!  I'm in a constant state of BLISS. There is something so lovely about a sharing a hot bowl of soup on a  crisp, cool evening with friends and family.   Or slicing a piece of warm pumpkin bread to happy children.  It warms my heart.  I hope we are blessed with a good long fall so I can drink in every aspect of my very favorite time of year.

Todays Dinner

This is a fabulous recipe from my friend Allison and it's what we're having for dinner tonight.  I haven't made it for a year or two but it is out of this world delish! The only change I make is that I use fire roasted Big Jim chiles that I get from the local outdoor markets and freeze each summer. And what's better... it's a slow cooker recipe!  So go grab the stuff, give it a try and then go tell Allison at PretendingSanity how awesome it is!

Santa Fe Chicken 

1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts cubed, may be frozen

1 cup chicken broth

1 medium red pepper cut into chunks

1 can black beans

1 16oz jar salsa

1 can fiesta or mexicorn

1 small can green chiles

1 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp chile powder

1 small onion chopped

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 block cream cheese

Hot cooked rice

1. Combine all ingredients in crock pot except the cream cheese. Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours (8 hours if chicken is frozen.)

2. During the last half hour, stir in cream cheese. Serve over rice or with rice in a tortilla.

Ze' Menu

eThis weeks meals include:

PUMPKIN PENNE
EDIT: Due to the great pumpkin shortage, I will be making my LEMON CREAM PASTA

CARNITAS

QUESADILLAS & TOMATO SOUP

SPICY THAI PEANUT CHICKEN & NOODLES

PIZZA

tonights dinner

My friend Meghan got me in the mood for a delicious Margherita Pizza - which happens to be my fav!

MMMMMMmmmmmm!

 I could eat this pizza every week.  

Super deliziosa!

XOXO