Reese's Peanut Butter Bars

So today I was really craving something sweet, so i decided to make these! I found them on Pinterest. The recipe is from Baker Lady

Ingredients 

1 Cup Butter Melted

2 Cups Gram Cracker Crumbs 

2 Cups Powered Sugar

1 Cup + 4 Tablespoons Peanut Butter

1 1/2 Cups Chocolate Chips (I used 60% Dark Chocolate, it really helped to balance out how sweet the bottom layer was.) 

Directions

In a medium bowl, mix together the butter, gram cracker crumbs, powered sugar, and one cup of the peanut butter. Press evenly into a 9x13 pan (I greased mine just in case). In a metal bowl over simmering water or in the microwave, melt the chocolate chips and the 4 tablespoons of peanut butter, stirring until smooth.  Spread over the peanut butter layer.  let chill in the refrigerator at least one hour before cutting into squares.  

French Beef Stew

On Monday and Tuesdays I nanny for my music teacher and his wife while they teach lessons, and today I made this awesome Crock-Pot beef stew. The kids loved it! It's a low carb meal, so a serving only has 6 carbs. We put it over brown rice which also had quinoa in it. (that's around 30 or so carbs) It's a super easy recipe to follow, and you can go about your day while it cooks! Hope you find it as delicious as we did!

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

2 t olive oil

4 slices of bacon, chopped

2 onions, finely chopped

2 carrots, diced

1 celery stalk, diced

3 c beef broth

2 c red cooking wine

1/2 t thyme

1.5-2.25 lbs cubed beef stew meat

1/2 c chopped parsley

Cooked Brown Rice

Instructions:

Heat oil in dutch oven over med-hi heat. Add bacon; cook, stirring often, until crisp, 3-5 min. Add onions, carrots and celery; cook, stirring often, until veggies are tender, 8-10 min. Add broth, wine and thyme, Bring to boil, place beef in Crock-Pot. Pour hot veggie mixture over beef. Cook on low 6-8 hours. Serve over rice; sprinkle with parsley.

I also added a little pepper and salt, which I thought was weird the recipe didn't call for those...