February Creations

I have three things to share for the month of February. The first is Emma's blessing day scrapbook page. I love red, black, and white together...it makes it dramatic...plus, it makes Emma's beautiful white dress pop! The second is Ben's valentine's day card. I used the same paper as the scrapbook page and the same black sticker chipboard letters. I am a huge fan of chipboard letters...no cutting or coloring...and they look great!

The third creation is a Mexican Pasta recipe. Ben and I ate this pasta dish last night...mmmm. This is a modification of Becky's "Easy Mexicali Dinner."

Ingredients:

• ~1lb beef
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 3 cups cooked pasta (i used bowtie)
• 1 small can tomato paste
• 1 can Rotel tomatoes with lime juice & cilantro
• 1 can corn
• 1 can black beans (drained and rinsed)
• 1 small can sliced olives
• ~1 cup chedder cheese (divided)

Directions:

1. In a large skillet brown hamburger with the onion. Pour off fat. Cook pasta while browning the meat.


2. Add cooked pasta and the remaining ingredients to the skillet, except just half the cheese. Mix together, then top with remaining cheese. Cover and let simmer for ~10 minutes.


3. Serve with ranch dressing or sour cream. We also had biscuits. Yum!