Halloween festivities

Pumpkin carving

Happy boy & Happy pumpkin

The finished pumpkins.

A little snack before trick or treating.

Inspiration from yesterday, my version

turned out beautiful too, & tasty.

Made a big pot of Pasta Fagioli

soup for dinner - delish!

Taylor's drunk pumpkin

Batman

Taylor, Logan & Dad

Me, Mom, Darryl & Logan

Sugar meltdown.....

It was a great day!

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Pasta Fagioli

1/2 lb. ground beef

4 strips of bacon

2 carrots, chopped

2 celery stalks, chopped

1 lrg. onion, diced

1 (15 oz) can cannellini beans

1 (15 oz) can kidney bean

1 (28 oz) can diced tomatoes

3 cloves garlic, minced

4 sprigs fresh thyme

1 small sprig fresh rosemary

1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes

2 Tbl. olive oil

1 cup ditalini pasta

6 cups chicken stock

Parm. cheese

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In large soup pot, brown bacon. Remove

from pot, leaving about 1 Tbl. of the bacon grease.

Add ground beef, s & p and cook till brown.

Add the garlic and red pepper flakes.

Remove meat mixture and set aside.

In same pot, add olive oil and saute onions

for a few min. then add carrots & celery and

more s & p and saute for a few more min.

Add back in the meat mixture, then add

both beans, tomatoes, herbs and the

chicken stock. Simmer for a few hours.

Add pasta about 20 min. prior to eating.

(Sometimes I need to add a bit more stock,

just depends on how thick you like your soup.)

Fish out the herb stems.

Top with grated Parmesan cheese.