Italian Meatball Soup

I bought a small shell noodle box and the recipe was on the back of the box:

"4 cups beef  or chicken broth
1 jar marinara sauce
2 cups frozen vegetables
1 cup Small Shells
12 frozen fully cooked meatballs
Combine broth and sauce in large pot.  Bring to boil.  Stir in remaining ingredients.  Boil 7 to 8 minutes until pasta is tender and meatballs are heated through."

Next time I make it, I would double the broth.   I added carrots, squash, and broccoli.  I would add more vegetables.  But overall, pretty good.  I also sprinkled Parmesan cheese on top.

Peanut Butter Popcorn

This is Natalie's recipe:

2/3 cup sugar
1 cup Karo syrup
1 cup crunchy or plain peanut butter
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup popcorn kernels

Pop popcorn and put in large bowl.  Remove unpopped kernels.  Bring sugar and syrup to a boil. Don't overcook it as it will crystallize. Remove from heat and add peanut butter and vanilla. Pour over popped popcorn and mix.

Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies

Found this recipe on Baked by Rachel. They are pretty good.

Gingerbread House

 I bought a gingerbread house kit from Walmart.

I put royal icing down in the tray and frosting around the edges and stack my house together, then hold the roof eaves on for a minute on each side, and let dry for 15 minutes before I could decorate.

While I was waiting for the frosting to dry on the house, I decorated the cookies.  

I put Peppermint candies on the top with lots of  icing, icing around the windows, pearl candies to the snowflake, and cut the jelly trees in half to add flower boxes to the windows.

I added snowflake candies to both sides of the roof. 

I cut dot candies in half and added it to the roof eaves.  I put pearl candies on the edges of the roof.  I put icing on trees and attached them to the house.

I put icing under the cookies and attached them to the tray and put snowflakes all around them and the house.

Finished product:

Black and White Cookies

Recipe from The Pioneer Woman.

Pumpkin Walnut Cobbler

Recipe from Creations By Kara

Banana Bread

I made Shayna's Banana Bread, but I substituted peanut butter for almond butter and milk chocolate chips for dark.