Brown Bread Ice Cream Recipes

May 21, 2013 By 7 Comments

Today I was browsing one of my cookbooks that had a recipe for Brown Bread Ice Cream. It had me interested, so of course I hopped online to see if I could find some images of what Brown Bread Ice Cream might look like and I was impressed.

Doesn’t this look delicious?
Brown Bread Ice CreamImage via Flickr by gorgeoux

I am thinking I want to try to make some of this stuff. It looks pretty darn good and different for ice cream. Here are some brown bread ice cream recipes I have bookmarked:

Have you ever tried brown bread ice cream?

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Heart Healthy Lasagna Recipe

April 29, 2013 By 17 Comments

Heart Healthy Lasagna Recipe

I don’t know about you, but I LOVE lasagna. It was something that I always have enjoyed and didn’t get brave enough to make until last year. Once I learned just how easy it was to make lasagna, I have been making it more often then before when I bought it frozen.

In an effort to keep my heart healthy, I decided to come up with a healthier version of the lasagna that I usually make for my family. I went to my local SaveMart in Carmichael, CA and bought ingredients for the lasagna that were healthier options than I normally use. I used the Dreamfields Healthy Carb Living lasagna noodles that only have 5 grams of carbs per 56gram serving. I also used reduced fat Mozzarella cheese, low fat Ricotta cheese and Johnsonville’s Italian Sausage with the 50% less fat sticker on the package.

healthy-lasagna-ingredients

I also decided to make my own sauce using the vine ripe tomatoes which can be a little time consuming. I normally use hamburger meat, but like I mentioned before I used Italian sausage this time which gave it a really good flavor.

healthy-lasagna

After my daughter took her first bite, she asked me if their was going to be leftovers. That put a smile on my face because with that comment, I knew it had to have came out good. There were leftovers and I am about to have some for lunch today!

Here is the recipe for my heart healthy lasagna:

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Heart Healthy Lasagna Recipe
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Recipe type: Main Dish
 

Ingredients
  • 1 pound Italian Sausage
  • 15 oz Low Fat Ricotta Cheese
  • 2 cups Reduced Fat Mozzarella Cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp oregano
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 15oz can of organic tomato sauce
  • ¼ cup chopped onions
  • 8-10 large tomatoes

Instructions
  1. Boil tomatoes for 1 minute, remove from pot and immerse in bowl of ice. Remove skins immediately. Cut tomatoes in quarters and remove juice and seeds, then add to large pot. Add garlic powder, salt and oregano. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until you reach desired consistency. Add ⅓ of the can of organic tomato sauce to thicken sauce.
  2. In a skillet, add sausage and onion and cook until sausage is done. Drain excess fat and add to pot of sauce. While cooking the sausage, cook lasagna noodles according to directions on package.
  3. In a bowl, add ricotta cheese, 1½ cups of Mozzarella cheese, ½ cup Parmesan cheese and egg. Mix until blended.
  4. In a 13×9 casserole/baking dish add about ⅓ of the can of organic tomato sauce. Place 3 lasagna noodles in dish and add ⅓ of sauce/meat mixture, then ⅓ of cheese mixture.
  5. Repeat layers above 2 times.
  6. Pour another ⅓ of sauce from can over top later and top with remaining mozzarella cheese.
  7. Cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees for45 minutes. Remove foil and bake uncovered and additional 10 minutes.
  8. Remove from oven, cool, cut and serve!

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For more information about keeping your heart healthy and for more recipes, visit: www.heart.org and www.goredforwomen.org.

Disclosure – I received a gift card by the manufacturer or representing PR agency to purchase ingredients for this recipe. These opinions expressed are my own opinions and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation.

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How To Make A S’mores Pizza

April 2, 2013 By 18 Comments

One thing that is delicious that I don’t get to eat that often is S’mores. Those are usually something you save for those special times like when you are camping or having a bonfire. If you happen to have some marshmallows left over from Easter, you might just want to make yourself a dessert style pizza with them.

S'mores Pizza in oven photo

I didn’t come up with the idea myself though for the pizza. We recently ordered from the local take and bake pizza place by my house and happened to order a S’mores pizza. It was so good that I was determined to make one at home. [Read more...]

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How To Make CUTE Filled Peep Cupcakes + Easy Cupcake Recipe

March 25, 2013 By 22 Comments

Photo of Peep Cupcake

I will admit that I like Peeps even though I know they are like PURE sugar. I remember it was something I know I could look forward to each year in my Easter basket from my grandparents. I am glad though that these yummy but not so healthy treats are only available on the holidays.

When I seen the colorful bunny Peeps at the store just a couple weeks ago, I had to grab a couple packages and create something cute with them. The first thing that came to mind was cupcakes.

Photo of how to make filled cupcakes

Making these cute peep cupcakes is not only fun, they are really easy to make too. This might be something you want to do with the kids this week.

Here are the simple steps:

  1. First you make your cupcakes and let them cool.
  2. Use a knife and cut a circle in the middle. Then use spoon to remove some of the middle of the cupcake. I didn’t want to use that much frosting in the middle, so I only took out a small amount of cake.
  3. Fill hole with frosting and insert bunny peep.
  4. Use frosting to create a grass like look. This can be done using a fork.

If you don’t want to buy a cake mix from the store, I want to share with you a simple cupcake recipe that I use each time without fail.

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Easy Cupcake Recipe
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Recipe type: Desserts
 

Ingredients
  • 3 cups flour (use cake flour if you have it)
  • 1½ cup granulated sugar
  • ⅔ cup butter (softened)
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2½ tsp baking powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 1⅓ cup milk
  • 1½ tsp vanilla extract

Instructions
  1. In a mixing bowl, add flour, salt and baking powder. Add milk, eggs and vanilla.
  2. In a separate bowl add butter and sugar and mix well.
  3. Mix butter/sugar mixture to flour mixture.
  4. Place cupcake liners into pan. Pour batter into liners and bake at 350 to 20 to 22 minutes or until golden color and toothpick comes out clean.

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Do you enjoy Peeps during the holidays?

 

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Hidden Valley Ranch & Bacon Pasta Salad Recipe + Giveaway

March 18, 2013 By 23 Comments

Hidden Valley Ranch & Bacon Pasta Salad Picture

Sometimes ranch just makes food a whole better. Hidden Valley Ranch happens to be one of my FAVORITE salad dressings. I also like to use ranch as a dip and also as an ingredient in some of my recipes I make in my kitchen.

When it comes to side dishes, pasta is something I make often. One way we enjoy pasta at my house is with pasta salads. It is so easy cook different pasta noodles and add various ingredients to come up something yummy.

Hidden Valley Ranch Bottle and seasoning packet

Most of us at my house enjoy ranch, we also enjoy cheese and we also all LOVE bacon! Last week I thought I would make a pasta salad that included one of those handy Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning packets, some mozzarella cheese and some crispy bacon. My recipe is below:

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Hidden Valley Ranch & Bacon Pasta Salad Recipe + Giveaway
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Recipe type: Side Dish
 

Ingredients
  • 8 oz macaroni noodles
  • 1 package Hidden Valley Ranch Seasoning Mix
  • 4-5 pieces cooked bacon – broken in small pieces
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese – small cubed shape

Instructions
  1. Cook macaroni noodles according to instructions on package.
  2. Rinse noodles with cold water. Shake off excess water.
  3. Add mayonnaise and stir, then add ranch packet and mix well.
  4. Add bacon and cheese and toss to mix well.
  5. Enjoy!

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Turkey Bacon Egg Toast Cups Recipe

January 27, 2013 By 42 Comments

Bacon Egg Toast Cup Recipe

This year I have been trying to eat healthier. I want to avoid eating out because not only is it more expensive, it most of the time eating at home is a more healthier option. I do have a love for bacon which I know is not the best thing for me to eat. I have been experimenting with turkey bacon and made some bacon egg toast cups this weekend using turkey bacon. I know some of you have probably already made this, but I thought I would share how easy these are to make for those that haven’t.

Turkey Bacon Egg Cups Recipe

Here is an easy recipe for Turkey Bacon Egg Toast Cups Recipe.

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Turkey Bacon Egg Toast Cups Recipe
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Serves: 6
 

Ingredients
  • 3-6 pieces of whole wheat bread
  • ½ cup shredded cheese
  • 6 slices turkey bacon
  • 6 eggs

Instructions
  1. Add bacon to skillet and cook on medium high for 2 minutes to partially cook bacon. Place on paper plate and remove excess grease with paper towel.
  2. Make 6 small circles with the bread to cover the bottom of 6 spaces in a muffin tin
  3. Add a small amount of cheese to cover bread on each piece.
  4. Crack egg and place on top of bread, making sure you don’t break the yolk.
  5. Cook at 400 for about 12 minutes. You might want to cook longer depending on how you like your eggs cooked.
  6. Enjoy

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It is really easy to make these and you might even have all the ingredients in your fridge to make them. Only 4 ingredients to show the bacon cups I made pictured here in this post.

Turkey Bacon Eggs Cup Recipe Don’t worry, regular bacon works too! I just am trying to switch to using turkey bacon since we eat it often. There are also other things you might want to add like chopped onions or mushrooms.

Leave me a comment letting me know what you would add to your bacon egg cup?

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I Was Born To Bake Cookies + FREE Cookie Recipe Card – #CardstoreCookie

December 4, 2012 By

Every year at this time I get a little excited about cooking. For as long as I can remember, I have enjoyed making and baking cookies. When I was a child I spent a lot of weekends at my grandparents house while my mom was busy working. On many of those weekends I would bake cookies with my Nana just for fun. I remember putting on one of her aprons and helping her to make not only her sugar cookies, but her peanut butter cookies too. She chose sugar cookies because I really enjoyed using cookie cutters to make the cookies and of course top them with the pretty colored sprinkles. My grandpa’s favorite were the peanut butter cookies so I remember having fun with those by using a fork to make a cool indention on the top of them.

Here are some of my cookie snapshots from the past holidays:
Even when I became a teenager and then an adult, I always have enjoyed making cookies, especially now for my family. Each year though, for the last 15+ years I have made a variety of cookies to give to my family and friends during the Christmas season. For many of those years, I have baked Snickerdoodles, sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies and those classic peanut butter blossoms. This year I decided I am going to put a little twist on the peanut butter blossoms that everyone is used to seeing.

And then there was…

This year I am going to make my family and friends some Minty Chocolate Blossoms. Don’t worry, these have peanut butter in them, they just have more chocolate topped with some minty sweetness. If you are a fan of chocolate bark, you might just really enjoy these cookies.

And if you are not a fan of the candy cane flavor, you can always just make Chocolate Buttons. I like them both as buttons and candy cane blossoms!

This is just one of the cookies I will be making this year. I haven’t decided on the rest of my lineup, but I know Santa is going to be happy this year with some of these Minty Chocolate Blossoms!

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  • Step 1: Leave a comment below sharing your recipe for a happy holiday
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