Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from the "Iron Chef". I am so happy with my super easy costume!

Big Bird and Elmo Pumpkins

I am so excited about our Pumpkins. They turned out excellent. All I did was buy the Sesame Street pumpkin carving kit at Target for $5. It came with the stencil and all the tools. I just followed the stencil and carved. My only complaint would bet arm and wrist got pretty cramped up from all the carving. We still have one more pumpkin ..... So I may make one more....

Clean out the fridge Stromboli

If your house is anything like ours, you might find in your fridge various half used packets of shredded cheese, deli meat packages with 2 slices left, and jars of sauce with not enough sauce to justify making pasta.  Well, let me introduce you to "clean out the Fridge Stromboli".  The only thing you really NEED for this recipe is a french bread dough loaf.  Then, just well, clean out the fridge.

Set the oven for 400 degrees.

Next roll out the dough onto a greased (I used Pam) tin foil lined cookie sheet.  Next pull and stretch the dough to meet the ends of a small cookie sheet.  

Now, the fun part. Put the meat, cheese, sauce (go easy on the sauce), extra veggies, sure, why not.  Really anything goes.

Next, you want to start at one end and roll it jelly roll style.  

Now, seal the edges and pick it up and turn it to center it on the cookie sheet.  Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with some Italian spices and parmigiana cheese.

Bake at 400 for about 25 to 30 minutes.

Slice and enjoy.

Apple sandwiches

So, I had mentioned to the triplets Great Grandmother that peeling all the apples for our apple sauces making was super slow going.  So, she went ahead and bought me this super fun gadget.

I had so much fun playing with this, that I actually used up all the Apples we had in the house.  After peeling and coring the apple in one easy step you end up with this.....

So, next I cut my fun spirals into perfect little circles.  I spread some peanut butter, a few oats, oh and maybe a just a few chocolate chips.

These little sandwiches were a huge hit at Breakfast this morning.  Pretty healthy as well.  I think using apple slices instead of bread would be a good idea for families that are a eating a gluten free diet- or just for those wanting to jazz up breakfast.

Family Drive-in and decorating caramel apples.

Being stuck inside with three snotty nose toddlers lead to some creative thinking on Mommy's part this weekend.  I had to work with things I had in the house, so here is what I came up with.

First, we had our very own drive-in Movie theater.  I happened to have a few large boxes that I had been saving for a time like this.  All, I had to do is fold the front flap of the box down into a triangle, and glue and paper plate to the inside to make a wheel.  And, I have no idea why we had these, but I glued 2 plastic coffee cup lids to the front as headlights.  I let the boys color there cars with crayons before getting in.  For, some reason Lila had no interest in having her own car, so she watched the movie from the couch.

Since they were sick, I let them take there blankets and stuffed animals in there cars.

In fact, Baby "B' liked this "car, so much that he curled up in his and wanted to nap in it. 

After leaving our Drive-in we decorated Caramel Apples.  I used the Caramel apple sheet that you can find the grocery store now.  These were so easy to use.  The directions for these say to microwave them for 15 to 20 seconds.  My microwave must have been set to nuclear, because 5 seconds was all we needed.  I wrapped the apples in that caramel and they were nice and sticky, perfect for decorating.  I filled muffin tins with stuff I had around the house and let each triplet decorate and apple. For some reason, no one really used the walnuts :)

Baby "C" the bean is hard at work

Here is Baby B "the Biscuits" creation.  

Glad we were able to have some fun while sick, but I am REALLY ready for everyone to be 100% healthy.