Christmas Party Finger Food-SO EASY

No Recipe needed! So easy! 

I hope that this sparks your imagination!

Cheesy Broccoli Casserole-makes a great Thanksgiving Side Dish!

YIELD: 8 SERVINGS

Cheesy Broccoli Casserole

CREDIT

• 4 cups chopped broccoli
• 1 (10 ounce) can of cream of chicken soup Or cream of Mushroom
• 1 cup mayonnaise or miracle whip 
• 1/4 cup of butter melted (1/2 stick)
• 2 large eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/2 medium onion finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1/2 cups extra sharp cheddar cheese
• 1/2 sleeve of Ritz crackers, crushed

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350*F
2. Place broccoli in a steaming basket on stove and steam for 5 minutes or until broccoli is tender to a fork.
3. Remove broccoli from stove and chop into bite sized pieces. Place into a medium size mixing bowl.
4. Add to broccoli, soup, mayonnaise, butter, eggs, onion, salt and pepper. Mix well.
5. Add 3/4 cup of cheese to broccoli mixture and mix well.
6. Pour entire contents into an 8x8" square baking dish.
7. Top with remaining 3/4 cup of cheese and Ritz crackers.
8. Bake for 30 minutes or until cheese is melted and top is golden.

Garden Goodies

Can't wait to put these Dragon's Tongue stringbeans

with the ham I'm having for dinner tonight!

My husband has worked so hard on our garden this year,

and we are reaping the benefits!

The picking below is just from today, I have a bowl 3x's that

size in the frig already!

Oh, and there were blackberries...but we ate them already!

lol

Down the Garden Path

My husband has done an excellent job with our gardens this year

(with no help from me or anyone else!)

thought you might like to see some of the fruits of his labor...

The flower above is bee balm and is in Bri's garden

the flower below is lantana--also Bri's

We are really enjoying so many goodies out of the gardens!

Hope yours is flourishing too...

Farmer's Market Photos

Sparta has a lovely farmer's market type store that

we always visit.

I took some shots there...enjoy!

Candy!

These are the kind of cukes I like

Dried Beans

 

Hope I didn't make you hungry! :)

What I've Been Up To...

I really love cut flowers in the house! My husband and son sometimes bless me by

buying me some (my husband brought me some yesterday as a matter of fact!)

But, I also love to cut them from my yard--one of my fav things to do!

I recently had these lovely pink peonies and sage that I cut and brought in.

Alongside them you see the blessing of a bumper-crop of strawberries!

I held one so you could see how huge they are!

Don't these look pretty in the vase below?

Also, I am still on the Gaps diet...and here is my typical lunch...

salad, fruit, and kefir. It's so nice to have lettuce from the garden,

and the strawberries too--makes life easier!

When we went to visit our friends in Ohio last year, one of them made "Garden Tea" for us to drink.

I have an abundance of mint as you can see below, so I made some...

Basically, I just took filtered water and put it in my Vitamix--then I took washed mint (mine is apple mint)

and put it stems and all in the vitamix and blended it.

I strained it into the pitcher--and drank it.

It is really good!

Here's another batch of strawberries, and some snow peas too.

I really enjoy these fresh garden blessings!

If you read my previous post here, you know that I've been cleaning and decluttering for over a month.

It culminated today with our yardsale (our community had one) and since our son Brad is the president

of our civic assoc., we wanted to participate.

Everything that was left was loaded in the back of Brad's truck and the guys took it

all to Goodwill.

Phil and I also worked hard last night (it was pouring outside-so a great time to do it) cleaning out our attic.

We spent less than 1 1/2 hours, but we got alot done! And, I feel so much better now!

And, we made a little extra money to boot! :)

June is always a busy month for us, and ours is getting cranked up already!

Another May Fav...

One thing we really look forward to in May is our annual trip to the Amish nurseries for

our garden plants!

Lots of neat scenery to and from...a fun trip1

Interesting face :)

I thought these chickens were pretty!

I love, love, love houses like this! (Oh, that porch!)

Gotta love Amish laundry on the line :)

This nursery is stuffed with plants! This is only

one of the greenhouses...

Choices...choices!

And, their prices are so GREAT!

I got some of these!

Met a new friend!

My fav kind of dog--Cavalier King Charles!

We've had 3 of the colors--never had this one though, Black and Tan.

I think her name was Suki. She was a dorable! I want one!

How about this cool planting system?

Self-Watering

Every year we like seeing the phlox on this bank!

Looks like they lost some of it since last year though. :(

Happy to make this trip every year--glad Bri went with us this year too. :)

Most of our stuff is planted, but not all.

It's too hot to plant right now.

How about you? Is your garden in?

Do you have veggies or flowers, or both?