Makin' History

literally.  Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon make a great pair especially with microphones in their hands and dancing shoes on their feet. 

Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake - History of Rap, part 3

(Watch a better quality version at Hulu.com)

History of Rap, part 1 and 2 posted earlier

Tomato Tortellini Soup

Happy November! It's officially Autumn and soup season. We made this soup last week and it was a huge hit.  It will definitely make another appearance this soup season.  

Ingredients

1 Package (9 ounces) refrigerated cheese tortellini

2 cans reduced-sodium condensed tomato soup

2 cups vegetable broth

2 cups 2% milk (I used skim)

2 cups half-and-half cream

1/2 cup chopped oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes

1 teaspoon onion powder

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon dried basil

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese (I used grated)

Directions

1. Cook tortellini according to package

2. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, combine the soup, broth, milk, cream, tomatoes (drain sun-dried tomatoes because the oil doesn't mix well in soup), and seasoning

3. Heat through, stirring frequently, Drain tortellini and carefully add to soup.

4. Stir in cheese and add additional on top if desired

 Enjoy!

-Megan

Celebs do Halloween

 Happy Halloween! Hope you had a great weekend, with successful costumes! Or maybe you are wearing yours tonight. Well the celebs hit up some parties this weekend, here are some of my favorites...

 

 Gwen Stefani as a beautiful Cinderella and Heidi Klum with a human anatomy costume...wow!

What a cute little family of Incredibles!

  

It's not surprising that that Snooki dressed up like a furry leopard, and wow does Nicole Richie make a great JLo!

The cast of "Fashion Police"...Awesome! Joan Rivers as Suri Cruz, Kelly Osbourne and George Kotsiopoulos as JLo and Marc Anthony and Giuliana Rancic as Victoria Beckham. 

And my favorite....The Today Show's Royal Wedding Party....so perfect! They always have the best costumes!

Hope you have a fun, safe Halloween!

-Whitney

Happy Halloween Weekend

Have a great Halloween Weekend! Be safe, hope your costumes are so fetch!

Seasonal Seeds

Tis' the season to carve pumpkins and roast pumpkin seeds.  What fun fall festivities! This year we wanted to spice it up and give our plain roasted seeds a lil something something.  Inspired by The Girl who ate everything!  (don't you just love her blog name) we gave our seeds some serious flavor.

Ingredients:

2 cups Pumpkin seeds (about 4 Jack-o-Lanterns)

3 Tablespoons melted butter - we used smart balance

2 teaspoons Worchestire

Garlic Salt and Pepper

Onion Powder

Instructions:

1. Pre-heat oven 250 degrees and cover a cookie sheet with foil.

2. Rinse seeds thoroughly under cold water in a colander.

3. Pat dry.

4. Stir in seeds with melted butter and Worchestire, add seasonings, once coated well spread onto cookie sheet.

5. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until golden brown, stirring every 20 minuets or so. 

Enjoy!

Check out the Pumpkins we carved

Happy Halloween

 - Megan

Tomato Toast

We made this a while back, but it was just too delicious not to share.  This is a great idea for either a light dinner or a warm lunch.  Unfortunately tomatoes are hard to find this time of year, but when you warm them up I can stand a hot house  (usually I do not even go near them when I see the sign).  Inspiration for our meal came from this great site. More Please

Ingredients:

1  Crunchy French Baguette

(to withstand the moisture of the tomatoes)

3 Tablespoons Garlic Olive Oil 

2-3 Medium sized Tomatoes

  Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Fresh Basil

Itialian Seasoning

Salt and Pepper

1. Preheat Broiler and cover a baking sheet with foil. 

2. Cut Baguette into thrids and then slice each third in half, drizzel each half with Garlic Olive Oil.

3. Top with slices of tomato approx 3 per toast. 

4. Tear up basil and sprinkle on top of tomatoes along with Itialian seasoning and salt and pepper.

5. Cover herbs and tomatoes with Mozzarella cheese. 

6. Broil about 4 inches from heat for 3-5 minuets and untill the cheese is melted to your liking.  

Enjoy!

-Megan and Whitney 

Embroidered X-Rays

How cool are these embroidered x-rays by Philadelphia artist, Matthew Cox!

 

The things that artists come up with!

-Whitney