Scarecrow Dip

Here is the picture of the Scarecrow Dip I made for Evan's office Octoberfest celebration. This is actually Mexican Seven Layer Dip camouflaged with refried beans and a funny face and certainly not German or Octoberfest fare usually, but it is fall and scarecrows come out in the fall so I thought it would be fun to serve. Just a note, Evan said that people didn't know how to get at it with the lettuce collar, so once he removed it they ate it up!

The idea came from a Pillsbury Seasonal Cookbook from 2006 and can be found here:

http://www.recipehound.com/Recipes/Recipes3/9880.html

Have fun! Don't you just love all the fun and spooky treats you can make this time of year for fall and Halloween! Katie: Post those pictures of all those cute ideas you had to make for enrichment! Pronto!

Fall has arrived!

I wanted to try a new crock pot recipe and today seemed like the perfect day because it was rainy all day and the temperature has dropped from a warm, humid 80 degrees this morning during seminary to 55 degrees right now.

This is a basic lasagna recipe, but you just use the crock pot and it is so much easier. I did substitute 15 oz. of cottage cheese and 1 cup sour cream for the ricotta cheese. I would have added some green onions to this mixture, but I didn't have any. It's basically the same lasagna recipe as the Lazy-day Lasagna in the ward cook book that Katie put together a few years ago but in a crock pot. I did end up cooking it too long, so I would recommend about 4 hours on low. It was very good! Hurrah for Fall!

http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes/slow-cooker-lasagna-114123.aspx

(How do you make this link live?)

"Step in Time"

We were thrilled to be able to see the Broadway musical, "Mary Poppins" this past week. It was fabulous! Both stars playing Mary and Bert from the original Broadway cast appeared in the touring company along with the sister of the wife of our first counselor who we hometeach also in the ensemble. Almost all of the songs from the movie were retained (we did miss "I Love to Laugh" and "Stay Awake") and some new ones were added, plus an expanded storyline. But one of our favorite scenes was the tap number, "Step in Time" where Bert defies gravity near the end of the scene. Amazing! Here it is below with an intro by the composer of the new music. Enjoy! (The grand finale is spectacular!)