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My friend Pat makes these all the time so I thought I’d give them a try.  I bought Rhodes frozen bread “dinner rolls” and thawed out a couple per their instructions.  I rolled the dinner rolls out, one at a time and filled them with salami, cheese and pepperoncinis – you can fill them with anything – Pat uses cooked ground beef & cheese.  Then you just fold them over and crimp with a fork – poke a few holes in top and bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees for about 15 min. Use your favorite marinara or any sauce to dip.  They taste really good and the rolls actually taste like pizza dough! Yum!!

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Seriously this is the EASIEST recipe ever.  If you’re not a lover of dark chocolate, then your just weird, lol and you can use milk chocolate chips or  semi-sweet.  Just melt the chocolate in a double boiler – I use a glass bowl over a pot of boiling hot water (the water shouldn’t touch the bottom of the bowl – once the water boils turn it down to low).  Dump in the nuts a cup at a time (you could use any nuts).  I used just about the whole bag (minus the 2 handfuls I ate).  Drop by teaspoonful onto parchment or wax paper and let cool.  That’s it!! And they areeeee so good!!

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I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving time with family! I was in charge of pies this year and I know how stuffed everyone is after dinner so I wanted to try something different.  I went with the traditional pumpkin pie & found this simple idea on Pinterest.  I’ve never made pie crust, so in my world the Pillsbury dough that you roll out works for me! I bought a can of cherry pie filling and a box of Pillsbury pie crusts (2 in a box).  I simply rolled out the dough a bit thinner and used my Pampered Chef 3″ cutter & sealer.  I placed the bottoms on a cookie sheet covered in parchment and scooped pie filling on top.  I then stretched out the top circle a “bit” and used a straw to cut a hole for venting.  I used a beaten egg & 1 TBS of water for an egg wash, went around the edges of the bottom piece, added the top & crimped, egg washed the entire top and sprinkled with coarse sugar.  Baked at 425 degrees for about 10 min. and it made 14 pies . . . Yummy!! Here’s the website I found it on: http://tinyurl.com/le6c58z

A yummy idea for a mini version of lemon cheesecake & super simple.  I found this recipe in one of my cookbooks by Sandra Lee of Semi-Homemade.  I’ve made it a couple of times but I always use lemon curd instead of the lime curd.  Might be a cute little addition to your Thanksgiving dessert table!!  Here is the link to her recipe . . . http://tinyurl.com/nx8veqe

Petite Lemon Cheescakes (makes 6 mini cheesecakes)

It’s football time and that means it’s chili time!!  First, let me just give a shout out to our awesome BRONCOS!!! What a game last night against the KC Chiefs!!  My daughter asked me about my chili recipe and I thought I had posted it already but hadn’t.  Sundays, in the fall/winter, should just be about church, family, chili & football!! This recipe is super simple and very good if I say so myself.  Here you go Amie:

Homemade Chili