Football Friday

Happy Friday lovely blog friends!

How was your week? Mine has been fabulous. We are learning a lot and God is taking us new places each day! It's exciting around here and really exemplifies how much God will do when you allow Him to TAKE OVER! 

Anyways.... :)

Today is FOOTBALL FRIDAY with my sweet friend NICOLE!

Make sure you play along because we would all love a new recipe, a new outfit idea, etc!

I need to first give a shout out to our Tennessee Vols! We are 2-0 and are excited for how the season is going so far. However, we play Florida tomorrow, so we will see how that turns out. We are hoping for the best and excited for gameday! LET'S GO UT!

My theme this week is going to be GAME DAY TREATS!

Ok, let's pretend it's a cool, crisp, fall Saturday. You have the windows open, and the breeze is flowing through your house. Now, what would make this even better?

Something YUMMY to eat, of course!

This is one of my favorite things to make on a day like this...

Taco Chili

Here's what you need:

2lb ground beef
2 cans white corn
1 can rotel dip
2 cans hunts crushed tomatoes
2 cans black beans
1 can kidney beans
2 pkgs taco seasonings
2 pkgs ranch seasonings

 Chips or rice to go along
Cheese to go on top

Here's how you make it:

Brown the meat, crumbling as it cooks. Drain fat. Put the contents of all cans(including liquid) and meat into crockpot. Add in packets of ranch and taco seasonings. If you want more liquid, add a little more water. Cook for a couple of hours. You can add more or less cans of beans depending on how big crockpot is, or how much you want to make. Can also be served over rice or baked potatoes…also great with a salad and chips. REALLY EASY, as you can see!!

Let me tell you, this is my favorite Chili recipe EVER!

After getting full from some good chili, what would you be craving next???

Dessert of course!

I found this on Twitter From Skinnygirl.com...

Pumpkin Cupcake with Cream Cheese Icing

Here's what you need:

18.25 oz Betty Crocker Golden Vanilla Super Moist Cake Mix
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 cup canned 100% pure pumpkin
1 cup water

For the Pumpkin Cream Cheese Frosting:

8 oz Philadelphia 1/3 fat cream cheese
1/2 cup pureed pumpkin (canned is fine)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
5 tbsp packed brown sugar

Here's how you make it:

Preheat oven to 350°. Line a cupcake tin with cupcake wrappers.
Combine cake mix and pumpkin spice in a large bowl. Add pumpkin puree and water, mix about 2 minutes.
Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full and bake about 20 - 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
For the frosting, combine the cream cheese, pumpkin, vanilla, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and brown sugar until smooth. You can use a spatula to ice the cupcakes or pipe them which may require making more frosting.
Makes 24.

Just in case you're wondering what they look like~

Delightful, of course!

One more thing...if you want your house smelling like Fall, you have got to go to WALMART and get this candle~

It was $8!!! As you can see, I need to get a new one soon. It burns constantly at our house. Fall is in the air!

Have a happy Friday and a great weekend! Love y'all!