Fancy Chicken Salad Croissants

I made these fancy Chicken Salad Croissants for lunch at my Winter Crop, and I'm in love with them now.

Sometimes I use my croppers as Guinea pigs to try out new recipes (ssh, don't tell), and that's exactly what I did with this recipe. I actually started with two recipes, then I combined the best of both to come up with this recipe. And it's a keeper, so I'm sharing it with you now.


Enjoy!

Valentine Giveaway Winners

Happy Hedge Hog Day everyone. That's what Zoe tells me today is. Okay, that's not how I remember it, but I'm okay with change.

So, I just finished the Valentines for my Valentine Giveaway and here they are:


Since I had some boys in the contest, I couldn't bring myself to plunk their pictures into my girlie valentines, so I decided to make another one for boys. Let me just say this, it is hard to find cute boy stuff. Why is that?

The first winner is Sparkette from Our Lil Kilowatts. Her kids are Anthony (above) and Alexis (below).


The second winner is The Crogan Family and her girls are Kelsee (above) and Haylee (below).


The third winner is Bunch of Bull-ers and her three kids follow. I'm loving the black and white pictures.




And the fourth winner is . . . What? There were supposed to be three winners? Oops. The fourth winner is Cindi from This is My Life and her daughter, Allison.


Now, if you are a winner, you're going to want to click on your Valentine to get the best resolution, then save it to your desktop. I highly recommend that you upload it to a Photo Center and have them printed. You'll get a much better print quality and they're relatively inexpensive. Then if you're going to attach pencils and/or lollipops like I did, I also recommend that you mat the valentine with cardstock first to make it sturdier.

If you have any problems, please e-mail me at Jillderbeast@cableone.net and I will be happy to help you.

Thank you to everyone who entered and commented. I had fun with this little giveaway and I hope you did too.

Pasta with Sweet Peppers and Sausage

I am recovered from my Winter Crop and happy to report that it went very well. I had a full house and a very fun group of people. We ate well, we laughed, and we (well, they) cranked out the layouts.

This recipe for Pasta with Sweet Peppers and Sausage is from my Food to Die For cookbook by Patricia Cornwell. I'm a big fan of her Kay Scarpetta, Medical Examiner mystery series, and she's always describing the delicious Italian dishes that her character whips up in the kitchen. This is one of my favorites, and I served it to my croppers last night.

I'm hoping to get other recipes from yesterday up over the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned . . .