DiGiorno pizza & hoops party

Happy Monday folks!!!   I was busy busy this past weekend but on Saturday evening I was most excited to have been selected as a party host for the DiGiorno Pizza & Hoops party from the House Party website.  Go there, sign up for a party and maybe you will get picked too!!  I have two more party applications pending so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for more fun!!

First up I received the party pack a couple of weeks ago

Look at all the free fun stuff and not to mention SIX coupons for completely free pizza packs.  We choose the pizza & wyngz for our party

Better start getting those in the oven!!    DiGiorno kindly sent me coupons so all these pizzas were free!!!  I even received a bunch of $4 off coupons for my guests to take home with them.

First pizza out of the oven and getting cut

Now that little innocent looking plastic pizza cutter.....in a word  AWESOME!!! 

I cannot begin to describe to you how great that worked!!  Everyone kept trying to steal it from me!

Lots of pizza and several varieties to choose from!  Yummmooooo

Let's eat fellas!!

That's my "little" guy up there munching away on pizza.

Now that we've got our belly's full it's time to shoot some hoops!

Yep, my party pack included a hoop to get the party started!   We set the seeds and started playing our brackets

There might have been some blocking going on!

uh oh....the BamBam's got brought out!!

They were a hit too!!

it's getting rowdy in the house!!!

And the winner......

is FRANKIE!!!

it's almost like the Olympics....well except the medal was plastic!! 

Here's the final shot of the brackets!

Yep...you guessed it.... DiGiorno sent us a pad to keep up with our hoops game!

We had a lot of fun with our House Party pack and I know all of you want to host your own party!

Once again head over to the House Party website and sign up to be a host. You never know you just might get picked and if you do.....please invite me! :0)

Thanks again to House Party and DiGiorno for the party.  We had a blast and if you didn't get to join us this time hopefully you will the next!

I have lots in store for you this week already... a birthday cake and chicken pot pie so stay tuned my peeps!!

Peace, Love and Yummies

Shepherd's Pie

Well hope you all had an awesome St Paddy's day!   We celebrated with one of the girls favorite dishes and a good ol' Irish standby....Shepherd's Pie.

Let's cook!

First up we need to brown the ground beef and the onion in a BIG skillet (preferably one that can go from stovetop to oven).

Once that meat cooks, drain if you need to. ( I don't because  I buy my super lean ground beef at the Sprout's--yeah yeah, I'm bragging but Sprout's rocks and they only know me as the crazy lady who shops on Wednesdays and searches all the checkout counters for the Cherry fruit bars!)

Stir in the mixed veggies, ketchup, worcestershire sauce and garlic.

Reduce the heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes.

While that's cooking we need to grab these items

Combine the cornstarch and cream cheese until smooth and then stir into the beef mixture until blended

Add the beef broth and bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and stir until thickened.

Make the mashed potatoes-- use butter and milk and follow the directions.  But hey, if you wanna go for it and make your own taters...then I tip my hat to ya and go for it.  However, the instant works just fine.

Spread those mashed potatoes over the top of the meat mixture.

Brush the top of the potatoes with a beaten egg and sprinkle with cheese

Then move it to the oven and let it get nice and brown and heated through.

Then dinner in a pot is served!

And I apologize, Court and I were so hungry we dug right into it to put ours on our plates before I got the pictures taken.  But that's ok, cause now you can see what it really looks like. :-)

This was a pretty good shepherd's pie.  I'm not a huge fan of this dish ( I have no clue why because I like everything that goes in it--just one of those weird things) but this was good and I ate my serving and didn't give in to the temptation of Lucky Charms cereal which I've been craving for no reason!

Now if it's St. Patrick's Day, you need a Shamrock shake for dinner too!  We liked our shakes even better than Mickey D's. (shock and awe!!!)  Just some cookies and cream ice cream, milk and a little peppermint extract. Topped off with whipped cream, chocolate syrup and green sprinkles!

soooooo.....that's it folks but here's the full recipe in case you are ready to make your own!

Shepherd's Pie

Just click on the link and it'll take you to the recipe where you can print it all out.  Let me know what you think.  Leave it like this in a link or do I need to squelch my brain and figure out the web programming to get it all into the blog to print?? :0)  I'm here for ya so give me a shout and tell me which way you prefer to see the recipe in full.

Gotta run make a birthday cake don't you know!!

Peace, Love and Yummies!