Squid Dogs

I had to try this recipe...SUCCESS at my house. You have to try it at yours!

Squid Dogs

These odd-looking but tasty treats (we call them squidlings, pasta dogs, stringy sausages, or hairy dogs, depending on our mood) are an ingenious combination of two toddler favorites. Let your kids play with their food: they'll find it nearly impossible not to.
Ingredients
Hot dogs
Dry spaghetti
Butter or ketchup (optional)

Instructions
To cook up a batch, simply cut a hot dog into sections, then spear the hot dog pieces with dry spaghetti as shown. Boil the spaghetti dogs until the pasta is tender. Serve with butter or ketchup, if desired

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Homemade Salsa

Ok...I am not much of a cook but I really would like to be so I am trying my hand a new recipes I come across that my crew likes and it's easy to make. This salsa recipe fits both catagories! I have to give credit to Ashley my friend who I took pictures of her and her little cutie Caden last Friday night...remember! Ok...so here's the recipe

2 cans of Hunt's all natural petite diced tomatoes
1 can of black beans (rinsed)
2 cans of mexicorn (drained) Ashley only 1 but I like 2
1 4oz can chopped green chilies
1/2 purple onion cut up very small
5 green onion stalks cut up very thin also
1/4 bunch cilantro leaves cut up or pinched apart
1/2 of a lime squeezed in (just the juice)
salt/pepper to taste
5 shakes of cumin

it is not hot at all...but cilantraish tasting...simply divine!
mix all this in a box
cover and refrigerate overnight
it will all marinate together
it will keep for about 2 wks but never lasts thu that long

If you try it, please, please, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think!