Another Year Older and Some Cozy Recipe Ideas

 

Hello dear Friends and happy Friday eve!

Thank you again for the continued prayers and support regarding all the health things going on over here. I will keep you posted. 

Yesterday was my 54th birthday. Wowzers! I can't even believe that number, but there it is. Other than some arthritis issues, I sure don't feel 54 and for that I'm thankful and blessed. I had a wonderful day. 😊🍁🧡 Matt spoiled me with a romantic card and some goodies in the morning. Well after he teased me about being a cougar, as he is only 47 -  turns 48 pretty soon. He also got me a whole new set of dishes that I had been eyeing up. I'll share a peek of them. 

I had lovely long phone calls from my kiddos. They were both worried about getting their gifts to me and I told them all I want is time with them. I will be getting that soon with each of them thankfully! And then Matt & I went for a long walk in the Fall beauty last night and he grilled me an amazing dinner! Then we topped it off by sitting around a cozy fire on the deck. I had my blanket on my lap and my hot apple cider in hand and we gabbed, gazed at the fire and listened to the owl that was serenading us. It felt so beautifully Autumn and I soaked up every second!

the dishes he got me are the new PW Agatha pattern in brown and I'm in love 

the best part of a cozy fire - this guy❤️

The icing on the cake - when your daughter sends you this message before asking what is a good time to call you. And also getting a phone call from my son in which he tells me how proud he is that I'm his mom and that I'm the best person he knows. My kids were determined to make me cry! They are everything to me and I have the most thankful heart that the Lord gifted them in my life. 🙏🏻

Okay, enough birthday gushing. 

Let's talk cozy food time!

I was looking at ideas for upcoming meals. I have been seeing some delish Fall things on social media. I watched a private chef I follow make a healthier lasagna with zucchini noodles but the sauce was a sort of pumpkin & sage bechamel kind of deal and she also had a ricotta layer and sausage layer in it. I'm going to find the full recipe as it looked amazing! 

But I think for next week I'm going to add this to the list. We both LOVE soup season and I found this recipe from someone I also follow. It's for a lasagna soup and I love that it's done in a slow cooker and I think it would be so yummy and comforting (plus I have some old lasagna noodles to use up)

Speaking of soup - I also have several pinned recipes I'd like to try soon, including a soup one. This orzo lemon chicken soup, cashew chicken sheet pan meal idea, and this roasted caesar where you roast the seasoned chicken breasts and the heads of romaine in the oven. I think I'd even throw a sliced lemon on there to roast too. You can click my pinterest here, and look under my boards called soup and one called sheet pan meals. 

A final recipe I wanted to talk about is cincinnati chili. Have you ever had this? It's such a unique way to have chili and here are the basic ingredients I found in a recipe by Katie Lee. You can click the link for the full recipe here. It intrigues me because it has such warm baking spices in it. And you eat it over spaghetti! Definitely not like any chili I've ever made before. Do you think you would like this? I really want to try it sometime. 

16 ounces tomato sauce

12 ounces tomato paste

1 yellow onion, grated

2 tablespoons chili powder

2 tablespoons cocoa powder

2 tablespoons sugar

2 teaspoons kosher salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon garlic salt

1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

2 bay leaves

2 pounds ground beef (I use chuck)

1 tablespoon white wine vinegar

Do you have any seasonal or cozy recipes you haven't made that you want to try? I'd love to hear or please share if you have a favorite Fall recipe you always enjoy making this time of year. 

Blessings to you and wishing you fun in the kitchen! 

xoxo