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My latest craving (Not Pregnancy craving, just a craving) is toasted sandwiches.   So easy, so delicious.  The possibilities are endless.  But here is the recipe for my favorite, easy-peasy, go-to toasted sandwich.

Yummy ciabatta bread from your local grocery store (or french bread)

Tomatoes (I only had cherry here, but usually bigger is better)

Garlic

butter

provolone

Ground salt and pepper

Directions: Slice your bread to desired thickness.  Take 1 TBSP. of butter and mix with 1/4 tsp of minced garlic.  Or more if you like.  Butter your bread slices.  Then layer your sliced tomatoes, top with a slice of cheese.  Grind up some fresh salt and pepper to make it extra yummy and pretty.  

Then I toast these bad boys in the oven on High Broil.  WATCH CLOSELY!  They will turn from yummy to crummy in seconds.  Usually 2-5 minutes will do it.  Enjoy!

Now it's your turn to try it out and come up with your own combination

Pizza bread?

Ham, mustard and swiss?

see endless possibilities.

Super Easy Manicotti

Do you Manicotti?  This recipe comes from my cheese lovin' friend Mary. 

1. cook up your noodles

2. open up a packet of string cheese

3. stuff your cooked noodles with 1 1/2 cheese sticks (the half meaning length wise)

4. poor over a jar of your fav marinara sauce (put some in bottom first

5.  Top with.... more mozzarella cheese (not pictured)

6. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.  Until it looks melted and done 

I forgot to get an "after" shot when it was done baking, but my kids gobbled this up and I loved how easy it was.

New Recipe Book

This project has been hanging over my head for years. I have wanted to put all my recipes in one place, and organized. But then I realized I didn't want to loose the hand writing, or the actual purple note- because then, how could I find the recipe. So I just folded them any way I could and put them in a photo album. Its been so much fun to cook again. And I just love to look at all the different things I wrote recipes on, Post its, receipts, labels, note cards, wedding invitations... apparently, whatever was nearby when I needed to jot something down. Love it!