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Perfect Stuffed Wraps

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These are so easy to make and so good! Everyone can make their own wrap just the way they like it.

Perfect Stuffed Wraps

Ingredients:

  • Pita Bread or low carb tortilla
  • 4-6 oz. meat, cooked
  • Veggies:
    • avocado, chunked
    • lettuce, shredded
    • tomato, sliced
  • Condiments, as desired

Directions:

Warm your bread, if desired.

Load your bread with meat and veggies.

Add condiments, if desired.

Enjoy!

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Personal Pita Pizzas

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These are so easy to make and so good! Everyone can make their own pizza just the way they like it. When paired with a nice Salad they make a great meal as well!

Personal Pita Pizzas

Ingredients:

  • Pita Bread or tortillas
  • Tomato Sauce, spaghetti sauce or pizza sauce or try Easy Alfredo Sauce for a white pizza sauce
  • Shredded Cheese
  • Toppings of your choice

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.

Heat the tortillas or pita bread on a cookie sheet for 5-10 minutes until slightly crisp.

Remove from oven and spread a thin layer of tomato sauce on top.

Top with shredded cheese.

Add additional toppings as desired.

Place in the oven for an additional 5-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

Enjoy!

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Sensible Scrambled Eggs

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I love eggs whether it be fried, boiled, deviled, egg salad, omelets, or even a scrambled egg sandwich. They are so easy to make and so good for you. Here is a quick and healthier version of the scrambled eggs that we eat on a regular basis.

I just made a couple of sandwiches for Mr. Awesome and myself yesterday when we were feeling a bit hangry in between meals and they certainly hit the spot. These would also be really good for a quick breakfast with some sausage or bacon and a side of Super Simple Sauteed Spinach.

Sensible Scrambled Eggs

Ingredients:

  • 4 eggs, beaten (or use 1 cup of egg whites for a lighter version)
  • 2 T. nutritional yeast, optional
  • 2 T. Parmesan cheese
  • 1-2 T. milk or cream, optional
  • salt and pepper to taste (we like to use mineral salt or Lawry’s garlic salt)
  • a sprinkle of Turmeric, optional
  • 1/4 c. shredded cheese, optional (we like cheddar, swiss, and pepper jack but use your favorite)
  • 2-4 T. butter

Directions:

Whisk together all of the ingredients except the butter.

Melt the butter in a medium-sized skillet over medium-high heat.

Pour in the eggs and cook for 2-3 minutes.

Give them a little stir and flip to make sure everything is cooking.

Cook for an additional 2-3 minutes.

Serve.

For a sandwich:

You can cook them as directed above or flip instead of stirring so you have a firmer egg.

I like to use a little mayonnaise on my wheat bread and some people like to add a slice of cheese and or tomato.

You could probably get away with some cooked bacon too for a BET instead of a BLT? Lol… anyway you eat them will be fine.

Enjoy!

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Made From Scratch Monkey Bread

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My kids love monkey bread and they love helping to make it! Check out the slide show for some pics:

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It’s so easy and those cute knives help them feel like real chefs will easing my mind. Those mixing bowls have been a life saver too and the lids make them perfect for this recipe. I can’t always find the 4-pack of canned biscuits (and I’ve been trying to make more things from scratch) so i have used our regular biscuit recipe at times. You just need to divide the dough into 1 inch balls and continue on if you decide to do make your own biscuit dough.

As you can see from the last picture, it goes really fast around here… so fast I didn’t have time to catch a picture of the whole thing!

Monkey bread

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 2-3 t. of cinnamon
  • 4 cans biscuits or use this biscuit recipe (add 1/4 c. sugar to the flour before mixing in the shortening for a little extra sweetness)
  • 1/2 cup of butter or margarine, melted
  • 3/4 c. brown sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.

Grease  or spray a 12-cup bundt cake pan. ** see below for alternate directions.

Combine the white sugar and cinnamon in a large bowl, bag, or container with a tight fitting lid.

Cut each basket into quarters and then shake the pieces in the cinnamon sugar mixture.

Place the sugar coated pieces into your greased pan.

Mix together the remaining cinnamon sugar, melted butter and the brown sugar.

Pour this mixture over top of the biscuit pieces in the pan.

Bake at 350 for 40 -45 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes and turn upside down.

Best served warm. The kids like to eat it with bananas… I usually make some scrambled eggs and grits to go along with it too.

** You can bake this in a greased casserole for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown.

For more ideas on how to let your kids help in the kitchen be sure to check out the Kids Cook Real Foods site.

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Peanut Butter Banana Muffins

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This recipe was adapted from a recipe that we found in the United States Cookbook under the state of Georgia. The original recipe was called ‘Peanutty Peanut Butter and Banana Bread’ and was baked in a loaf pan for 1 hour and 10 minutes at 350. Our recipe has some variations to the original ingredients but would probably be just as good baked in a loaf pan as well and would probably be even better with a sprinkle of chocolate chips added to the batter.

Peanut Butter Banana Muffins

Ingredients:

  • 2 c. all purpose flour
  • 1 t. baking soda
  • 1/2 t. salt
  • 1/4 c. oil
  • 1 c. peanut butter (we used chunky and the kids loved it)
  • 2/3 c. brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 1/2 – 1 c. chocolate chips, optional
  • 1/2 c. crushed peanuts, optional

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350. Spray your muffin pan or loaf pan with nonsitck spray.
  2. Mix the oil, eggs, bananas, sugar, vanilla and peanut butter together in a bowl until well blended.
  3. Mix the remaining ingredients together in another bowl.
  4. Stir the dry ingredients into the first bowl just until blended.
  5. Spoon or pour into your greased pans.
  6. Bake the muffins for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned.
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Cinnamon Raisin Biscuits

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I feel like I haven’t posted a new recipe in a while so I thought I should share these yummy treats that we had over the weekend. I make a double batch as they seem to disappear as quickly as they come out of the oven.

My kids loved helping with these. They can measure and stir as well as practice kneading their own little batch of dough and then cut out their own little biscuits too.

Cinnamon Raisin Biscuits

Ingredients:

Biscuits:

  • 3 c. self rising flour
  • 2 t. baking soda
  • 1 T. cinnamon
  • 1 c. butter or shortening
  • 1 1/2 c. raisins
  • 1 1/2 – 2 c. buttermilk or you can use regular milk with 1/2 c. sour cream

Continue reading Cinnamon Raisin Biscuits →

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Cinnamon Roll Muffins

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I had all intentions of making some delicious cinnamon rolls on Sunday morning however Mr. Awesome had an awesome surprise planned and I just didn’t have the time. Well Jacob had his little heart set on those rolls and as we all know this child loves to eat. He also loves coming up with new recipes and he decided we should try to make some Cinnamon Roll Muffins.

I combined the filling from our Cinnamon Roll Pancakes and Basic Muffin Recipe with a simple glaze to come up to sweeten the deal. The kids loved helping to mix the muffins and make the swirls. They also really enjoyed eating them too!

Did I mention how wonderful the house smells when you bake these? I will definitely need to make a double batch the next time around. I may also try this out in a loaf pan or as a super easy coffee cake.

Short on time? You could mix up everything and set it in the fridge until the next morning and then surprise your family with the aroma of these delicious treats. They will think you slaved all morning long! Continue reading Cinnamon Roll Muffins →

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Chocolate Chip Applesauce Muffins

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Chocolate Chip Applesauce Muffins

Ingredients:

  • 2 c. Self rising flour
  • 1/2 c. Brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 c. Applesauce
  • 1/2 c. Milk
  • 1 t. Vanilla
  • 1/2 c. Chocolate chips

Directions: Continue reading Chocolate Chip Applesauce Muffins →

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Super Easy Rotisserie Chicken Salad

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Super Easy Rotisserie Chicken Salad

Ingredients:

  • Meat from one cooked rotisserie chicken (or use 2-3 cooked chicken breasts), shredded
  • 1/3 c. mayo
  • salt and pepper to taste (we like to use mineral salt)
  • 2 stalks celery (optional)
  • 1 boiled egg, chopped (optional)
  • 2-3 T. Pickle relish (optional)
  • onion, chopped (optional)
  • raisins, chopped apples, sliced grapes, canned corn, chopped nuts or whatever other add-ins you might like (optional)

Directions:

Mix everything together in a bowl. Season to taste. Enjoy on a bed of lettuce, in a croissant, or on toast.

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Pigs in a Blanket

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This recipe is as old as I can remember. You can also used canned biscuits in place of the crescent rolls.

Pigs in a blanket

Ingredients:

  • 8 hot dogs (1-2 per person)
  • 4 slices cheese, each cut into 6 strips (optional)
  • 8 ct refrigerated crescent rolls (or biscuits)

Directions:

Heat oven to 375.

Make a slit down the center of each hot dog (not needed if you are not using cheese)

Place 3 strips of cheese into each slit.

Separate the crescent rolls dough.

Starting with the wide end, wrap each hot dog with dough.

Place on ungreased cookie sheet, cheesy side up.

Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.

 

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Eggless Nutella Muffins

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This recipe came about one Wednesday morning when I had not been to the grocery store in over a week. It was one of those days where I was feeling like a walkie zombie too. I had been tempted just to make some toast  spread it with peanut butter  and sliced apples for breakfast. My four year old would have no part in that because it was ‘muffin day’.

I knew I didn’t have any eggs, as I hadn’t bought any in a while nor had I checked the henhouse yesterday. That’s what happens when you don’t stay on routine around here. I did have mayonnaise though so I knew there was hope. Below is the recipe, that I thought was an utter fail at first, and I hope your family enjoys it as much as mine does.

These could be made with eggs if you wanted to. Just replace the mayo and water with 2-3 eggs. You could probably also add in some white chocolate chips or nuts if you wanted to make these as a special treat. These are rich enough that they could probably be considered dessert!

These little yummies have a lot of potential and I’m sure you may see them popping up in various forms in upcoming recipes.

Eggless Nutella Muffins

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 c. self rising flour
  • 1/2 c. sugar
  • 1 1/2 – 2c. Nutella
  • 6-8 T. mayonnaise (or use 2-3 eggs)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.

Spray or line your Muffin Pan. (I haven’t made them in Mini Muffin Pans but they would probably be just fine.)

Mix together all of the ingredients, just until blended.

Spoon the batter, which will be thick, into the muffin pans. 2-3 Tablespoons for each cup.

Gently press the batter down if it is really thick.

Bake for 12-15 minutes. (8-10 minutes for minis.) They will look a bit gooey but that’s ok.

Remove and let cool for 5-10 minutes. (The middles may fall in but that is OK too.)

Enjoy!

**I will be trying these with some ripe bananas too. I will probably use 2 mashed bananas and only 1-2 Tablespoons of mayo. I will be sure to post that recipe after I try it.

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S’mores Dip

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This was another recipe that I made for the Chili Dog Dangle Dance that we had on June 9th for the Silver Fox Squares. I did not find the graham cracker sticks mentioned in the original, I did however find some Scooby Doo snacks which looked like doggie treats, so I decided to just use regular graham crackers and they worked out fine.

I found this recipe in my Facebook feed. Click here for the original link.

S’mores Dip

  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 1 c. Hot Fudge topping (not heated)
  • 1 c. 10x sugar
  • 2 t. vanilla
  • 7-8 oz. marshmallow creme or fluff
  • mini marshmallows or marshmallow bits(optional)
  • mini chocolate chips (optional)
  • graham crackers or graham sticks

Directions:

In a large bowl cream together the cream cheese, hot fudge topping, sugar, vanilla, and marshmallow creme until well blended.

Chill for 2-3 hours.

You can stir in, or sprinkle on top, a few mini chocolate chocolate chips and mini marshmallows, if desired.

Serve with graham crackers.