Veggie Quesadillas

Hey All!

While nannying for Amy and Kevin I learned how to make this delicious meal. It quickly became one of my all time favorites to cook and eat! Enjoy! And thanks Amy for the recipe :)

Ingredients:

1 Med. Red Onion

1 red bell Pepper

1 Med Zucchini

1 Med Summer Squash

2 Lg Carrots
1/2 can of corn

1/2 Can of black beans

1/2 Pkg. 1/3 less fat cream cheese

Pepper Jack Cheese - thinly sliced (Can substitute with thin slices of cheddar)
4 Flour tortillas

Olive oil

Salt Pepper

Cumin

Crushed Red Pepper (optional)

Directions:

1. Slice Onion finely. Dice red and green peppers. Shred the carrots. Chop the zucchini and summer squash.

2. In a medium saucepan heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Add fresh vegatables, salt, pepper, cumin, and

red pepper flakes. Saute.

3. Half way through sautéing, add half the can of corn and half the can of black beans. Continue to sauté until vegetables are slightly softened, easily poked with a fork.

4. Remove pan from heat and place veggies in a medium sized bowl. Add cream cheese and mix until the vegetables are lightly coated.

5. Return frying pan to heat and place a tortilla in it. Cover one half with pepper jack cheese. Top with a generous scoop of the vegetable mix. Fold over the tortilla into a quesadilla.

6. When golden on one side, flip.

7. When cheese has melted remove from pan and repeat until filling is gone.

Serve immediately.

Serves 4

Love you all!

Charity

Pom Pom Tutorial

I am super excited for this blog.  I think it will be really interesting and have a huge variety.  Here is our first post!  I wanted to make a pom pom for matching hats I made for Hyrum and Jude.  I didn't know it would be so easy.  So here is a little tutorial.  Let me know if it's confusing or you have any questions.  They are fun to do anyway for whatever you might use them for.
Enjoy!

This is the hat I wanted the pom pom for

Wrap yarn around your fingers.  The more yarn, the fuller the pom pom.  Do all four fingers for a bigger pom pom and a couple of fingers for a smaller one.

Cut a long piece of yarn to tie around the center.  I tied a knot on one side, then wrapped it again to tie it in one more knot, leaving long strands to sew it onto the hat.

Next you cut all of the little loops you have made around the pom pom.

Now it will look a little mangy, but all it needs is a trim.  Just trim it down until you like the shape and size.

Next you take the yarn tails and sew the pom pom onto the top of the hat.

Tada!  Hat and handsome boy not included.

If you use a less fluffy yarn you can use a wire brush to fluff it up after you are done.

Happy pom poming!