Rice Krispie Cupcakes

I made these little treats for the Hubby's birthday.  If you like regular rice krispie treats and peanut butter then you'll love these! 

What You'll Need:

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 cups mini marshmallows
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 5 cups rice krispies
• chocolate icing

What You Do:

In large saucepan melt butter over low heat.

Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.

Stir in peanut butter until melted.

Add rice krispies cereal. Stir until well coated.

Press mixture evenly into a cupcake pan coated with cooking spray. Cool. 

Cover with chocolate icing. 

Wordless.... Friday?

Yes, I'm aware it's not Wednesday.  I'm a busy gal right now and instead of not posting anything today and letting you down, I thought I would share a few photos of Monkey playing outside.  I can't handle disappointing people, especially my loyal readers.  So, here you go!

Inspecting the grass...

Joyriding...

Watching Daddy mow the yard....

And maybe my favorite, telling Daddy to Ssshhhhh! The mower is a little bit loud...

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen things I plan to do this weekend:

1. Hopefully get a chance to finally watch Avatar. I don’t really see how it can be as good as everyone says, but I’m going to give it a chance.

2. Partake in the Fat Ass 5K.

3. Eat lots of unhealthy food and drink beer at said 5K.

4. Hang out with some great friends.

5. Spend time with my momma for Mother’s Day.

6. Maybe take my momma and Monkey to the zoo.

7. Work in the garden.

8. Laundry.

9. Celebrate the hubby’s birthday. It falls on Mother’s Day this year. He was not born on Mother’s Day though. I was. Yep, I really don’t have to get my mom a gift every year because I am the gift!

10. Venture into the unknown. Hubby has something planned for my birthday Saturday night and won’t tell me what it is. I’m sure whatever it is he has up his sleeve will be great. He always does great with gifts. (More to come on that in a later post.)

11. Grill out. I’m craving steak and potatoes right now. Bacon-wrapped jalapenos would be good too.

12. Make birthday cupcakes.

13. Did I mention drink beer and eat unhealthy food??

What are your plans for the weekend?

Wordless Wednesday

Putting Monkey to work early.  She's got to learn how to run the skid loader at some point!  Fortunately she's got Dewey to show her the ropes.

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Spicy Sausage Cheese Soup

It's been a while since I've posted a recipe on here.  It's not because I haven't been cooking, I have.  I've just been really bad about writing down my recipes and taking pictures of the finished product.  Here is a recipe (sans photo) that I really liked.  Hubster even gave it an A+!

What You'll Need:

• 1 pound pork sausage
• 1 whole large onion, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 whole medium jalapeno, diced
• 2 small chipotle peppers, packed in adobo (rince the sauce off if you want to cut down on the heat!)
• 1 can of beer
• 2 1/2 cups chicken broth
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1 can cheese soup
• 1 cup corn
• 1 cup peas
• 2 potatoes, diced
• salt and pepper to taste

What You Do:

Heat a large pot and add sausage. Cook until brown, remove and reserve the grease.

Add onions, garlic, jalapeno and chipotles to pot and cook in the sausage grease until soft. Add potatoes.

Add sausage back into pot and pour in one bottle of beer. Simmer 5-7 minutes, letting the alcohol cook out.

Stir and add chicken broth. Simmer for 10 minutes, letting liquid reduce a little more.

Reduce heat, add remaining veggies and simmer for 10 minutes.

Add cheese soup and heavy cream, simmer until potatoes are tender and serve.

Suzuki Sally...Better Slow Your Suzuki Down

My baby is no longer a baby. 

She's a toddler now! 

Monkey turned one year old over the weekend.  It seems crazy to me that a whole year has already passed.  People sure aren't kidding when they say that time flies once you have kids!

We had a few friends and family over to celebrate and Monkey had a great time. 

She was a little timid at first with the cake, but it wasn't long before she dove right in!

Her favorite present was a motorized four wheeler that her cousin gave her.  She's been toolin around the house on it ever since!

Happy birthday to my little nugget.  We love you and our family wouldn't be complete without you!

Green Shoots

What a difference a year makes!  Over 70% of corn has been planted in Illinois and that has been done in just two weeks.  Great job farmers, and a big thanks to Mother Nature for cooperating this year!