Giving back to others this Thanksgiving Holiday

The Bellisima Delights family donated their yummy holiday sweet potato pies and volunteered their time with the less fortunate this Thanksgiving. The great people over at FP YOUTHOUTCRY organized their 2nd Annual Breaking Bread with You Ceremony at Military Park, downtown Newark, NJ.

We arrived with a Box of Joe for the early morning volunteers and some clothes for the winter clothing drive. Then we broke out into groups and headed to the streets to spread the word that beginning at 10 a.m. we would begin our Thanksgiving feast for all to enjoy. Before going back to Military Park we stopped by Covenant House, a shelter for homeless teens, and invited them to join us over at the park.

The tables were full and the food was being served throughout the morning with people able to get seconds. Many people left with warm coats and winter clothes before leaving with "take-home packages".

This Thanksgiving morning was great giving back to others. Thank you to all of the organizers and volunteers! Special thanks to Tiffany "The Budgetnista" for the FB invite! We look forward to being at next year's Annual Breaking Bread with You Ceremony.

Stormy is a Fan of Mine

Storm aka Maybelline is my 5 year old lovable AmStaf, she is the absolute BEST! and of course a fan of mine, like so many others. As soon as she hears the water running and sweet potato's falling into the sink to get cleaned, she is sitting waiting patiently.

yup, all veggies get scrubbed with soap before boiling. 

 

After I have removed the skin from each of the potatos, Stormy gets her treats! She doesn't take anything from the plate until I give her the "go ahead".  This is great, especially since I haven't been making her "homemade" stormy peanut butter treats.

 

 

Stormy definitely has gained weight over the past few weeks, time to hit the park again!

Only Treats Handed Out

This weekend my house was filled with the tasty smell of pies! I baked all day on Halloween, and gave out samples to the parents who were trick or treating with their little ones. All of the yuuuums that I heard from them as they tasted the warm pie were great. Too bad the weather was a damper and didn't bring out as many kids as in past Halloweens.

Orders have been coming in here and there, but enough to keep me content (for now). I will be selling pies at the Latino Celebration at my son's school next week, so this weekend will be very busy as I prep for those pies. I'm excited about how they have been "moving", it's a blessing to say the least.