Sausage Fest

Ahhh….Saturday.  My favorite day of the week!

All of the Christmas decorations are up…

 

 

This is one of my favorite pictures.  I keep it up year-round, but it’s perfect for this time of year.  This is my dad and 2 of his 5 siblings.  My dad is the boy in the middle, looking at the camera.  Aren’t old pictures the best?  I smile whenever I look at this picture.

And of course I love anything with my name in it.  (Best time of year for my name!)

I don’t have that many Christmas decorations, but I’m more of a minimalist when it comes to Christmas decorations. 

Kind of the opposite of this guy.

My 2nd favorite Christmas movie, BTW!  Can you guess the first?

I LOVE Christmas!!!!!  Anyway, onto food.

I ’d read on Stephanie’s blog that these sausages were out of this world…imagine my surprise when I actually found them at my store!

Ladies and gents, this is a winner!

SO easy. Just sautéed them up and threw them in a wrap.  So nice to have something yummy and quick for those nights when you don’t feel like heating up the same leftoverscooking.

What’s your new (or old) favorite go-to meal?  This is mine for sure…I’m a sucker for anything I can throw in a wrap.

Hope you’re all having a great Saturday!  One more day to send in your BSI Recipe…and a little spoiler as to what the prize may be:

 

Makin’ Whoopie….

…PIES, that is.

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

My Thanksgiving was just wonderful.  Too fast, but so nice to see my extended family and catch up with them.

Now, I am all for letting loose (figuratively speaking, ladies) on Thanksgiving and Christmas.  My favorite stuffing I only get ONCE a year?  You better believe I’m eatin’ it!  But this was probably the first Thanksgiving ever that I really ate just until I was full.  Most years (read: all), I eat until I’m SICK.  Literally!  I didn’t deprive myself one bit, but it felt good to wake up hungry this morning rather than "hungover."  Will I do this at Christmas?  Probably not.    I LOVE the food at Christmas time so much more than Thanksgiving…..there are more sweets to choose from, most of which involve CHOCOLATE!

I volunteered to bring cookies on the big day.  It’s what I like best!  I saw this recipe on Iowa Girl Eats for Pumpkin Spiced Whoopie Pies and bookmarked them on the spot!

Step One: Make Cookies.  Try not to eat.  You’ll need them later.

Step Two:  Whip up Frosting.  See above note about not eating.

Step Three:  Assemble.  And now you can eat.

These were yummy, yummy!!  I didn’t have a piping bag for the frosting, so mine aren’t as beautiful as maybe they would have been.   But the taste?  Un.believeable. 

What did you bring to your Thanksgiving Dinner (if you celebrated yesterday)?  Or did you just bring your sparkling personalities?  That’s normally what I bring.  But this year, I thought I’d chip in.

Friday’s song of the day:

“Go Girl” by Pitbull.  Seriously, this is a GREAT running/cardio song!  (Video is cheesy, but it has a GREAT beat).   I have a dance to it, but I’ll only perform after a drink or two.

Don’t forget to send in your recipes for the Blogger Secret Ingredient by Sunday night!