Busy Week & Simple Spaghetti

The past week has been a busy one and I have enjoyed every minute.  I signed on as an independent Pampered Chef Consultant, hosted my grand opening show, we received our first birthday cake order, celebrated the upcoming birth of our friends baby girl and I actually have a clean kitchen today.  Miracles will never cease.  I am looking forward to my first small business endeavor.  I will incorporate Pampered Chef products and recipes into my postings.  I will be featuring recipes from the 29 minute dinner cookbook next week.  I am so excited a friend thought of me (or Mystic Creations) for a birthday cake.  We will always remember our first order and happy clients.  We are looking forward to it. 

I made a few batches of petite cheesecakes this past weekend.  The peanut butter cup cheesecakes were a success.  I also made the traditional cherry cheesecakes. 

Saturday night I made my first Pampered Chef recipe.  It was a garden veggie pizza.  I have always used a dry pack of crust mix.  This called for the refrigerated tube of pizza dough.  I was pleasantly surprised.  For the cost and convenience I will be using pre-made pizza dough again. 

Now, onto making simple spaghetti special.  We saw some friends this weekend and cooking came up in conversation.  I feel just as burdened with cooking at times as other people do.  I have dry spells where I have little motivation and no creativity.  Tonight I made Spaghetti...and I made it special.  I think the easiest thing we can do as food preparers for our family is to make dinner fun, taste great and be interesting.  I used odds and ends of fresh vegetables in the sauce.  You will find my simple instructions on the Kitchen Delicious page.  Feeding kids is always harder than whipping something up for the adults in the household.  I have been coming up with ways to incorporate vegetables in Lilly's meals.  We must choose our battles.  Tonight she had spaghetti noodles with shredded mozzerella cheese and chicken nuggets.  Score 1 for protein and a strikeout on the veggies. It's ok, mini meatloaves with hidden carrots in on the menu for the week.  :)

I played around with some glass beads over the last week too.  I posted some pictures on my Creative Notions page.  There are also new pictures on the Baked Creations page. 

Leave me your comments, questions or suggestions.  I like to know what matters to everyone and what we are all trying to accomplish in the kitchen and in our lives.