Pizzagna

Funny name?  Yes it is!  Does the taste make up for it?  Absolutely!  Pizzagna is Rachael Ray's cross between Pizza and Lasagna!  You get the home-cooked flavor of lasagna in just 30 minutes, with the flavors of your favorite pizza added right in!  We love pizzagna and haven't made it in quite some time.  I'm not quite sure how this dropped out of the dinner rotation, just an oversight on my part I guess.  I think it has been over a year since I made it, for shame!  I made it last week and it was better than we remembered.  We were so anxious to dig right into it that I forgot to take the picture. :)
It is so simple to make, you basically saute your veggies and cook your pasta.  Layer it all in a dish with the cheesy ricotta mixture and throw it in the oven to brown on top.  We like to add a lot of crushed red pepper on top of ours to give it a little kick, but you might want to avoid it.  It's your call.  I left one section without it so that Little Man wouldn't get too much spice.  I should also add that he loved it.  We've had a hard time getting him to eat pasta or mac and cheese, but he loved this.  He even had some the next day for lunch.  That's one of the great things about this recipe, if you use her measurements you are going to have a ton of leftovers!
Enjoy!

The Shabby Shoppe Sale

Head on over to The Shabby Shoppe today and you will find yourself in digital scrapbook wonderland.  They are having a 25% off sale for almost every item in the store.  I have been wanting to purchase a few of the kits, but just hadn't taken the time to sit down and order and download them yet.  Well I'm glad I "waited"...because I just got everything I wanted and more at a 25% discount.  And those who know me know I can't resist a good sale!  The last file just finished downloading and I must say that I am in love with the kits I bought.  I decided on Bounce, Smarshmallows, and Sandbox just to name a few!  I can not wait to use this on some new layouts and can't wait to share them with you!  If you still aren't certain that you are ready for digital scrapbooking and don't want to commit any money to it yet, check out their free kits here.  I've downloaded just about everyone of these and LOVE them!  You will too!
The Shoppe sale ends on October 4, so hurry and check it out!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Wow...Amanda over at KevinandAmanda.com has outdone herself today!  She made some fantastic looking chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes.  Hurry, click here to see these amazing creations.  I guess I know what's next on my list of cupcake experiments.  Can't wait to try them out...maybe this week!  Oh how I love her website...there are so many fantastic, amazing, wonderful things to find there!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

These are my favorite pumpkin muffins.  I found the recipe at one of my favorite frugal-mom websites, Money Saving Mom.  They are probably not the healthiest muffins with two cups of sugar and one and a half cups of oil, but they are absolutely the best pumpkin muffins I've found.  They are so moist and fluffy.  I like to use Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips in this recipe.  It adds something that other chocolate lacks!  This huge batch makes 24 regular size muffins and 16 mini muffins when I cook it.  What's the best part of making a batch of muffins this big?  These muffins freeze amazingly well.  I wait for them to cool down, place them on a cookie sheet and throw them in the freezer for about 20 minutes.  Once they are frozen solid, toss them in a ziploc bag and keep them for a couple of months in the freezer.  C loves to take a couple out of the freezer and let them defrost in his desk at work.  He says they are ready to eat by lunchtime, and actually likes them better that way instead of straight out of the oven.  Me?  I'd eat them in a house, with a mouse, on a boat with a goat...they are that good!  Thanks Money Saving Mom for creating such a delicious treat!