Countdown to Fall

Countdown to Fall week 2

This week I tried a new recipe that my Mom told me about. Crockpot spaghetti sauce sounded weird, but oh my gosh it was wonderful! I think I am hooked on this new method. 

It cooks all day for 6-8 hours and all the yumminess just melds together as it cooks down.  I will post the recipe below:

Crockpot spaghetti sauce:

4-8 large slicer tomatoes (depending on how many you are cooking for)

1 large chopped Onion

3-4 Minced garlic cloves

Salt 

Pepper

Basil

1 Tbsp honey

1-2 cans tomato paste (for thickening)

Fresh basil leaves at the last half hour

So basically you just throw all of this into the crockpot. I quarted my tomatoes first. Next time I think I will remove the skins as well. I put it on high for 3 hours and then turned it down to low the last 3 hours. The last 3 hours is when you will want to add a can or two of tomato paste. At the last half hour I added fresh basil, and it just made the sauce that much more delicious. You can use an immersion blender at the end if you have one to make the sauce all come together. I don't have one, so I used a potato masher, and it worked great because the tomatoes were already so cooked down. When it's all said and done...enjoy!! Mmm...

Yesterday my son enjoyed the new fall window clings I found at the dollar store. It didn't hold his attention for too long, but c'mon! Nothing holds a 1 1/2 year old's attention for more than a couple minutes at a time anyways. He had fun sticking and un-

sticking the pieces, and I had fun explaining what each picture was. Here is a shot of his hand at work ;)

I hope you are all enjoying the end of this summer season! Blessings! 

Countdown to fall

Countdown to Fall!

Welcome to a new series I want to start for the month ahead. I love Fall so much that every year at about this time I get all antsy and feel the need to prepare my home for the coming season. Here is where I will share things I have found, and ways I plan to use them in my home. I hope to take you on a fall home tour when it all comes together at the beginning of next month. So here goes week one of counting down to fall!

I'll start with a small haul of items I have picked up. Dollar Tree is a huge favorite of mine for the fall and winter seasons. They have cute little decor pieces, and cute items for young kids as well...

They have super cute wall decor right now. I love the Farm Fresh sign I found in one of their boxes of wall art. I had to dig a little before I found what I liked. I picked up a cute pumpkin welcome sign for my front door. I am not sure how well it will hold up in colder weather, but it is only a dollar so I am not too worried. I picked up some cute stuffed owls to set around the house. My son will have fun with those. I also found 2 packets of colorful leaves that I can place around my dining table. I saw on pinterest a cute idea for using those to have your young child learn to rake them up with a play rake. I think my son would love something like that. It sounded like a good rainy day idea. Then I found some fun fridge magnets and window clings for "Bubba" and I to play around with. If you have not checked out dollar tree, now is the time! 

Here is my very small Hobby Lobby haul...

I was so thrilled to find the burlap banner to go over my fireplace mantle! I have always wanted one. It says Blessings and I thought it would be perfect for fall! Everything here cost me a measly $12! I have been told, when shopping at Hobby Lobby never pay full price for anything. If you see something you like, chances are it will go on sale soon anyways! That is what I love about Hobby Lobby...sales, sales, and more sales!

That's all for now. Come back as I post more next time! Blessings!