The Reason I Will Gain 20 Pounds This Christmas:

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Mallow Bars

Ingredients
1 pkg. (2-layer size) devil's food cake mix
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
2/3 cup milk, divided
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 jar (7 oz.) marshmallow creme
1/2 cup salted peanuts
6 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, coarsely chopped

Directions
HEAT oven to 350°F. Mix dry cake mix, butter and 1/3 cup milk until blended; press 2/3 onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan. Bake 12 to 14 min. or until center is almost set; cool 3 min. Meanwhile, mix peanut butter and remaining milk.
SPREAD peanut butter mixture onto crust; top with small spoonfuls of the marshmallow creme and remaining cake mixture. Sprinkle with nuts and chocolate; press gently into cake mixture.
BAKE 18 min. or just until center is set. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!

Stuffed Shells

Back from a wonderful trip to Disney and on to Christmas!! I always said that once AJ & I bought a house, the first Christmas would be at OUR HOUSE so my mom & dad are in town for the week. I'm nervous about helping with Christmas dinner but excited because I have a wonderful teacher. For Christmas Eve, we are going to have Stuffed Shells:

Ingredients
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, well drained
1 container (16 oz.) Fat Free Cottage Cheese
1 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, divided
1 red pepper, chopped
1 egg white
1 env. GOOD SEASONS Italian Dressing Mix
20 jumbo macaroni shells (for stuffing), cooked, drained and cooled
1 jar (13-1/2 oz.) spaghetti sauce

Directions
HEAT oven to 400°F. Mix spinach, cottage cheese, 1/2 cup mozzarella, peppers, egg white and dressing mix until well blended; spoon into shells, adding about 1 heaping Tbsp. to each shell.
SPREAD half of sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish. Arrange shells, filled-sides up, in baking dish; top with remaining sauce and mozzarella. Cover with foil.
BAKE 40 min. or until heated through, removing foil after 30 min.

I will report back with how it tastes!

EDITED: These were spectacular!! They are lowfat, hence the cottage cheese, so next time we make them we will use ricotta cheese.

Happiest Place on Earth...

Tomorrow we are going to DISNEY WORLD with AJ's parents, brother, sister in law, and 3 kids. We are very excited because neither of us have been in YEARS! I will definitely ride "It's A Small World" in homage to my family because I used to torture them by wanting to ride it 500 times in a day. :P

Our Current Favorite Dinner

Bruschetta Chicken Bake

Ingredients

1 can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 pkg Stove Top stuffing for Chicken

1/2 cup water

2 cloves garlic, minced

1-1/2 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces

1 tsp. dried basil leaves

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions

Heat over to 400 degrees. Mix tomatoes, stuffing mix, water and garlic just until stuffing mix is moist.

Layer chicken, basil, cheese, and stuffing mix in 13x9 inch or 3 quart baking dish.

Bake 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.

This is one of AJ's FAVORITE to eat and my FAVORITE to make because it's sooooo easy and sooooo good! You gotta love Kraft Food & Family magazine!!