Pretzel Turtles

I got this recipe from Our Best Bites. It's super easy, cute and tasty. Yum! I love sweet and salty.

Ingredients:
Rolos
pretzels
M&M's

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Place pretzels on cookie sheet. Top each pretzel with a Rolo. Cook in oven for 3-4 minutes. Squish an M&M on top. Done!

Hot Chocolate Bark

Alayna, Carson and I have been working all morning on treats for our neighbors and friends. It has been so much fun, and it's one of my favorite things to do during Christmas time. We made up this recipe because Alayna said we should make some like hot chocolate. Carson even helped crush the candy canes by trowing the bag on the floor.

Ingredients:
3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
3 cups white chocolate chips or white candy coating
1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
3 crushed candy canes

Directions:
Melt semisweet chocolate chips in microwave for about 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds or until smooth. Spread thinly onto a wax paper-lined cookie sheet. Next, melt the white chocolate same as the semisweet chocolate. Stir in the marshmallows and spread evenly over the semisweet chocolate. Sprinkle with candy canes. Chill in the fridge until hard. Break apart.

Lemon Spaghetti

Hey Hilary- here is that recipe, it is Rachel Ray's, but I don't think I put quite that much garlic in it as she does! It really does sound good, maybe I'll have to make it too! Love ya!

Ingredients

• Salt
• 1 pound spaghetti
• 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 3 turns of the pan
• 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 lemons, zested and juiced
• 1/2 to 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano
• Handful flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup (10 or 12 leaves) fresh basil, very thinly sliced

Directions

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Salt the water and drop the spaghetti into the pot.

Heat a large deep skillet over low heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil andgarlic and crushed red pepper flakes.

When the pasta has been cooking about 5 minutes, add lemonjuice, a ladle of the cooking water from the pasta and the cream to the garlic and oil. Raise heat a bit to bring sauce to a bubble.

Drain pasta when it still has a good bite to it, al dente. Add lemonzest and half of the cheese to the cream sauce. Season the sauce with salt, to taste. Add pasta to pan and turn off heat. Toss thepasta with sauce a minute or 2, allowing it time to soak up the sauce.

Top the plates of pasta or platter with remaining cheese, parsley and basil.

Recipe Request

Hey Alyssa, I was wondering if you would share your lemon spaghetti recipe. It's so yummy, I'm craving it. Love ya!