Spooky Halloween Meal

Tonight we made a spooky Halloween dinner.  First we made Mummy Dogs.

Start by rolling out crescent rolls and try to merge the seams back together.  Then use a pizza cutter to cut strips.  Wrap the strips around hot dogs and place them on a baking tray.  Use a toothpick to make mustard eyes.  Make these eyes pretty heavy so that they hold up in the oven.

Bake at 400 for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Next I made Peanut Butter Spider Crackers

Take a Ritz cracker and spread a generous amount of peanut butter on it.  Break pretzel sticks in half and place three on each site for spider legs.  Take a second Ritz cracker and spread peanut butter on it too.  Then place on top. Use peanut butter to glue chocolate chips on for eyes.   You could also use Nutella to make this a sweeter treat.

I finished off our meal with green bats pasta.  I made four cheese bowtie pasta (pasta side in a bag) and added green food coloring.  This one was a little lazy, but bowtie pasta does look like a bat.

The boys enjoyed their Spooky Halloween dinner!!

Pizza Soup and Italian Grilled Cheese

We went camping this weekend and enjoyed our favorite soup. This is a recipe of a former co-worker and it's delicious!  We love to make Italian grilled cheese sandwiches to pair with this soup, so I've included our recipe for that too!

Pizza Soup

1.5 pounds ground, browned Italian sausage
3 cans of fire roasted diced tomatoes
1 can of tomato sauce
3 small zucchini diced
1 small onion diced
1 - 2 cups of beef broth
Mini pepperoni
2 tsp Italian seasoning

Mix together  sausage, zucchini, onion, tomatoes, tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, and 1 cup of broth.  Simmer for 45 - 60 minutes on the stove top or 2 - 3 hours in crock pot. The zucchini will give off a lot of water, so add broth as needed after this.  Add pepperoni about 30 minutes before serving.


Italian Grilled Cheese

Sourdough bread
Fresh mozzarella cheese
Roasted red peppers
Italian seasoning
Butter

Butter the outside of the bread. Layer cheese and peppers and then season with Italian seasoning.  Brown each side in skillet until gloden brown.

Enjoy!

Pizza Soup and Italian Grilled Cheese

We went camping this weekend and enjoyed our favorite soup. This is a recipe of a former co-worker and it's delicious!  We love to make Italian grilled cheese sandwiches to pair with this soup, so I've included our recipe for that too!

Pizza Soup

1.5 pounds ground, browned Italian sausage
3 cans of fire roasted diced tomatoes
1 can of tomato sauce
3 small zucchini diced
1 small onion diced
1 - 2 cups of beef broth
Mini pepperoni
2 tsp Italian seasoning

Mix together  sausage, zucchini, onion, tomatoes, tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, and 1 cup of broth.  Simmer for 45 - 60 minutes on the stove top or 2 - 3 hours in crock pot. The zucchini will give off a lot of water, so add broth as needed after this.  Add pepperoni about 30 minutes before serving.


Italian Grilled Cheese

Sourdough bread
Fresh mozzarella cheese
Roasted red peppers
Italian seasoning
Butter

Butter the outside of the bread. Layer cheese and peppers and then season with Italian seasoning.  Brown each side in skillet until gloden brown.

Enjoy!