Parmesan Tomato Bisque

This slow-cooker recipe for soup is super tasty.  I actually forgot that I had planned it for dinner and ended up making it on the stove top, which worked fine other than that I had to put the tomato mixture in the blender because it wasn't quite soft enough by the time we were ready to eat.  It was delicious with a side of breadsticks and salad.

Garlic Parmesean Breadsticks

I LOVE bread.  I look for any excuse to have bread- and my kids know that any time we have pasta for dinner, breadsticks of some kind are a given.  These remind me somewhat of the Pizza Factory breadsticks- just not wrapped around a skewer.  The bottom of the breadsticks are nice and crispy with a pan-fried effect.  Not incredibly healthy, but everyone needs to splurge now and then.