oops!

Last week my family was on vacation in Tennesee. We had a great time with my parents. I was cooking supper one night and realized we didn't have any salad dressing for Claire (who doesn't love my homemade Caesar). She LOVES ranch but I didn't have a ranch packet to make her some and she is highly allergic to the stuff in the bottle (and it is gross). So, mom and I thought about what we should do with what we had in the condo. I had some season salt, green onions, garlic, sour cream, mayonnaise. I sprinkled about 2 teaspoons season salt into about a half a container of sour cream and about a tablespoon of mayonnaise. Then I added 1 minced green onion and 1 clove garlic. I stirred all that together and it was the perfect Ranch dressing. When I got home I added parsley to it. So here is the recipe a little easier to follow.

Begin with a handful of fresh parsley, 1 green onion and 1clove of garlic.
Mince them. I do them together.
Add that to 1 cup sour cream
Add about 2 tablespoons mayonnaise.
Add season salt to taste.

This will be thick like a dip... so if you need to add a little milk until it is as thin as you like it. I would add the milk by the tablespoon until you get the consistancy you like.

The sleepover

Neilie and Claire have a friend named Averi. The great thing about their friend Averi is her mom and I have been friends since high school (which was  - Im not going to tell you how long ago).
These ladies had fun doing so many things.

The fun began outside umping on the trampoline.
Then they moved inside, washed up and ate some pizza.

They made a toast, "To Sleepovers" and said, "Cheers" with their desserts.

They entertained the grown ups with a fashion show. I wish I had videoed it. It was terrific.

They started out "camping out" in the playroom... but that didn't last. These ladies wanted to get in their beds! They finally went to sleep around 11:30 and woke up happy and hungry.  Doughnut holes and chocolate milk for breakfast it is!

These girls had so much fun! I'm so glad Averi could come over!

Here is the pic of the moms when we were younger. This was college before husbands or kids.

On the menu tonight

As promised on facebook... a Chappell family favorite recipe.

Tonight we had tuna melt crostini. My girls like it because it sounds fancy. Here's the story... Ingles had their twin french breads BOGO free. So I ended up with 4 twin french loaves. One bag (2 loaves) went in the freezer. One became garlic bread with lasagna and one became tuna melt crostini. We had tiny cans of tuna. Serioulsy, tiny cans. I used 5 cans of tuna for this recipe. I added about 1/4 cup mayonnaise. (Dukes of course), season salt, pepper, and half of a dill pickle I chopped and tossed in. I cut the french loaf into slices and loaded it with tuna salad. I put swiss cheese on top and sent them to the toaster oven. I served them with a pickle and chips. Certainly a family favorite!

We're back!!!

So much has changed since the last time I blogged. My last entry was in 2009. My girls were still babies. Neilie is now 7 and Claire is now 6. Since my last post Neil left traffic and became a school resource officer. I earned my Master's + 30! My cousin Shelley had a sweet baby girl. My cousin Autumn got married. My sister-in-law Courtney had a sweet baby girl. My sweet Nanny passed away. My cousin Haley is getting married in less than a month. I could go on and on. It feels good to be back. I'm thinking about sharing some Chappell family favorite recipes on here. Hope you enjoy! ~ Abee