Winners, An Award, & A Superbowl Recipe.

Good Saturday everyone! A big thanks to everyone who entered this POM contest! I had fun reading who you all root for, I even saw some fellow Trojan fans - yeah! I saw too many Notre Dame fans though, boo. See below how you guys root. Anyway, here are the 3 winners: (I was able to get some more coupons).

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If you are any of the winners, please e-mail me at priscilla91@iowatelecom.net. Didn't win? Stay tuned, because you can get another shot at this same contest in a couple weeks.

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Onto some food. These little appetizers are so delicious and they take very little time to prepare. Cooking takes the longest but these are worth it. The brown sugar mixed in with these adds a sweet flavor to it. My brothers were gobbling these right up, so I know these would be a hit at any Superbowl party.

Sausage Bacon Bites

Ingredients:
3/4 pound sliced bacon
2 packages (8 ounces each) brown-and-serve sausage links
1 cup plus extra packed brown sugar, divided

DIRECTIONS:
Cut bacon strips widthwise in half; cut sausage links in half. Wrap a piece of bacon around each piece of sausage. Place 1 cup brown sugar in a shallow bowl; roll sausages in sugar. Secure each with a toothpick. Place in a foil-lined 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until bacon is crisp. Sprinkle with remaining brown sugar. Yield: about 3-1/2 dozen.---------------------------------------

Nicole over at Test Kitchen Recipes gave me the Lemonade Award for a refreshing blog. Thanks so much Nicole! Check out Nicole's blog for some great family food recipes. I am going to pass this onto:

Cristine at Cristine Cooks

Jessica at Turkey Cookies

Melissa at Schweet 'N Savory

Jenny at Picky Palate

Lisa at Jersey Girl Cooks

Meg at Megan's Munchies

Thanks ladies for such great blogs!

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When I was trying to decide which family pictures to post, I realized that you guys haven't seen a picture of my Mom yet. Not sure how that happened. So, here is my Mom with her sister, or my Aunt Kathy. I personally think my Mom and Aunt look very much alike. Out of us three girls, my older sister Lisa is always the one told she looks like our Mom. And, I agree. The 2nd picture is of Lisa and then me. No pictures of Anna because she politely asked me not to post any.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'll be back with more Superbowl recipes!

Sausage Stuffed Jalapenos And Snowboarding.

Happy New Year & Good Saturday everyone! Hope you are enjoying these last days of the holidays. My break off school has been lots of fun and I am not ready for it to start on Monday. Yesterday, my Mom took my brothers and I snowboarding. We haven't gone snowboarding for a month due to road conditions and weather, so we were itching really bad to get out. It was a perfect and sunny day and we all had a blast! *Pictures below*

Onto some food. These peppers at #3 are so delicious you can't only eat one. The sausage mixture inside the peppers gives it an amazing flavor. We have these every New Years Eve and they have become a family favorite here. They get spicy but most of us love spicy here. Another recipe with a kick!

Sausage-Stuffed Jalapenos

Ingredients:
1 pound bulk pork sausage
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Parmesan cheese
22 large jalapeno pepper, halved lengthwise and seeded
Ranch salad dressing, optional

DIRECTIONS:
In a large skillet, cook the sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. In a small mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese and Parmesan cheese; fold in sausage. Spoon about 1 tablespoonful into each jalapeno half. Place in two ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dishes. Bake, uncovered, at 425° for 15-20 minutes or until filling is lightly browned and bubbly. Serve with ranch dressing if desired. Yield: 44 appetizers.

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Steven and Joe. They are better at the whole jumping thing. They don't have a fear of braking something or getting humiliated.

After snowboarding the next best thing is sleeping...hands down.

Have a great weekend and I'll see you with #2 next!