Tortellini Soup

 I just took this to my neighbors for dinner and it’s a keeper. https://www.melskitchencafe.com/creamy-tortellini-sausage-soup/

I used turkey sausage 

Jill butler’s salsa from mom

 

Power Balls

 My friend let me try these and they were so good so I got the recipe. 

Powerballs

yield 32 balls

Ingredients

    •    2 cups old fashioned oats (slightly broken down in the blender)

    •    1 cup peanut butter (I use Adams all natural chunky)

    •    2/3 cup raw honey

    •    1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut

    •    1/2-1 cup mix ins (i do 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips and 1/4-1/2 cut slivered almonds chopped up)

    •    1 scoop vanilla protein powder (max pro vanilla ice cream flavor)

    •    1/8 cup hemp seeds

    •    1/8 cup flax seeds

    •    1 tsp pure vanilla extract

    •    dash of sea salt

Instructions

    1    Combine all dry ingredients in a kitchen-aid mixing bowl. 

    2    Using the paddle attachment, mix until well blended.

    3    Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix until a "dough" forms.

    4    Scoop into balls with a 2-inch cookie scoop.

    5    Place onto a cookie sheet and refrigerate for at least one hour before serving.

    6    Store in the refrigerator for up to one week.

Frozen peaches

 8 peaches sliced

4 teaspoons sugar

2 Tbsp lemon juice 

Mix in bowl then lay out on tray for freezer 

Leave for 30 min-hour

Then put in freezer bags 

Christmas/New Year’s 2025 Scribbled Notes

 

Caprese Chicken

Caprese Chicken

two different recipes

one with cherry tomatoes:

https://www.themediterraneandish.com/wprm_print/easy-chicken-caprese

one with large:

https://www.themediterraneandish.com/easy-caprese-chicken/#wprm-recipe-container-24454

Chocolate coconut sweet chex mix

 https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/recipe/gooey-almond-and-coconut-chex-mix/#wprm-recipe-container-92654

I just made this but used pumpkin seeds insteadinstead of almonds, decreased sugar to 1 cup, used 1/2 cup of corn syrup and 1/2 cup of honey, and 1 cup chocolate chips that melted in. Really yummy and going to decrease sugar even more next time.