S'more Cookies

1 cup margerine softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1&1/3 cup flour
1 cup graham cracker crumbs or 16 crackers crushed
1/8 tsp salt
mini marshmallows or large ones quartered
2/3 cup chocolate chips
2 Tbsp peanut butter

Preheat oven to 325. In a large bowl beat marg. and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, beat. Add flour, cracker crumbs & salt, beat until stiff dough forms. Put heaping tsp of dough on ungreased cookie sheet and indent each with a thumb print. Bake 10-12 mins.
Put 2 mini marshmallows on each or a quarter of a big one, bake for 2-3 mins more.
Meanwhile melt chocolate chips (and I added peanut butter which wasn't called for in the original recipe but was delicious), dollop on cookies as they emerge from the oven.
Enjoy!

I made these the other night thanks to my sister for giving me the recipe, great for those times when a campfire just isn't possible :)

autumn goodies

Our ladies Bible study had a luncheon last week so I decided to whip up some pumpkin muffins. I had some Martha Stewart autumn stencils that mom gave me as part of a shower gift so this was a perfect opportunity to try them out.

Voila pretty pumpkin muffins to delight the tastebuds, mm mmm.

Next, to try these adorable owl cupcakes how fun are they??

Meal Plan Monday

Autumn is my absolute favourite time of the year, warm days cool nights, spices and warm drinks, I just love it all.

This upcoming weekend is Thanksgiving up here in the great white north so we'll be celebrating with friends on Monday and enjoying a delicious feast. Until then we'll be indulging in some cool weather meals.

Monday: Homemade pizza

Tuesday: Leftovers

Wednesday: boiled ham dinner

Thursday: manicotti

Friday: baked beans and brown bread

Saturday: cheesy chicken and rice bake

Sunday: Leftovers

Monday: Thanksgiving dinner

for more yummy idea's check out Laura's site

We're flying home this week for a much needed vacation to visit all our family, soo excited. Until then we still need to eat so...

Monday: Turkey Croquettes with Spinach Mashers and Pan Gravy

Tuesday: Asian Style BBQ Pork Chops

Wednesday: Creamy Chicken Enchiladas with Broccoli

Thursday: Leftover buffet

Friday: Air plane/Airport food

Saturday & Sunday: ? staying with our parents

natural toilet bowl cleaner

Our hard water leaves this nasty ring in our toilet if not scrubbed all hours of the day.

Sooo...I was looking for some toilet bowl cleaner and stumbled across the Clorox Green Works line. The natural toilet bowl cleaner was on sale so I thought I would give it a try.

It works! Oh it's great, gets rid of the ring in no time and keeps it sparkling clean and smelling good for days, my new favourite bathroom cleaner.

That's what works for me.

Click here more WFMW ideas.

excited to sew and shop

So I just got this book because the Amazon preview just looked so good.

I'm excited to get our nursery all ready for the little one and looking at sites like rate my space just gets me that much more excited.
I mean just look at this from user grettacole! The bright fun colours, I am in love and I'm looking forward to a trip to Ikea :)

Iced cappuccinos, particularly those from Tim Hortons but any frosty creamy coffee flavoured drink is one of my favourite summer indulgences.

On a good day caffeine makes me wired so I avoid it, now being pregnant I have an even better reason to avoid caffeine. So I have been making my own iced capps at home. The tastiest recipe I've found is this:
homemade iced cappuccino
1 cup skim milk
1 tsp instant coffee powder (or you could use a bit of brewed coffee if you had some leftover)
4 tsp sugar
4-6 ice cubes

Blend until slushy and frothy and enjoy.
This also has much less fat than the store bought variety so I can enjoy it with less guilt :)

But I have been experimenting and to make it even better I save any leftover decaf flavoured coffee that I make every so often in the morning and freeze it in ice cube trays. I cut the instant coffee powder down and use frozen flavoured coffee cubes, mmmm. I hear the blender calling my name now :)

Not to mention this way is much cheaper, so that's what works for me.
To see other things that work check out Works For Me Wednesday .