Party in Your PJs! #121

Welcome to Party in Your PJs!

Happy Tuesday!  Welcome to the Party in Your PJs Link Party, where your posts will be seen on four different blogs each week.   In addition to Kim from The Cookie Puzzle, you'll also find Party in Your PJs every Tuesday evening at Grandma Ideas, Wood of Bell Trees and... here!

You'll also find the Awesome Life Friday link-up here at RCHReviews, every Thursday evening at 8pm ET so we hope to see you there as well.

Are you ready to party? I can't wait to see what you've brought to share!

Kim ~ The Cookie Puzzle | Facebook | Pinterest 
Nina ~ Grandma Ideas | Pinterest | Twitter
Lynda ~ Reviews, Chews & How-Tos | Facebook | Pinterest
Heather ~ Woods of Bell Trees | Facebook | Instagram

 Meet the Co-Hosts

Kim @ The Cookie Puzzle 

Kim is a small town girl who love simple things. Simple cookies, simple crafts and simple people. She is a wife, mother to one son and two adorable fur babies. Slightly addicted to reality TV and sitcoms, but she loves curling up with a good book or a good walk while listening to podcasts. You can find her at The Cookie Puzzle, where she shares her love for cookies and crafting. 

Nina @ Grandma Ideas 

How is this: Nina is wildly in love with her grandchildren. She delights in doing activities with them that strengthen their relationship –- playing games, doing crafts, snuggling, reading stories to them, and cooking together. She enjoys reading, technology, and traveling. (Tahiti is her most favorite place on earth!)

Lynda @ Reviews, Chews & How-Tos 

Lynda lives outside DC with her husband Michael and elderly beagle, Sadie. She and her daughter Jackie started RCHReviews as a way to spend time together in spite of living across country, and along the way they've added several friends as regular contributors. Between them all, they bring together many different perspectives and lifestyles with one common philosophy - try new things, have fun, and remember you are awesome!

 Heather @ Wood of Bell Trees

Heather is a wife of a peanut butter fanatic and mom of one silly human and one furry canine, wrangling life on 2nd shift and glitterizing everything as she goes!

Follow The Cookie Puzzle's board Party in Your PJs Link Party on Pinterest.

The rules for the group board include:

1. Limit of one pin a day.

2. Just like the party anything goes, but clear wonderful pictures with great descriptions are most successful.

3. Please no Spam ( Spammers will be deleted without warning)
4.  If you pin to the Pinterest Board, please link to the Party in Your PJs Party also, the party runs from 7 pm Tuesdays-Midnight Saturday (Central Time)

5.  Finally have fun and share this group board  with blog friends and followers!  The more success the group board is the more success you will see from your pins.

Want to be added to the group board?  Follow our Party in Your PJs board and email Kim at thecookiepuzzle@gmail.com

Features from Last Weeks Party!

The Bikini Experiment ~ Lighten It Up! White Wine Spritzer

Live From Julie's House ~ Boho Chic Sunroom Reveal

Love Create Celebrate ~ How to Make a Tropical Slushie For Adults

Sew Travel Inspired ~ The Neon Museum in Las Vegas

Make sure you head over to the other member of Party in Your PJs

 to see their features - we each pick our own!

Were you Featured? Grab a button!

All links are pinned to a Party Board...you can follow the board on Pinterest...feel free to follow the board, there is lots of inspiration to be found there.

Ok...let's party!

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-Link to something YOU made, wrote or thought
-No Etsy or Business Pages
-Link Parties, Roundups and Giveaways welcome
- Don't Link and Run! Please visit other links, make friends, learn something new, leave a comment, we all love comments
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Pizza Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Clearly, I'm aware there are innumerable ways to make grilled cheese sandwiches. I think any form of pan fried sandwich that includes cheese is considered a grilled cheese, and lately they've gone from the simple home-cooked comfort food of our childhood to trendy menu offerings at several popular restaurants.

However, I've only had it one way. My favorite way - the classic grilled cheese sandwich. Regular buttered white sandwich bread with one slice of american cheese. I'm very particular about HOW to make it and some of that will be seen in this post, but I've never tried other ingredients. Until now!

Pizza grilled cheese sandwiches are now a family favorite in this house, and they're a great alternative to ordering pizza.

Here's how its done!

Pizza Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Ingredients (Per sandwich!)

2 slices white sandwich bread

1 tbsp butter

½ cup mozzarella cheese

6 pepperoni slices

1 tbsp marinara sauce

2 pinches garlic powder
ANY OTHER DESIRABLE PIZZA TOPPING*

Butter bread directly. It creates a much better effect than melting butter in a pan.

Lay both slices of bread buttered side down (so that the butter will be on the outside of the sandwich) next to each other.

After about 30 seconds (this can vary based on how hot pan is - just let bread firm up a bit), add your toppings, cheese first. Stack toppings on ONE piece of bread so empty slice can easily be moved.

Flip empty slice of bread on top of topping filled slice.

Squish sandwich with spatula to 'glue' together.

Carefully flip sandwich over.

Once you have achieved desired grill level, add a pinch of garlic powder, and flip over to toast the garlic powder into the bread.

Repeat with other side of sandwich.

(Note - an alternative would be to soften the butter in advance, and mix with garlic powder before spreading on the bread.)

Remove from heat, plate, and cut in half to serve.

*(we've added black olives, chopped red bells, and powdered 'red hots'. Other ideas would be mushrooms, feta, pineapple, spinach, cooked crumbled sausage - get creative!

We usually go totally kid friendly and serve with fries, but this would be great with a side salad as well!  If you are a fan of the classic 'soup and sandwich' combination, try this with a cup of Tomato-Basil soup - perfection!

Awesome Life Friday #77

Welcome to Awesome Life Friday!

We're so looking forward to seeing what you've been cooking, creating, growing, decorating, reviewing, giving away, and thinking about this week!

While you're here, leave your posts at the other link up we co-host here - Party in Your PJs!  It starts on Tuesday evenings, and runs through Sunday.  I hope you'll join us there as well!

We're currently taking things easy here at RCHReview - our writers are busy moving or having babies or getting ready to send their kids back to school, or getting in a vacation before the end of the month, but here's a bit of what some of us have been up to over the last week:

Hot Ham & Swiss Rolls

We hope you'll check it out if you haven't already!  Don't forget to peek at the sidebar and check out what other giveaways we currently have going.

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And now our favorite part - the FEATURES!  We missed the party last week, so these are from two weeks ago.  If you're one of our featured posts, we'd love it if you'd grab a button, and thanks to all of you who shared with us last week!

Honey Oatmeal Goat's Milk Soap // Simply Stacie

Hallway Reveal // Penny's Vintage Home

How to Make Homemade Butter // Teach Mama

Easy NY Style Bagels You Can Make at Home // 
The (Mis)Adventures of a "Born Again" Farm Girl

Peach Pie Recipe // The Country Chic Cottage

Ultimate Stuffed Shells // Views From the 'Ville

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Party in Your PJs #120

Welcome to Party in Your PJs!

Happy Tuesday!  Welcome to the Party in Your PJs Link Party, where your posts will be seen on four different blogs each week.   In addition to Kim from The Cookie Puzzle, you'll also find Party in Your PJs every Tuesday evening at Grandma Ideas, Wood of Bell Trees and... here!

You'll also find the Awesome Life Friday link-up here at RCHReviews, every Thursday evening at 8pm ET so we hope to see you there as well.

Are you ready to party? I can't wait to see what you've brought to share!

Kim ~ The Cookie Puzzle | Facebook | Pinterest 
Nina ~ Grandma Ideas | Pinterest | Twitter
Lynda ~ Reviews, Chews & How-Tos | Facebook | Pinterest
Heather ~ Woods of Bell Trees | Facebook | Instagram

 Meet the Co-Hosts

Kim @ The Cookie Puzzle 

Kim is a small town girl who love simple things. Simple cookies, simple crafts and simple people. She is a wife, mother to one son and two adorable fur babies. Slightly addicted to reality TV and sitcoms, but she loves curling up with a good book or a good walk while listening to podcasts. You can find her at The Cookie Puzzle, where she shares her love for cookies and crafting. 

Nina @ Grandma Ideas 

How is this: Nina is wildly in love with her grandchildren. She delights in doing activities with them that strengthen their relationship –- playing games, doing crafts, snuggling, reading stories to them, and cooking together. She enjoys reading, technology, and traveling. (Tahiti is her most favorite place on earth!)

Lynda @ Reviews, Chews & How-Tos 

Lynda lives outside DC with her husband Michael and elderly beagle, Sadie. She and her daughter Jackie started RCHReviews as a way to spend time together in spite of living across country, and along the way they've added several friends as regular contributors. Between them all, they bring together many different perspectives and lifestyles with one common philosophy - try new things, have fun, and remember you are awesome!

 Heather @ Wood of Bell Trees

Heather is a wife of a peanut butter fanatic and mom of one silly human and one furry canine, wrangling life on 2nd shift and glitterizing everything as she goes!

Follow The Cookie Puzzle's board Party in Your PJs Link Party on Pinterest.

The rules for the group board include:

1. Limit of one pin a day.

2. Just like the party anything goes, but clear wonderful pictures with great descriptions are most successful.

3. Please no Spam ( Spammers will be deleted without warning)
4.  If you pin to the Pinterest Board, please link to the Party in Your PJs Party also, the party runs from 7 pm Tuesdays-Midnight Saturday (Central Time)

5.  Finally have fun and share this group board  with blog friends and followers!  The more success the group board is the more success you will see from your pins.

Want to be added to the group board?  Follow our Party in Your PJs board and email Kim at thecookiepuzzle@gmail.com

Features from Last Weeks Party!

Awesome News! Secrets of the Capsule Wardrobe Now Available! ~ Devastate Boredom

Bread & Butter Jalapenos-Refrigerator Pickles ~ Best of Long Island & Central Florida

From Outdated to Outstanding: My One-Stop Snack Station ~ Sadie Seasongoods

Mini Coastal Seashell Star Wall Art + Ornament Tutorial ~ My Pinterventures

Make sure you head over to the other member of Party in Your PJs

 to see their features - we each pick our own!

Were you Featured? Grab a button!

All links are pinned to a Party Board...you can follow the board on Pinterest...feel free to follow the board, there is lots of inspiration to be found there.

Ok...let's party!

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-Link to something YOU made, wrote or thought
-No Etsy or Business Pages
-Link Parties, Roundups and Giveaways welcome
- Don't Link and Run! Please visit other links, make friends, learn something new, leave a comment, we all love comments
-If you were featured, grab a"Featured" button, found below.
-Consider adding our Party button to your Party Page or Post.

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Hot Ham & Swiss Rolls

So I don't know about y'all, but my family eats the same like four meals over and over on repeat. We have a 7 year old and (almost) 2 year old, so we try to be accommodating, which leaves us with few options. Meanwhile, I also have a Pinterest account filled with new fun and exciting recipes I keep meaning to try, so we can break out of this rut.

This is based on one I've seen a few times over and the way I ended up making it.

Hot Ham & Swiss Rolls

Ingredients

1 can Pillsbury Pizza Crust

1 9oz pack honey ham

12 slices swiss cheese

½ cup butter

1 tbsp dijon mustard

1 tbsp worchestershire

2 tbsp brown sugar

1 tbsp poppy seeds

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Lay out either cling wrap or foil to assist in rolling up, and unroll the pizza crust on top of it. Using hands or a rolling pin, stretch it out a bit, maintaining a rectangular shape.

Lay ham slices flat, overlapping, covering all of the crust.

Lay swiss slices over ham 4x3 rows.

Starting with the long side, roll up tightly. (Don't forget to pull off the cling wrap or foil as you go!)

Pinch seam closed, and turn over, seam side down.

Gently cut into even slices, roughly an inch thick. I managed 11 pieces.

Lay pieces flat into a greased pan. Avoid over crowding so they still puff up. I ended up using two pans for this reason.

In a saucepan, melt butter with brown sugar, Worchestershire sauce, mustard and poppy seeds on medium heat. Whisk together until smooth.

Pour evenly over rolls.

Bake for 25 minutes or until rolls are golden brown.

I think next time I will likely try with cresent rolls to create a fluffier crust. I'm also interested in trying this with a more melty cheese like chedder, or even American. This could go well with many sides - we went with a simple potato salad.   Enjoy!

Awesome Life Friday #76

Welcome to Awesome Life Friday!

We're so looking forward to seeing what you've been cooking, creating, growing, decorating, reviewing, giving away, and thinking about this week!

While you're here, leave your posts at the other link up we co-host here - Party in Your PJs!  It starts on Tuesday evenings, and runs through Sunday.  I hope you'll join us there as well!

We're currently taking things easy here at RCHReview - our writers are busy moving or having babies or getting ready to send their kids back to school, or getting in a vacation before the end of the month, but here's a bit of what some of us have been up to over the last week:

Smoked Salmon Rangoon (& a Menu Plan)

We hope you'll check it out if you haven't already!  Don't forget to peek at the sidebar and check out what other giveaways we currently have going.

~~~

And now our favorite part - the FEATURES!  We missed the party last week, so these are from two weeks ago.  If you're one of our featured posts, we'd love it if you'd grab a button, and thanks to all of you who shared with us last week!

Grain-Free Walnut Granola // I Heart Vegetables

How to Make Cucumber Pickles - 4 Different Methods // Strangers & Pilgrims on Earth

Gingham Baby Quilt Tutorial // Gluesticks

35 Pumpkin Dessert Recipes // Quirky Inspired

Dry Erase Lapboard Desk // Old Time Pottery

La Petit Gateau & Bakery Signs // a Vintage Green

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Party in Your PJs #119

Welcome to Party in Your PJs!

Happy Tuesday!  Welcome to the Party in Your PJs Link Party, where your posts will be seen on four different blogs each week.   In addition to Kim from The Cookie Puzzle, you'll also find Party in Your PJs every Tuesday evening at Grandma Ideas, Wood of Bell Trees and... here!

You'll also find the Awesome Life Friday link-up here at RCHReviews, every Thursday evening at 8pm ET so we hope to see you there as well.

Are you ready to party? I can't wait to see what you've brought to share!

Kim ~ The Cookie Puzzle | Facebook | Pinterest 
Nina ~ Grandma Ideas | Pinterest | Twitter
Lynda ~ Reviews, Chews & How-Tos | Facebook | Pinterest
Heather ~ Woods of Bell Trees | Facebook | Instagram

 Meet the Co-Hosts

Kim @ The Cookie Puzzle 

Kim is a small town girl who love simple things. Simple cookies, simple crafts and simple people. She is a wife, mother to one son and two adorable fur babies. Slightly addicted to reality TV and sitcoms, but she loves curling up with a good book or a good walk while listening to podcasts. You can find her at The Cookie Puzzle, where she shares her love for cookies and crafting. 

Nina @ Grandma Ideas 

How is this: Nina is wildly in love with her grandchildren. She delights in doing activities with them that strengthen their relationship –- playing games, doing crafts, snuggling, reading stories to them, and cooking together. She enjoys reading, technology, and traveling. (Tahiti is her most favorite place on earth!)

Lynda @ Reviews, Chews & How-Tos 

Lynda lives outside DC with her husband Michael and elderly beagle, Sadie. She and her daughter Jackie started RCHReviews as a way to spend time together in spite of living across country, and along the way they've added several friends as regular contributors. Between them all, they bring together many different perspectives and lifestyles with one common philosophy - try new things, have fun, and remember you are awesome!

 Heather @ Wood of Bell Trees

Heather is a wife of a peanut butter fanatic and mom of one silly human and one furry canine, wrangling life on 2nd shift and glitterizing everything as she goes!

Follow The Cookie Puzzle's board Party in Your PJs Link Party on Pinterest.

The rules for the group board include:

1. Limit of one pin a day.

2. Just like the party anything goes, but clear wonderful pictures with great descriptions are most successful.

3. Please no Spam ( Spammers will be deleted without warning)
4.  If you pin to the Pinterest Board, please link to the Party in Your PJs Party also, the party runs from 7 pm Tuesdays-Midnight Saturday (Central Time)

5.  Finally have fun and share this group board  with blog friends and followers!  The more success the group board is the more success you will see from your pins.

Want to be added to the group board?  Follow our Party in Your PJs board and email Kim at thecookiepuzzle@gmail.com

Features from Last Weeks Party!

Classic Peach Bellini Cocktail ~ Ramblings of a (Bad) Domestic Goddess

Floral Deer Head Pallet Art ~ Lolly Jane Blog

IKEA Lamp Hack: Pimp Your RISMON Lampshade with Maps ~ Pillar Box Blues

It's Time For Berry Shortcake ~ Dancing Dog Cabin

Make sure you head over to the other member of Party in Your PJs

 to see their features - we each pick our own!

Were you Featured? Grab a button!

All links are pinned to a Party Board...you can follow the board on Pinterest...feel free to follow the board, there is lots of inspiration to be found there.

Ok...let's party!

Rules -Link to post, not your home page
-Link to something YOU made, wrote or thought
-No Etsy or Business Pages
-Link Parties, Roundups and Giveaways welcome
- Don't Link and Run! Please visit other links, make friends, learn something new, leave a comment, we all love comments
-If you were featured, grab a"Featured" button, found below.
-Consider adding our Party button to your Party Page or Post.

An InLinkz Link-up