Potato Recipe

Yesterday I was in the mood to cook. If you know me, I don't really like to cook, I like simple, easy recipes. The main reason I don't care for cooking is because I don't like cleaning the mess afterwards. hahaha! I was talking to my sister about my plans for dinner and she gave me the yummiest recipe for potatoes. It was sooooo good. I made breaded chicken breast, green beans and the potatoes. The hubby sure liked it! So did I. So, here is the recipe. Try it and let me know what you think!

What you need:
* 1 large onion, chopped (1 cup)
* 3 tablespoons margarine or butter
* 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon pepper
* 2 cups milk
* 1 cup shredded Swiss or Gruyere cheese (4 ounces)
* 2 tablespoons snipped parsley
* 6 medium potatoes (2 pounds), peeled
* 1 7-ounce jar roasted red sweet peppers, drained and coarsely chopped
* Rosemary or parsley sprigs (optional)

Directions
1. In a large saucepan cook onion in margarine or butter until tender but not brown. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Remove from heat and stir in cheese and parsley until cheese is melted.
2. Meanwhile, thinly slice potatoes (should have about 6 cups). In a 2-quart rectangular baking dish place half of the potatoes. Cover with half of the sauce. Add all of the roasted peppers. Repeat layers of potatoes and sauce.
3. Bake, covered, in a 350 degree F oven for 1-1/4 hours. Uncover and bake 15 minutes more or until potatoes are tender. Garnish with rosemary or parsley sprigs, if desired.
Makes 6 to 8 servings.

Slacker

As you may have noticed I have been somewhat of a slacker on the blogging. I just cannot seem to find the motivation or desire to do anything. BUT, I am going to get back into blogging and stuff. I love to blog and need to stay on top of things. I am trying to schedule my time better and find time to do all my chores, care for my boy, cook, and blog. lol

This week on my to do list is laundry (almost done), I have 2 closets to organize, and put my Christmas decorations away. A few weeks ago I re-organized my pantry and I felt soooo good to have accomplished that. So, hopefully I can get those 2 closets done. My hubby cleaned the fridge, inside and out and it looks awesome.

I will let you know how the closets go. lol

How about you, what kind of cleaning and organization do you need to get done but keep putting it off?

AWESOME GIVEAWAY!

I just found this store and fell in love with it. She has some great stuff! My Emmy Baby is having an awesome giveaway right now for a custom made shirt. Check out her blog for more information here. You can also see all her products in her etsy store here.

You will fall in love with all her cute shirts. I just recently got one of her shirts for my son and I love it! She does great work and gets things mailed to you right away. And she is the sweetest person to work with.

Go enter her giveaway and spread the word!

AWESOME DEAL!

Check out this amazing deal Disney has today. They are selling PJs for $5. That is a steal. They have some very cute ones. I wouldn't even know which ones to choose. But for $5 might as well buy them all. lol Check out their website here.

Pillsbury Cookie Dough Coupon

Pillsbury has a coupon out for their Simply Refrigerated Cookie Dough!

Print your coupon for $1.00/1 package here.

I don't know about you, but I am going to get some so I can make some yummy cookies for my husband and son. :) They love cookies!

I like chocolate chip. My hubby likes oatmeal raisin or white chocolate and macadamia nut cookies. How about you? What's your favorite?

Trick or Treat

Trick or Treat!!!

Fall is here. That means Halloween is just around the corner. I don't really care about it but I sure like to dress my little boy up in his costume and get together with friends and take our kids trick or treating. I don't let him eat the candy at all, when we get home, I throw it away. It's so hard to trust people nowadays. Don't you think? I buy my little boy his own candy. How about you? What do you do for Halloween?

Fall is upon us!

Can you believe fall is here! I already decorated my house full of fall leaves, pumpkins, pumpkin spice candles, yellow and orange flowers and more. I just love love love fall!!! I still have not decorated the front door. I have been going back and forth on what to do. At first I was going to get pales of hay and put a cute little scarecrow sitting on top. Then I changed my mind and was going to do about 3 or 4 pumpkins on the ground. But today I had another idea. I wanted to get a huge case of yellow and orange flowers and then place some pumpkins around it.

What do you guys do for fall?

I found some cute ideas online. What do you think?