Sunday Well Spent.

Happy Monday everyone!

How was your weekend?

I hope it was fun and relaxing. 

Our weekend was fun, It's Halloween weekend!

So we did some Halloween activities this weekend. 

We went to a Fall Festival then yesterday we painted pumpkins.

We usually carve pumpkins, but I wanted to do something that little man 

can do, so painting it is!

So proud of him, he did a lot of work on this Pumpkins.

While he was painting.

Pumpkin Pie was in the oven too!

Such a relaxing Sunday.

This Pumpkin pie is actually my first Homemade Pie.

I was just craving for Pumpkin Pie, I glad I made it.

It's definitely easy to make and better than frozen Pie you can get at the store.

Let me know what you guys think!

Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup granulated white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 large eggs
• 1 15 ounce can Libby's 100% Pure Pumpkin Puree
• 1 12 fl. ounce can evaporated milk
• 1 unbaked 9-inch (4-cup volume) deep-dish pie shell 
• whipped cream, optional.

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2. In a medium mixing bowl, mix granulated white sugar, Kosher salt, cinnamon, ground ginger and cloves until combined. 
3. In a large bowl, beat eggs, Add the whole can of pumpkin puree and pour in the evaporated milk and mix with the eggs. 
4. Add the sugar-spice mixture to the wet mixture. 
5. Pour into defrosted pie shell.
6. Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven. After 15 minutes, reduce heat to 350 degrees F and bake for 40-50 additional minutes. To check for doneness, a knife should come out clean when inserted into the center.
7. When the pie is done, cool on a wire rack for 2 hours to allow the pie to firm up. Serve warm or refrigerate. Goes great with whipped cream, enjoy!

Enjoy!!

xo

-Jen

Chia Seed Pudding

Hello friends!

So, I recently just discovered how good is Chia Seed.

Especially Chia Seed Pudding.

I didn't have any idea how to make it so I just searched the most basic way to make it 

and there it is!

A delicious Chia Seed pudding.

If you are looking for the basic way to make it, this is for you.

If you want it to have a really thick consistency like this one on the picture

I highly recommend letting it sit overnight. 

That's what I did.

You guys probably know how good is Chia Seed, And having  a cup of this

Is like having a cup of energy and protein.

It taste really really good too!

INGREDIENTS

• 6 Tablespoons chia seeds
• 2 cups unsweetened coconut, almond or cashew milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 Tablespoon maple syrup, honey or sweetener of choice (optional)
• blueberries and strawberries, for topping

 INSTRUCTIONS

1. In a bowl or mason jar, mix together chia seeds, milk, maple syrup and vanilla. If you’re using a mason jar, you can put the lid on and shake the mixture to combine everything.
2. Once the chia pudding mixture is well combined, let it sit for 5 minutes, give it another stir/shake to break up any clumps of chia seeds, cover and put the mixture in the fridge to “set-up" for 1-2 hours.
3. You can also prep you pudding the night before and let it sit in the fridge overnight if that’s easier. When ready to serve, divide the mixture between two bowls, top the pudding with berries and enjoy.

Enjoy!

xo

-Jen

Do everything with so much love..

"Do everything with so much love

in your heart

that you would never want to do it

any other way."

Stuffed Bell Peppers with Sausage and Vegetable

There is some days that I just don't know what to make, Last Sunday I let hubby picked 

what we are going to have for dinner.

He picked Stuffed bell peppers. 

I made stuffed bell peppers before like this one.. ( Stuffed Bell Peppers ) 

Its so good so It wasn't hard for me to say yes.

But, I made few changes.

I added Tomato sauce and veggies. 

It was so good!

I highly recommend.

Let me know what you guys think!

STUFFED BELL PEPPERS WITH SAUSAGE AND VEGETABLE

INGREDIENTS

• 1 (15 oz) can tomato sauce
• 1 small zucchini, diced (about 1 cup)
• 1 small yellow squash, diced (about 1 cup)
• 1 medium yellow onion, diced (about 1 cup)
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed
• 2 cups prepared brown rice
• 3/4 cup fresh corn kernels
• 6 large bell peppers
• 8 oz shredded Monterey Jack Cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350ºF.  Pour about 1/4 cup of the tomato sauce into the bottom of each of 2 casserole dishes.

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the zucchini, squash, and onion and cook until softened.  Remove from the heat to a bowl.

Add the sausage to the same pan, crumbling it as it cooks.  When cooked through, remove from the heat and stir into the zucchini mixture.  Add the rice, tomato sauce and corn.  Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Cut the peppers in half horizontally and fill with the sausage mixture.  Place the filled peppers in a lightly greased casserole dish and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until the peppers are slightly softened. During the last 15 minutes of cook time, sprinkle the cheese on top of the peppers. 

Enjoy!

xo

Pumpkin Festival Venzone (Festa della Zucca)

Every year, we have a tradition to go to a Pumpkin Patch.

I'm not sure if we can do that this year and that's okay.

Maybe we should start a different tradition while living here in Italy.

Anyways, last weekend we went to Venzone for Pumpkin festival!

My friend told me how fun and awesome it is so we went and check it out.

It's a cloudy day but you can see how nice the mountains looks!

We got there lunch time and it was packed already and parking was definitely not as easy.

It's so nice there!

Mummies that they found at the church after the 1976 earthquake!

The church was beautiful.

I love how being here makes me feel like I'm in a different era.

So beautiful.

The church.

Then the festival!

It was definitely packed.

But, that seems to be the normal thing here in Italy.

Food, Drinks, Music, crafts, all things Pumpkin is on the festival.

We tried Pizza, Beer, Pastries.. Pumpkin flavor of course.

I don't know if its just me but the stuff we tried doesn't taste the same as 

the Pumpkin stuff in the US.

IT was good though and the festival was really fun.

The kids had fun, We had fun. 

I highly recommend checking it out. :)

I also got to have my first Vin Brule.

Hot wine, perfect for this weather. 

It was good!

So much fun, I will definitely would come back again.

Ciao, Ciao.

-Jen

The City of Love, Verona.

Exploring Verona Upside down.
What a beautiful City.

New Punjab (Indian Food)

Lately, I have been eating more seafood on my cheat days.

I do miss chicken sometimes. 

So even though its during the week.

I asked my friend to try the Indian restaurant not too far away from Aviano.

They open for lunch so it was perfect time after our work out!

Good thing we came there right when they opened because we were the first costumer.

The restaurant is a little bit dark inside.

But, I can say its still kid-friendly.

After we ordered they gave us something to munch on while waiting.

These sauces by the way are so good. 

I wish I asked what was it.

It was served with some kind of chips.

It looked like fries.

It didn't take long until our order came.

We ordered a Punjab Mix where there's 3 kinds of dish for 2 people.

It was all chicken.

Similar to a taste of Chicken curry.

It was really good.

The red one was a little spicy.

We ordered Lemon-Coconut rice too.

I was so obsessed with their Garlic Naan we had to order more!

It was fresh when they give it to you.

Just so good.

I definitely would want to come back and try other dishes.

Maybe, I'll try lamb next time!

Ciao!

-Jen

Verona, Italy

Oh Verona, What a beautiful city!

We finally got to go..

Even though most of the time the crowds made me annoyed.

It was definitely worth going. 

But, First!

Verona is just 2 hours away from us.

The drive was not too bad at all.

We found a parking garage right by the Arena and it was perfect. 

It's crazy how bad the crowd was this early.

The Arena.

Since it was so crowded already, We just went ahead and check out Juliet's house. (Casa di Giuletta)

The walk to the house was not too bad.

There's so many stores on your walk.

I was surprised to see American stores like Victoria secret, Disney store.

But, since it was crowded I didn't thought about going in.

Juliet's Balcony.

So amazing to see it myself.

A must: Rub the right boob for luck in fortune and LOVE! 

The line to get have a picture with her was hard but definitely worth it.

The original statue. 

It is now inside and nobody can touch it.

Because, if you look at it closely her right boob now got hole.

I'm not surprised since there's probably thousand people rubbed it!

We went inside her house and inside was not packed at all.

It was so nice inside.

The balcony!

Look at the crowd!

Romeo and Juliet's clothes.

The bed!

You can write letter to Juliet.

So nice!

 This gift store outside the house is so cute!

After Juliet's house.

We continued walking and explore Verona.

Not all part of Verona square was packed which was so nice.

I'm always going to find the Italian buildings so pretty.

So colorful even though they look so old.

On our walk.

We found a Gelato place. 

So we decided to stop and get some.

Of course!

I wish I tried this one. 

Looks interesting isn't?

I had the Biscotto Gelato.

Sooo good!

Probably one of the best flavors I had.

My favorite is Tiramisu flavor.

This one is really good.

We continued walking and found Castelvecchio.

What a beautiful Castle!

You can go inside to check out the museum.

But, we decided to not do that.

We relax and just sat outside the castle for a little bit.

It was so nice.

We continued walking at the bridge which has the beautiful view of Verona.

We saw some Locks there.

So, we decided to put ours there too.

Little man throw the key on the bridge!

We walked back by the square and decided to eat by the Arena.

It's so nice how its easy to find place to eat there.

I'm sure they all taste the same.

But, eating while having a nice view of the Arena and people walking by is actually

relaxing.

Wine!

Hubby had Gnocchi and I had seafood pasta.

My favorite.

Then we head home.

It was a nice time in Verona. 

If you have a chance, you should go!

Ciao, Ciao.