Fall table setting

I found this set of 4 orange spice chargers at Target some time last month. They were $5 on clearance. I thought they would add the perfect punch of fall color to the table. I love the way they dress up my table and since they are acrylic my kids won't be breaking these!

I just realized I need to swap out my Halloween black candles for some orange ones for fall {oops.} Just in case you're wondering... I do leave the table set like this all day long {most days} we just move the dishes out of the way when we sit down to eat {yes 3 times a day} and put them back as soon as we're done! It may seem a little tedious but it makes the room look so nice. Thankfully Mr. PD has a lot of patience {I think he's getting tired of me playing "dress up" with the table!} he just looks at me and says something like "You sure like playing with your ____" Fill in the blank with your choice of: dishes, room, decor, etc. etc.

What's for Dinner? Cheese Steak Pizza

Make this Philly Cheese Steak inspired Pizza you will need the following ingredients:

• Left over roast beef thinly sliced or Deli roast beef chopped
• White onions
• Bell Pepper (optional)
  
• Shredded cheese (American, Provolone, or Mozzarella, I used an "Italian blend")
• Baby Portabella mushrooms (optional)
• Pizza Sauce (optional, I didn't use any)

Saute your onions peppers and mushrooms in oil until veggies are mostly cooked. Spread veggies and beef on your pizza dough, top with cheese, and bake as directed as per the pizza crust directions. Enjoy!

Yummy-licious cupcakes

I am in L-O-V-E.

I don't think I will ever bake a cake ever again. These pupcakes (as my kids call them) were so easy and so good and even easier to decorate! I'm not a sweets type of gal. Butter cream frosting is instant death. Chocolate chip cookies (we're talking one or two) have to be washed down with a tall glass of milk. Brownies... I can't stand but a 2" square. These cupcakes were a whole different story though!

For the cake part I used a white cake mix and spiffed up using the directions here. I even used the sour milk substitute.

The super delicious frosting was made using Paula Deen's Cream Cheese frosting. Just forget what you put in it so that you can enjoy this guiltless!

I have to confess that I hate frosting, but I found myself eating the leftovers by the spoonful any time I happened to walk by the fridge! Yummy!!