Heart Shaped Carrots

I saw a pin on pinterest for heart shaped carrots, so I tried it out earlier this week in some vegetable soup I made for dinner one night.

 

I pretty much followed the way she explains it at Sophistimom, except to shape the pointed bottom part of the heart, rather than peeling it to a point I used a knife to slice each side for the point {if that makes any sense} and then my kids ate the thin carrot sticks leftover from doing it that way.  Also, I'm pretty sure the bigger the carrots, the easier it is.  I just used what I already had in the fridge and they were pretty small.

Wild Rice Casserole

I tried out this recipe for cheesy chicken & wild rice casserole last week

Recipe and photo from Picky Palate

And I made these crash hot potatoes Monday night.

Recipe and photo from The Pioneer Woman

I will definately be making both again in the future.  Hopefully next time, I'll have some zucchini on hand to add to the wild rice casserole.