Stuffed Crab Meat Mannacotti

1 package Home & Garden Zesty Crab Dip
1 box of manicotti shells
1 small container of ricotta cheese
Mozzarella cheese
1 egg
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. parsley
Imitation crab meat (cut in small chunks)
1 package alfredo sauce
Sprinkle of oregano


Follow direction on box for boiling shells. Let shells cool before stuffing.

Mix together ricotta and mozzarella cheeses, add egg, salt, pepper, garlic powder, parsley and 2/3 of the Home and Garden crab meat dip mix and blend well. Then add imitation crab meat and mix. Stuff cooled shells.

In a small sauce pan pour in the Alfred sauce and the rest of the crab dip mix. Stir until blended together. Pour enough sauce in bottom of baking dish, then place the stuffed manicotti in the dish, pour remaining sauce over the shells, sprinkle with mozzarella and sprinkle with oregano. Place in preheated oven at 325 and let bake until shells are tender at least 45 minutes or until done.

Tea Party

Here are some pictures from Regina Priester's party. Regina picked a tea party theme and her guest really got into it! We had some wonderful treats (Regina I still want that Lace Cookie recipe) and we just a good ol' time. I did manage to break my Season to Season candle holder when I backed into it with my rump, but its all good I have another one on the way!!

Pear Tart

Pear tart with cream cheese and it is very tasty.

2 folded refrigerated unbaked pie crust (room temp)
3 pears, peeled, thinly sliced
Sprite or Ginger Ale
2 pkg 8oz cream cheese, softened
4 beaten egg whites
1 cup orange marmalade
2 tsp vanilla extract
6 tbs of pineapple juice

After peeling and slicing pears allow them to soak in soda to prevent brown spots.

Unfold one pie crust and press into the bottom of Veranda Chip and Dip platter, tart pan or onto a pizza pan. Use second crust to fill in rest of pan. Fold under 1/2 inch of crust and pinch to create a fluted edge.

With mixer beat cream cheese until smooth. Add egg whites, juice, 1/2 cup marmalade, and vanilla.

Spread cheese mixture over pie crust. Arrange pear slices on cheese. Start on the outer edge and work your way into the middle, creating a spiraling fan.

Use foil to cover and to prevent crust from burning. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes, remove foil and bake until crust is golden; about 5-10 minutes. Warm marmalade in microwave and while tart is still warm brush remaining marmalade on top and add more if needed. Enjoy!

Wow, September is Looking Good!

Well there are some good things going on this month. Right now you can join H&GP at half the price and hostess can earn even more free product!

First lets talk hostess. Normally a hostess earns 20% of retail sales from her party in free merchandise. For September a hostess can earn 30% but her retail sales have to be $350 or more. I just had a hostess who received $120 in free product and three half priced items. When she was done with her shopping spree she got $150 worth of product for $30!! All I can say is sweet!

Second is the 50% off Designer Kits. Right now you can get a $149 kit for $74.50, and this is for September only. The kits comes with $300 worth of product, catalogs, designer manual, and all kinds of other stuff. Dude, I paid the whole $149 dollars for my kit and that was 5 months ago; so if this is something you are thinking of doing than now is the time to make up your mind and do it!

Now what would you say if I figured out how you could join for free? FREE! Right now people don't have two pennies to rub together and even if they had $75 there are other priorities. So I want you to be able to join and it not be a strain on you and your family. I can give you an order form for the fund raiser jar candles. Right now those candles are on sale at 20% off; which means you can sale them at a decent price and make a little more profit off them. If you sale 25 jar candles at $8 a piece you can make $80 (You make $3.20 per candle). That is enough to cover the cost of the kit, tax, and shipping!

Now what happens if you join H&GP? I will be there to answer any questions you have, to give you ideas, and support. You will come with me on one of my parties to watch and to see if this is something you really want to do and when you have your first party I will come along and give you a hand.

You can give me an email and I will call you shortly. Come on what are you waiting for?