~Tasty Tuesday~ Sausage Soup

This one is so simple and so versitle,

you can clean out the fridge or pantry and it still taste so good each & every time.

Base-

Package of your favorite Sausage (I use italian or sage or whats on sale)

1/2 onion diced

2 garlic cloves diced

Broth (I use chicken but beef or veggie can work too)

Cooking-

Start by browing up the sausage,onion,garlic in the bottom of your pot

add in broth/cubes & water

Thats the basics of this soup,

from here on out its up to you, below I'm showing you tonights version, I'll also list a few that went very well in our house.

Tonight I added in a can of spinach (fresh or frozen works great too), a can of tomato sause and a small bag of shells

Tried & true versions:

Mushrooms (fresh or canned)

Mushroom & Zuchini

Spinach (fresh, frozen, canned)

Zuchini , tomato, motzarella cheese (tossed in when served)

Bell pepper trio (fresh or frozen)

add rice or pasta to any of theses

Of course this can be made Primal, GF, Low Carb, DF, Egg Free

51-365 my baby turned 5!

Lyla-

You are:

smart, funny, energetic, loving, kind, playful, sweet, picky.

You now:

dress on your own, brush your teeth, brush your hair, put on your shoes, make your own pb&j's, fall asleep w/o a fight in your own bed

You love:

prek, fresh beat band, puzzles, coloring/crafts

You eat:

motza balls, pickles, cheetos, quesadillas, bread, butter, salt, sausage

Valentines Gift for the Hubby '12

This year for the husband I bought him a recliner.

Well to help it be more of a Valentines Gift I thought of making it a pillow.
(pillow case actually)

Our colors throughout the house are earth tones with a touch of purple thrown in for me (my "make me smile" color)

I took This Quilted Pillow and tweaked the measurements to fit a standard pillow.


I elongated the sides by doubling them as I went along.
I sandwiched the top and stitched it down.
The back is one solid piece.




Not only am I not good math to figure out the measurements first- I was on a new to me machine, with 2 new feet- I received the 1/4 in foot and the walking foot this weekend soooooo here I was trying them all out on a gift.


Luckily for me the hubby is out of town until the 22nd so I had a few extra days to squeeze the pillow in :)

Valentines '12 & 45-365

My love sent me a little something

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3 outta 5 of my Valentines today after school