Fall themed Baby Shower

My daughter Megan and I hosted my younger daughters baby shower yesterday. My fourth grand baby and Jen's third is due January 30th. Another little boy, Emerson Rhys. We had so much fun planning and putting it all together. I wanted to share some pictures with you.

 Check out the diaper owl!

This arrangement was made in my great grandmothers bread bowl

  I hand painted the acorn in the jar behind the apple pies and painted the mason jars.

                

Our menu was Bacon Jalapeno Dip baked in a pumpkin, Mini Apple Pies, Ranch Dip and Veggies, Pumpkin Crack Dip with apples, Apple Cider and of course the S'mores Bar.  So fun!

 

 

                                                                                         This crock pot Apple Cider was so good!

 

Roasting marshmallows

Refrigerater Oatmeal!

Have you tried this??  My daughter introduced me to this.  I am going to give you the link to the sight where I got all of my recipes. Two weeks ago I made up enough for the weeks breakfasts. I made the Raspberry Vanilla and the Mandarin Orange.

This week I made a couple of Pineapple Coconut and a Blackberry. I substituted blackberries for the raspberries and omitted the vanilla in the Raspberry Vanilla recipe.

This is different, but it is good and easy and ready for you in the morning! It has a good amount of protein and fiber. If you are doing WW the points range from 6 to 8.  Not bad for breakfast and you can always add a piece of fruit.

Click here for the recipes The Yummy Life 

Healthy Shrimp Pasta Salad

This was Dinner Thursday night.  it was really good!  I got the recipe from Favorite Family Recipes.

This Shrimp Pasta Salad is only 200 cal. per cup and 4 WW points!

This bowl is holding 2 cups.  I had plenty of points left for dinner!

I had a bowl of salad and 1 cup of blackberries which are ZERO points!

Shrimp Pasta Salad
1 lemon
1/2 cup light mayonnaise
1/2 cup light sour cream
1 TBSP fresh dill
1/2 tsp salt
4 cups uncooked bow tie (farfalle) pasta
1 pound medium shrimp, shelled, deveined and cooked
1 cucumber, sliced
3 carrots, sliced
1 red pepper, chopped in thick chunks
4 green onions with tops, thinly sliced

Instructions:
For the dresing, zest the whole lemon and then juice it.  Combine the zest, lemon juice, mayonaise, sour cream, fresh dill, and salt.  Set aside.

Cook pasta, shrimp, cucumber, carrots, pepper, and green onions.

Pour dressing over salad ingredients and mix well.

Cover and chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes, but several hours or overnight is best.

Serving size: 1 cup
Calories: 200
Fat: 2(g)
Carbs. 21 (g)
Protein: 14 (g)
Fiber: 2 (g)

I added some celery and I didn't have green onions so I just chopped up some regular onion.  Easy and yummy!