#9 Breakfast Sandwich

This was a total hit at my house yesterday. The boys love having breakfast at all times of the day.

The original recipe called for more overeasy type eggs, and english muffins. I did change it up a bit using biscuits and substituting sausage for the cheese. Although the cheese could easily be added.

I'm not a fan of eggs any way other than scrambled, so I did them scrambled in the pan instead of overeasy.

I took 8 eggs, (there were 8 biscuits) scrambled them and put them in the cupcake pan.They did have to be spread out over the 12 cups, or you could just cut down on the number of eggs you use. Baked them at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

I was able to put the pillsbury biscuits in to cook at the same time, and while those were going I fried up the sausage patties. 

I love multitasking!

So this is what I ended up with...

 

I laughed so hard when I put this together I nearly cried. The patty was too small, and the egg too big. No worries though it'll squish down.

They tasted amazing, and my husband loved the egg because he said it reminded him of fried eggs, which he loves, only baked. 

Tip: Generously spray the pan with cooking spray because the eggs will stick. 

#8 Bottle Cap Keychains

I had seen these around and thought they were adorable, so when I saw a pin on how to make them I decided to give them a try! The pin on pinterest didn't lead me anywhere, so I started to do some searching on my own.

First I went to sites like Hobby Lobby and Micheal's. They had diy kits, but they were pricey and I didn't want the premade designs. Sooooo.....I went to ebay. 

I heart ebay!!!

I was able to buy a kit that had the keyring, jump ring, bottle cap and epoxy stickers all in one! All I had to do was find the images. I heart google.

The kit I bought already had the keychain constructed. All I had to do was print the images on photo paper, and yes it needs to be photo paper. You should have seen what it looked like on regular paper. Not pretty. 

I did have some tools from my scrapbooking days that worked great for cutting out a nice even 1" circle, and the adhesive to attach the image to the bottle cap.

These would make great small gifts or party favors. You could do a theme for a team, support group or book club even! You can buy premade design sheets off etsy as well with designs of just about anything.

Here is what I came up with! Not bad if I do say so myself.

#7 Better than fries potatoes

I'm not a fan of tossing some frozen from the bag fries into the over like my husband is. I loved these! (He liked them too.) The pinner called them, "better than fries!"

I never thought to use olive oil on my potatoes before they were baked. That couple with the salt and pepper before baking made them awesome straight out of the oven. The original recipe for hassleback potatoes called for garlic as well. I will definitely try that next time.

These were great because of the potion size, plus the kids had a blast taking them apart with their fingers!

Ingredients:

4-6 potatoes

Olive oil

Salt and pepper, garlic to taste

Preheat oven to 425 degrees and bake for 40 minutes.

I tossed these in the last bit of time I had my buffalo chicken going.

Tip: I'm going to try cooking some pressed garlic in olive oil for just a couple of minutes, then brush that mixture over the potatoes.

So good, so simple!

#6 Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches

If you love buffalo wings this is a recipe for you! All it takes is 3 ingredients and a crock pot!

Ingredients:

3 lbs raw boneless skinless chicken breasts

12 oz bottle of Buffalo wing sauce

1 oz packet of dry Ranch mix

Pour sauce and ranch packet into the crockpot and mix. Add chicken, cook on hi 4-5 hours or low 8-10.

Delicious, but a little spicy for my kids, so they fell back on old faithful, hotdogs. 3 chicken breasts makes for a lot of shredded meat. We'll be eating the leftovers for days! (And we are, this was actually last nights dinner.)

Recipe from: emilybites

#5 Sausage Pinwheels

I'm 2 for 2 today!!! Crescent rolls are my new favorite thing. I literally bought six rolls of them the other day to use for different things.

Today I made sausage pinwheels. Although they weren't much of pinwheels. There were several different pins for them on pinterest, so I may have kind of possibly combined some things.

Ingredients:

1 can of Pillsbury crescent rolls, I buy the reduced fat because I think they taste the same, and then I don't feel so guilty when I eat more than one. Who's with me ladies? I know I'm not the only one who does this...

1 roll of Jimmy Dean sausage

1 small container of cream cheese

Cook sausage, in a bowl, mix sausage and cream cheese, fill crescent rolls, bake!

Couple of things, I hate it when my crescent roll dough falls apart as I'm trying to work with it. Also, the cream cheese needs to be soft or I'll try spreading it on the dough first. I used just enough cream cheese to coat the sausage, but you can use as much or as little as you like.

These were delicious, they'd make a great snack!

#4 Pinapple Lemonade Punch

This punch is the best! My boys are tearing it up! And, it's so easy, go figure. (Starting to think that's my middle name.) Just toss in the stuff, mix, and go! It's really sweet, so I don't know that I'd make it on a daily basis. It'd be great for company or parties.

The original pin went to a You Are My Sunshine baby shower theme.So cute!

Ingredients:

1 cup Countrytime Lemonade mix {or the likes}

2 cups cold water

1 can of chilled pineapple juice {46 oz}

2 cans chilled Sprite {or the likes}

Tip: when you have it in a pitcher or punch bowl, add some sliced lemons to make it look pretty!

I know I need to work on my presentation, but I've never had a need for a punch bowl before. Guess now I do.

 

#3 Best Pizza (& Spaghetti) Sauce in the World - Part 2!

Tonight's spaghetti was awesome! I took the left over sauce from yesterday's pizza sauce added a few things, and viola! A delicious spaghetti sauce that I whipped together in no time!

Pizza/Spaghetti sauce plus the following:

1 small can of tomato paste, to thicken

1 can diced tomatoes

1 can mushrooms, pieces and stems

Meatballs!

Super easy meatballs, 1 lb of hamburger meat, 1 egg white, season with garlic powder, salt and pepper to taste, mix and roll, boil til they float.

Pile all that on top of your favorite noodles. Throw some crescent rolls in the over, and enjoy!

Tip: place a half stick of mozzarella string cheese inside the crescent roll to bake, then when they come out rub a stick of butter along the tops, and sprinkle some garlic salt...mmmmm.