1/4 cup of olive oil

6 potatoes

1 onion

1/2 a bag of carrots

Italian sausages

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning 

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Salt and pepper

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

2. Peel and wash potatoes then slice into small pieces.

3. Chop carrots and onions into small pieces. 

4. Grill sausage and cut up into small pieces.

5. Mix the vegetables and sausage together in pan.  Add oil and seasoning.

6. Cover the pan with foil and cook for 30 minutes. 

7. Remove foil and cook another 30 minutes.

3 cans chili beans

1/3 cup brown sugar

2 lbs ground beef

1 medium onion

1 qt tomato juice

1 jar chili sauce 

2 tbs chili powder

2. Drain grease from meat.

3. Place all ingredients in crockpot on low for 3-6 hours.

You can cook on the stove top as well.

I usually double the recipe and freeze half before cooking. Take out of freezer when ready and place in crockpot (frozen).  Cook all day on low and ready for dinner.

Yellow cake mix

Cherry pie filling

1 stick of butter

2. Place cherry filling into a rectangle greased dish.

3. Pour yellow cake mix over filling.

4. Melt butter and pour on top of cake mix.

5. Bake for 40 minutes.

You can serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Porter and I went ice skating at the rink. This was her first time skating and it had been a while for me. I definitely forgot how hard it can be.  It's not any easier to hold up a three year old while skating around. 

Porter still says "Mommy we went on a date...Member?" What a great memory!