Sugar, Spice & Everything "Nice"

This is a good recipe to start off fall with! I made this last Sunday for an easy dinner to just throw in the Crockpot and just walk away for the day and it was mighty tasty! And I had almost everything I needed already at home! (But there's always that one you have to go to the store to, because it would just be TOO easy to have everything). Ingredients: 1# ground Italian Sausage, browned 1 yellow onion, chopped 2 large carrots, chopped 2 stalks celery, shopped 4 gloves garlic, minced 1T Italian seasoning 2t beef bouillon powder (this is usually in the soup aisle at the grocery store if not in the spice section) 1/2t salt 4 cups beef broth 1/4 cup cornstarch mixed and dissolved in 1/4 cup water 3 cups of half and half 1 - 12oz package three cheese tortellini (or whatever flavor you prefer) 1 package of fresh baby spinach (the smaller bag) Crock it like it's hot: Brown the sausage (and drain) and put it in the Crockpot. Place the onion, carrots, celery, ga

I'm a true lover of all things rice krispie. It'd be an understatement to say I have one at least once a day. I buy them in bulk at Costco, yes I know I have a problem. These are a nice twist to your rice krispie treat though. All the same ingredients, just made with popcorn instead. Think of an extremely large popcorn ball, with a little extra yum in them. Warning: This is a sticky mess when trying to make them, as is anything when you are using melted marshmallows. Make sure you have a large enough bowl to fit two bags of popcorn and mixing room. Ingredients: 2 bags microwave popcorn, popped (try to get all the kernels removed, personally I LOVE the unpopped kernels but I can understand someone not wanting to break their tooth). 2 cups M&M's 1 1/2 cups broken pretzel sticks (I just poured some into a ziplock bag and crushed them up).  16oz mini marshmallows (8 cups) 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) Time to get messy: 1.      Spray a large