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Missy Piggle-Wiggle and The Won’t Walk The Dog Cure By Ann M. Martin with Annie Parnell #Bookworm

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There is magic everywhere we look. Just sit down, relax, pick up a book and read.  I love to have my grandchildren read to me now that they can read.   So excited about famed children’s author & mother Annie Parnell, the great-granddaughter of Betty MacDonald who is the creator of the original and iconic Mrs. Piggle–Wiggle book series, and who 60 years later has joined forces with legendary NY Times Best-Selling children’s author Ann M. Martin (The Baby-Sitter’s Club series) to create a modern-day take on the original series that has young Missy Piggle–Wigglestepping into her great-aunt Mrs. Piggle–Wiggle‘s enchanted shoes. The new book Missy Piggle–Wiggle and the Won’t Walk the Dog Cure, features Missy curing whiney-whiners and smarty-pantsiness, as well as other habits, while continuing to make a life for herself in Little Spring Valley. This is such an adorable fun book for the family.

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One Pan Dish – Two Meals #Sausageandmeatballs #PastaFagioli

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Sausage and Meatballs with Peppers/Onions and Cannellini Beans – 6/8 servings

Preheat oven to 400.  Toss one large sliced pepper, one large sliced onion and 3 cloves garlic with olive oil salt and pepper in a casserole pan. Place 6 Italian style sausages and a pound of your favorite meatballs on top. Bake for 45 minutes. Ovens vary so it might take one hour.  Remove and toss in one can rinsed cannellini beans. Serve with garlic bread.

Garlic Bread

Preheat oven 500. Slice rolls in half mix olive oil and minced garlic salt and pepper. Stir and spread evenly over rolls. Bake for 10-15 minutes till edges brown. Keep an eye on them because ovens vary.

Pasta Fagioli – 4-6 servings

If you are lucky enough to have left over sausage and meatballs mix,  place in a large pot, add a small can of tomato sauce and fill the can with cold water and add and stir. Simmer until it come to a boil. Meanwhile, cook 1/2 pound of  your favorite pasta, drain and mix together with sausage and meatballs pot. Pass the grated cheese.

Family

Foto Friday

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Cleaning out a closet is therapeutic and you never know what you will find. You might find old shoe boxes filled with photos of your grand children, reminding you how tiny  and precious they once were.  Oh, how we forget!

It’s always an eye opener when photos of the past are viewed in the present.  Photos are great!  They can hurl you back in time.  A time long forgotten.

The photos I found did just that, brought me back to a time when the grandchildren were young and the joy they brought was new to us all.  Photos that captured those rich special moments.

       

I always wondered how people of time past survived without capturing their loved ones image.

   

How did they remember those special moments?

   

How could they remember what their children/grand children looked like when young?

One thing I do know, with the digital age, photos have become obsolete.   I need to make a promise to myself,  that I will make the effort to have photos of family printed up so they can join the many photos that have been placed in shoe boxes.  Or even better, take the time to place them in a photo album…

Book

FAIR FOODS: The Most Popular and Offbeat Recipes from America’s State & County Fairs By George Geary #BookWorm

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The summer season is the season to visit a state and county fair. There you can experience the diverse food selection the fair has to offer.

Now Award-winning chef, best-selling author, and renowned educator George Geary  has taken those wonderful foods, that are sold at state and county fairs, and placed them in his new book, Fair Foods:The Most Popular and Offbeat Recipes from America’s state and County Fairs.

 

This cookbook brings the fair to your table: 1890’s Lemonade, Blanco  Sangria, Fried Sweet Potato Sticks, Coney Island Chili Dogs, Chocolate-Encased Bacon, Maple and Bacon Doughnuts, Caramel Kettle Corn, Ten-Pound Cheese Buns, Cheesecake on a stick, Fried Pickles, Grilled Pork Chop on a Stick, and so much more.

Let’s not forget the Candy Apples!  YUM! YUM!  Over 120 mouthwatering recipes from America’s State and County Fairs.

Fair Foods captures the joy and spirit of America’s greatest county fairs.  No more waiting for the fair  season to get all those wonderful wacky foods – now you can enjoy them all year long.

George Geary is a former pastry chef for the Walt Disney Company.  Geary is a Certified Culinary Professional, and was recently chosen as the Culinary Educator of the Year.  He is best known for creating all of the cheesecakes for the Golden Girls and other top-rated television programs.  He has written nine cookbooks including The Cheesecake Bible, The Complete Baking Cookbook, and 125 Best Cheesecake Recipes.

Book, product review

The Bravest Adventure by Elizabeth A. Coons #Bookworm

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“The Bravest Adventure” by Elizabeth A. Coons is an inspirational children’s picture book with beautiful hand drawings. Take an adventure together because there is no time to be bored in a world as beautiful as this. Read Out Loud. Read Together.

It’s time to go on an adventure and the choice is yours! From climbing mountain peaks to diving ocean depths, there is so much in life to explore. Standing in your strength and beauty and being true to you means no adventure is too big or too small!