Lets Get Cooking!!

Food, glorious food! There so much to choose from. From soups to entrees nothing says home like something bubbling on the stove. I like to surprise my family with "special night" foods. It may be Super Tuesday or omgosh I made it to Friday!!!! Either way it's nice to proclaim this day with your family is special. How you pull it off depends on your imagination. I get all my dinner theme material from the Dollar Tree. You can really set the mood with just a few dollars! From Taco night where everyone gets to dress out their own tacos to hamburger and milk shake nights with homemade french fries. My all time favorite is appetiser night where the whole meal is a vast array of appetizers. There are so many ways to make family dinners fun and enjoyable. Remember what you do with your kids will forever be remembered by them and often passed down to their children. You are setting standards and tradition. America needs to get back to tradition. With fall coming on strong today would be a good day for Vegetable soup with peanut butter and syrup sandwiches.
Here is my recipe:
I usually start with the left overs from a pot roast. This is perfect because you already have the potatoes and carrots and beef broth already to be cubed up in bite size pieces. Once cubed put them in a soup pot over medium heat. Add a can of carrots or fresh, (can takes less time)green beans, and 2 cans of diced tomatoes, add niblet corn if you like and any other vegetable. It's all about your families preference. My sister Patti likes cabbage in hers, I don't. After adding all the veggies I add a large cup of water to make plenty of broth. Let this all simmer several hours and the smell will be wonderful, not to mention how good it is for your family. Now take a large soup bowl and put at least 4 tablespoons of peanut butter and pour about a 1/4 of a cup of syrup and stir till smooth. It should be spreadable. Now make sandwiches with it. When your family comes together for this meal you'll get no complaining. This is the type of meal that nourishes the body and soul. Enjoy an may the traditions you start this year be cherished and remembered by your great grand children. Life is precious so don't waste a drop of it!!!! Aunt Onie