3 Cheer-ios to General Mills!

Goodbye plain 'ol Cheerios, Honey Nut, and all the rest. Hello Banana Nut! You just made breakfast a whole lot better. Pure deliciousness! Give them a try and you won't be dissapointed...if you like bananas of course. :)

Nice work General Mills! Keep 'em coming!

Easter Recipes

Here are my Easter recipes this year. I really enjoyed them so I'm sharing.

Cheesy Ham and Hash Brown Casserole
1 (32 oz) package frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
8 ozs cooked, diced ham (or more)
2 (10.75 oz) cans condensed cream of potato soup
1 (16 oz) container sour cream
1 (4 oz) can green chilis (optional)
2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
1 1/2 cups grated Parmesan cheese

1. Preheat over to 375 degrees. Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
2. In a large bowl, mix hash browns, ham cream of potato soup, sour cream, green chilis and Cheddar cheese. Spread evenly into baking dish. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
3. Bake 1 hour or until bubbly and lightly brown. Serve immediately.

*This is not the lowest calorie casserole, but it's delicious! I added the green chilis to give it some kick and extra ham and it was perfect! You can make this ahead of time and put it in the refrigerator until your ready to bake it.


Angel Cake Surprise
1 (10 inch tube) angel food cake
1 (.3 0z) package strawberry flavored gelatin
1 (16 0z) package fresh strawberries
3 bananas
1 (5 oz) package instant vanilla pudding mix
1 (8 oz) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

1. Break angel food cake into bite sized pieces. Put in 9x13 inch pan, preferably glass.
2. Dissolve strawberry gelatin in 1 cup water and pour over cake pieces. Slice strawberries and place on top of gelatin. Slice bananas and place on top of strawberries.
3. Prepare instant pudding according to instructions on box and spread evenly over fruit.
4. Spread whipped topping on top of pudding. Try to keep the layers separate. Garnish with a sliced strawberry.
5. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.

*This is a pretty light dessert if you don't eat half the pan like I did! Love the strawberries and bananas in the Spring!

Easter 2009

We continued our tradition of a low-key Easter this year. We usually do a simple meal and lounge around all afternoon and watch The Masters, one of the four major men's golf tournaments of the year. This year was no different, which was a good thing. Austin got his first major sickness and needed less activity verses more. I made a simple potato and ham casserole (very delicious and I will post the recipe) and a light angel food cake dessert. The Easter Bunny brought Austin a basket with some plastic eggs, which he couldn't get enough of. He loved taking them apart and putting them back together again. It's the simple things this kid loves! Grandma Mary and Rich came over to spend the afternoon with us. It's always nice to have them visit.

Austin seems to be feeling better but was pretty sick since last Wednesday, complete with fever, rash and not-so-good stuff in the diaper...over and over! Poor kid was miserable for the first few days but is better every day. His appetite isn't quite up to normal but he seems to be happier and is enjoying more activity.

Here's Austin with his Easter eggs. Oh, and he maybe, just maybe, might consider crawling soon!