No-Bake German Sweet Chocolate Pie – Make in 10 Minutes

This German Sweet Chocolate Pie sounds like a good pie to make ahead of time and freeze for unexpected company.  Or it would be good to have the ingredients just in case you needed a quick but impressive dessert to take somewhere.  Here are the ingredients to have on hand:

  • German Sweet Chocolate, 4 ounce bar
  • Cream Cheese, 4 ounces
  • Milk, 1/3 cup
  • Sugar, 2 tablespoons
  • Cool Whip, 12 ounces
  • Prepared Oreo Crust or Prepared Graham Cracker Crust

Go to Allrecipes.com to get the recipe.

Friendly Friday 11/12/10


Welcome to Friendly Friday!

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Thanks for joining the Friendly Friday celebration hosted by Christi at Frugal Novice, Xenia at Thanks, Mail Carrier and Charla at Healthy Home Blog! We invite you to join us every Friday to make more friends in blogville, get more blog followers and follow other great blogs out there.

To join in the Friendly Friday celebration, include your family-friendly link in our list, follow the hostesses in the first 3 spots and then start blog hopping! Visit other blogs on the list and comment to give them some blog love. Then take a minute to follow them through Google Friend Connect – this is a good way to keep up with other blogs, but also lets us show support to each other! Please DO NOT list your giveaways here, links must be to either your homepage or your Friday posting with your blog title. All others will be deleted.

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Spotlight on Friendly Friday Followers! We love your participation and want to show it! In addition to gaining followers, each week we’ll select three blogs at random and will feature links and a write-up for those blogs in the content of next week’s Friendly Friday post. There are so many seriously wonderful blogs out there, and this will be a great way to highlight some of those each week. Say hello to the lucky chosen 3 for this week (and feel free to stop by and give them a little extra love):

Chances are that you’re already reading and enjoying the warm, friendly and downright hilarious writings at A Nut in a Nutshell… and if you’re not, get with it! This mom of two college-aged children (who often make fun guest appearances on her blog) has a self-proclaimed quirky sense of humor that will keep you coming back daily to see what new product review/giveaways, life stories or just plain nonsense will show up next and make you smile.

The story behind the adorable newlyweds, Emily and Andrew, at The Brady Blog is one that will make you smile. Having first met at the age of 9, this sweet couple and their cat, Bella, enjoy life down South in Atlanta but keep their family and friends back in Ohio up to date by blogging. Through posts about daily life, law school and fun pictures, you’ll feel as though these two are long-distance pals of your own.

The next time you’re thinking of cooking or baking, Sheila at Welcome To My Kitchen has a collection of new recipes (many with video!) to inspire you… and make your stomach growl. This blog-hopping, blog award-winning Cook Extraordinaire has a post about everything from drinks to main dishes to desserts (with reviews, giveaways and shopping tips mixed in) that you’ll be sure to want to try.

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Holiday Attire

The holiday season is just about here, and many people will be attending all types of festivities between now and the new year.  Some get really dressed up with bow ties, but we’re more casual.  There will be a couple of activities we plan to get dressed up for such as a special Christmas concert, but for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner, we dress casually and comfortably.  Does your family dress up for special dinners?

Menu Plan Monday / Thanksgiving Recipes: “Fritos Cornbread Stuffing” & “Laura Bush’s Corn Bread Dressing”

Can you believe it?  I do not have a Rotisserie Chicken on the menu for this week.  I think I’m starting to get a little “burned out” on them, but I have to admit that I love how easy it is to put a meal together with one!   I am going with something that can be used as leftovers, though, because I’m too tired after work to cook every night.  Here’s our menu plus a couple of other recipes I want to share.
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Here are a couple of recipes I want to share in case you’re already planning your Thanksgiving dinner:

Monday:  Leftovers from the weekend

Tuesday:  Christi’s Chicken Taco Soup with some added veggies (sliced carrots and frozen corn)  I don’t have two cans of black beans, so I plan to use one can of black beans and one can of red kidney beans.  Also, I plan to use canned chicken breast.

Wednesday:  Leftover Chicken Taco Soup  (Don’t you just love leftovers after a long day!)

Thursday:  Leftover Soup (Such an easy meal again tonight)

Friday:  Salmon Patties, green beans, frozen corn (Cooked, of course!  I specify frozen because we like frozen corn better than canned corn.)

Filtered Water

Have you ever wondered what’s in your drinking water?  Ours is fairly good according to current standards, but we’re not satisfied with that.  We have a faucet mount water filter that filters out chlorine and a bunch of other “stuff.”  It definitely makes our water taste better.  We think a water filter is a healthy addition to any kitchen and is worth the cost of replacing filters from time to time!

Friendly Friday 11/5/10


Welcome to Friendly Friday!

Remember, YOU can host the link list on your blog too! Just click “Get the code here…” at the bottom of the list. The code is different every week, so be sure to get the new code when hosting Friendly Friday on your blog. Hosting the list is a great way for everyone to get even more traffic to their blog.

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To join in the Friendly Friday celebration, include your family-friendly link in our list, follow the hostesses in the first 3 spots and then start blog hopping! Visit other blogs on the list and comment to give them some blog love. Then take a minute to follow them through Google Friend Connect – this is a good way to keep up with other blogs, but also lets us show support to each other! Please DO NOT list your giveaways here, links must be to either your homepage or your Friday posting with your blog title. All others will be deleted.

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Tiffany at Fashion in the Forest is a Southern girl who is always on the lookout for great deals and freebies.  She shares this info with her readers along with reviews and giveaways.  Tiffany also likes sharing about things that inspire her, and she has just started an Etsy shop called “Summer So Far” which will feature handmade items and antiques.

At Whirlwind of Surprises, this 25 year old medical student loves sharing about reviews, contests, and giveaways on her blog.  She also loves reading, shopping, blogging online, tweeting, playing sports, and being with her boyfriend, friends, and family.  She especially enjoys playing with her baby nephews whenever she can find time!

Although born on the east coast, Emily at Family and Life in Las Vegas followed her heart west.  She thinks her husband, who deploys often, is an amazing man.  They have a little boy (toddler), aka “Squishy/Squish/MelonMan,” and Emily loves these two “men” in her life and says they are the best parts of her day. She also enjoys blogging and does reviews and giveaways.

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Busy Week!

This has been a very busy week!  Seems like it’s been busy for nearly everyone I know, and we’re all anticipating the holidays.  I made a couple of quick trips to the store during the week to get what we needed such as basic groceries, not anything like epiduo or anything else that was not something we needed soon.  Time was a factor, so quick and easy errands were all I had time for.