Philly Cheesesteak Sliders

Seems like we are running too fast these days

to do much blogging.

I am sure many of you have heard of 

Mormon Mommy Blogs, 

well,

this Mormon Granny Blogger has 

had a lot happening!

Those who follow me on Instagram know that

my daughter had her baby two weeks early, 

but then suffered from post-partum pre-eclampsia.

We hadn't known anything about this, except 

from watching Downton Abbey, when Cybil 

died of eclampsia during child birth.  

We were scheduled to leave on an African Safari 

a week after her due date, so now I had three 

weeks to help her try and get stable.  This was 

her first baby, and pre-eclampsia is common with 

first babies, but they need to get the baby out. 

She wasn't progressing, so the baby ended coming 

C-section.  That was easy compared to the struggle 

with post-partum  pre-eclampsia.  The day after she 

got home she started being nauseated, and unable 

to eat or keep food or medicines down.  Her blood 

pressure was sky-rocketing to stroke levels 

multiple times a day.  She lost 35 pounds in 12 days, 

and they really didn't know what to do to help her. 

She ended up on 2 blood pressure medicines, 2 anti-

nausea medicines and 2 stomach medicines.  

We finally went to another doctor, as we didn't feel 

like she was being taken seriously by her OB/GYN.  

He ordered a CT scan and said if she got worse 

to take her into the ER.  Well, she got worse that 

night, throwing up volumes when she had only 

had a sip.  They kept her for 24 hours, got her on 

IV solution with her meds in the solution, and then 

sent her home on clear liquids.  I had been staying 

with her and her husband this entire 2 1/2 weeks and 

we had pretty much decided we weren't going to be 

going on Safari.  She got home from the ER Thursday 

night and we were to leave Monday morning.  She 

wasn't nauseated and didn't throw up that whole day, 

now that she could get some of the meds through her 

system.  She even wanted to leave the house Friday night. 

Many prayers were answered, and we felt confident 

going by Monday afternoon.  Baby and parents did 

great while we were gone.  

She came over the other day and we decided to make 

some sliders for my other daughter, who is expecting 

and is just curled into a ball, she is so nauseated.  She 

has tried two anti-nausea medicines that can be used 

during pregnancy, so she is really struggling.  We all love 

sliders for entertaining and have used this recipe for 

Ham and Swiss Sliders over and over.

We decided to try some different sliders, as the 

husband of the daughter who was helping me 

had mentioned he was wanting to try a new

variety (as daughter #2 makes the Ham and Swiss

all of the time!)

I had already purchased the ham and swiss, but 

we started looking for things we had in 

the fridge and freezer.

I usually have some of this 

Philly Cheesesteak Meat in the freezer, from Wal Mart.

I just used my recipe for Philly Cheesesteaks and topped 

them with a touch of garlic butter.  We made 24 sliders 

and were able to bring some to the family of my 

pregnant daughter, send some home with my daughter 

with the one month old, and have enough for hubby and me. 

They really are easy and great for a crowd.

Philly Cheesesteak Sliders

12 King's Hawaiian Sweet Rolls

(or any small roll, but there is something about King's!)

1 14 oz pkg Philly Steak Meat

Montreal Steak Seasoning or salt and pepper

8 oz cream cheese

6-8 slices Provolone Cheese

(sliced mushrooms, onions and green peppers if desired - 

I was making them for families with little children,

so we left those ingredients out.)

1/3 C. melted butter

1/4 tsp. granulated garlic

1/4 tsp. Italian seasoning

In large frying pan brown the meat and 

season.  I like to season this with Montreal 

Steak Seasoning.  If you are doing the mushrooms,

onions and green peppers, saute them in another pan.

Cube the cream cheese and mix into meat, heating 

through until the cream cheese is blended in.  

Add the veggies if using them.  

Slice the entire package of King's Sweet Rolls 

horizontally and lift the tops off in one piece.

Spoon the meat mix on the bottoms of the 

Sweet Rolls.  Layer the cheese on, overlapping 

where necessary.  Lay the tops of the rolls on.

Mix the melted butter with the garlic and 

Italian seasoning, then brush on the rolls.

Cover with foil and place in a 375 degree oven.  

Bake for about 15 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

They are best served straight out of the oven, but they do 

heat up well.  Even the little four year old loved them 

for dinner that night.  We all got excited to try Pizza Sliders, 

Buffalo Chicken Sliders, and more.  These are great for 

family meals, but we have used sliders for parties too, 

like my daughter's baby shower.

I am saving my Safari post for our Tales With 

the Traveling Totes, which comes out on December 1st, 

but you can see some of the 

fun on my Instagram!

Thanks for dropping by.  Leave a comment 

to let me know you were here!

Holiday Cheermeister Table

Welcome to our home!

Although we still have Thanksgiving 

decorations up, we have a special event 

that takes place around mid-November 

and that is our 

Holiday Cheermeister Event.  

This year we are holding the event at home.

Some years it is held at a restaurant, 

some years at home, but we started this 

once all of our children became adults.

We send out invitations to the event to 

our children, and at the event we give 

them their Christmas money.  We try to make 

it a fun time, whether at home or out.  

The kids then have until December 15th 

to shop and deliver their gifts to us to wrap.

We always include some surprises, but 

often by December 25th, they have forgotten 

some of the things they got for themselves.  

This ensures they get what they want without 

us guessing, and they know what the children 

have and need.

The little ones really appreciate the decor.  It is 

so fun to see them run through the house to 

see everything.

The only places that are decorated this year for the 

Cheermeister Event are the entry

and the kitchen.  The kitchen won't stay this way,

but it makes it fun and sets the party atmosphere.

I saved the garlands from a party I did a couple 

of years ago, so setting everything up was easy.

My Hot Cocoa Bar stays up all season, 

and long into winter.  The ingredients may change 

throughout the season.

My Patience Brewster table fits right in 

with the Grinch decor with its bright greens 

and reds, and we have had it for years and it 

has stood up to a lot of little ones making hot cocoa. 

Have you seen these GINORMOUS marshmallows

covered with chocolate and candy cane, and the 

white ones with sparkle sugar?  I found them at 

Target this year and can't wait to surprise 

everyone with them.  

I have used this styrofoam stand over and over 

to fill with cake pops or candy canes and suckers.  

They will love this too!  There is something 

magical about large suckers.

I placed the Patience Brewster High Heel 

table at the end of the counter this year.

The placesettings on the counter mix the fun

reds and greens in strips and dots to go 

along with Grinch's Holida Cheermeister.

I layered bright green chargers from Hobby Lobby,

red and white scalloped dinner plates from Home Goods 

a few years ago, and candy cane plates and polka 

dot plates purchased years and years ago from Wal Mart. 

The fun flatware was purchased in Italy a few years ago.

I love this shot down the curve of the counter.  

With our large crowd we set multiple tables and 

little ones often sit at the counter.

The fun bubble at the bottom of my ruby 

stemware that were custom made in Cabo, 

also seem Grinch-like.

I have the original Department 56 Grinch houses,

which I think are so beautiful compared to their 

more recent versions.  This is

Cindy Lou's house.

And of course, the Grinch will be here to hand out 

the holiday cheer.

And maybe even Cindy Lou Who too!

I will be posting this with

Tablescapes Thursday

Miss Bag O' Bones Tablescape

Well, look who has shown up to dine with us,

our elegant Miss Bag O' Bones.  You have met 

her before, but she decided she wanted to

join us for an all 

skeleton dinner this year.

She chose McKenzie-Childs Courtly Check scalloped 

plates on top of a white embossed plate, then topped 

with a mercury glass plate and finished with small 

skull and bones plates.  

Here is a view from above.  She wanted you to 

see the entire table. 

She is dressed in all her finery for our dinner. 

I especially love her gaudy necklace.

I think she has her eye on this MC gent!

Or maybe she is going after the skeleton king.

The center of the table is filled with all kinds of fun. 

I am sure we will keep this out all season.  The grandkid's 

favorite is the skeletal phone that speaks to you when you 

pick up the handle - oooooohhhhh!

Don't skeletons and pewter just seem perfect together? 

She thought so too.

Black and silver flatware were her choice too, 

I can see why.

Wait!  Beaulah popped in!  She is not going to 

let Miss Bag O' Bones take her man 

if she can help it!  Now, now ladies!!!

We hope you had fun visiting our place today.

It is always entertaining to be just a little bit scary around 

Purple Chocolate Home 

at this time of year.  

I will be posting this party with 

Tablescapes Thursday

National Handbag Day and Table

Today is National Handbag Day and 

Patti, our amazing leader of 

Tales of the Traveling Tote 

challenged all of us to create a post 

using any of our favorite handbags.

Of course I have to make mention of 

Miss Madi K, who is named after my 

hometown of Madison, Wisconsin. 

She will introduce you to where I store 

most of my handbags.  Notice she is 

looking plump - she is already packed for 

our next big adventure - but that will be 

another post.

This large armoire in our bedroom holds 

most of my handbags.

Of course, I straightened it up to show 

it to you!!

I realized as I took the photo that I really 

don't have many black bags, which is 

curious, because I wear mostly black 

during the winter.

Hubby has given me an awful lot of the nice 

bags, and I do try to go through them fairly 

often and get rid of older ones.  I also have 

some in my closet.  

Today I decided to create a special tablescape 

featuring evening bags.  I think evening bags 

are my favorite handbags because they are just 

like little pieces of art - little jewels!

I think I became fascinated with evening bags 

when I was a little girl and my mother would 

use one when she went out.  I don't think 

people use them that much anymore, except 

the movie stars.

Let me digress here for a minute and say that I 

would someday like to own a Tonya Hawkes bag.

You can follow her on Instagram @tonyahawkes or

on her website www.tonyahawkes.com.

Those who have been with me for years remember 

that she is my husband's cousin and we traveled to 

Bologna to stay with her and her family and she 

asked a friend of hers who is a Countess and another friend 

to give 

my daughter and I cooking classes while 

we were there.

Click here to see that link.

Tonya began designing her own clothes in high school

and went on to study design in college.  She worked in 

New York for Kate Spade, designing her accessories 

line - about 1300 items a season!!!

She later moved to Bologna and began her own 

line of shoes and bags.  Her bags are way over my 

budget but it is fun to see them on the runway and 

magazine covers.

So to celebrate National Handbag Day, I have used 

my inexpensive evening bags to decorate each placesetting.

White square wood chargers, which I use all of the time, 

were from Pier 1, and the fun square plates were 

purchased ages ago from Home Goods.  I thought 

the white would be a nice elegant backdrop for the 

bags.

I love the closeup showing you the bling of this clasp.

This elegant little number has a touch of diamonds too.  

This evening bag is all metal.  The grandkids always 

want to use this one.

This is the oldest bag I have.  It was my mother's, so I 

especially adore it. 

Haha, Chanel under glass!  And I just had to add a pair 

of shoes to the table.

Look at the fun heels!  Once the kindergarten teacher 

of one of my children asked them to count their mom's 

pairs of shoes.  After we hit a high number, I told them 

they could stop!!!

I think of all my evening bags, this is my favorite.

I pulled out my heritage silver to go with the elegant table. 

White goblets and pearl edged napkins are perfect.

And while we are being girly, let's throw in a faceted 

perfume bottle with amethyst stopper. 

Well wouldn't you know, something Halloween-ish had 

to jump into the tablescape.  

And look who has crawled out of the basement 

to join us for October and this table, Beaulah has arrived.

She kind of got sidelined by this little pumpkin, 

who arrived two weeks early and he and his mama 

have needed Grandma's help for over a week now. 

Nothing is better than a new little one and his mama's 

health is my top priority right now.

Hopefully Beaulah and I can fit in a little more

fun in this busy October!

Visit our other TTT friends to see their 

National Handbag Posts.

Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths 

Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch

 Patti with Miss Kenzie @ Pandora's Box

Jenna with Miss Coquille @The Painted Apron

Katie with Miss Daisy @ Preppy Empty Nester

Linda P with Miss Lola @ Life and Linda

Linda with Miss Rosie @ More Fun Less Laundry

Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul

Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply 
Ricki Jill and Countess De Monet @ The Sketchy Reader

Thanks for visiting.  Life just seems to get busier and 

busier, so I appreciate your visits.

I will be posting this with 

Tablescapes Thursday