Mom's Cheese Ball

This recipe has been a family favorite for as long as I can remember. I made it recently and received many requests for the recipe so I thought I'd share it here. It's is surprisingly simple with few ingredients but very very good!

2-8oz. pkg of cream cheese
1 5oz. jar of old english cheese (found by the velveta and cheese whiz products)
1/2 small onion chopped very fine
1 cup chopped walnuts
Fresh chopped parsley

Mix everything in your mixer except parsley until well blended. Spoon onto center of serving plate then shape into a ball. Press chopped parsley all over the cheese ball and put in the fridge to chill. Serve with Ritz crackers.

Everyday Food Storage

Aren't these so cute! I'm totally making these with my kids...

She has a family home evening activity and lesson to go with them for this week.

Check out this site - there are all kinds of great food storage tips and helps as well.

http://everydayfoodstorage.net/

Peanut Butter Chocolate Dipped Bananas

For after school snacks Mon.-Thurs. I only let the kids have "good for you" stuff so Fridays they get a "sweet" treat (usually something with chocolate). I tried something new today, Kierstin and I were in the grocery store last night and saw a package for a chocolate dipped banana that looked yummy. I made them this morning, it took me about 5-10 min. and the kids will be super excited when they get home (plus they'll get some fruit too-so sneaky).
I used the almond bark they have at Wal-Mart, it's like $1 or something? I melted it then added a bunch of peanut butter, stirred that up. Then dipped cut banana pieces on toothpicks in the mixture and put them on wax paper. Just make sure you completely cover the banana so it doesn't turn brown. When I was done dipping bananas I dumped a bunch of walnuts in the bowl, mixed it up and dumped it on the wax paper for me to eat later ;)