My latest obsession- The Ever Versatile Egg.

Between Pintrest and just my own ideas, well all I seem to think about making revolves around EGGS. And then yesterday my favorite magazine, Bon Appetit came, and you guessed it- A WHOLE SECTION DEVOTED TO EGGS!
Maybe with Easter coming eggs are just out there more???? I don't know but I have a running list of things to try. I think I may eat some form of egg for breakfast or lunch every day for the next long while....the possibilities!!!!!!!!!
For lunch today I made this:

Can I just say, YUMMY, YUMMY, OOEEY, GOOEY, RUNNY - is it time to eat again yet??

 OOEYYY,
 RUNNY
 YUMMINESS!!!!
 Warm Spinach and Bacon Salad with Poached Eggs
2 handfuls spinach
2 or 3 pieces bacon, cut into pieces and fried
2 poached eggs
1. Fry bacon, add spinach and let it wilt down in the bacon fat. Set side.
2. Drizzle with Balsamic vinegar, a good one.
3. Add poached eggs on top!!!

more to come as I explore the EGG!!!

  ---and if you are interested, click here to learn how to poach the perfect egg... I learned this from Bon Appetit, have tried it and finally, beautiful oval shaped perfect poached eggs!
(DISCLAIMER--- My husband has always been the better scrambled and omelet man!!!- I will perfect this to one day!!! He also does a better pancake than me!)

Pancake Pizzas- A mistake turned AWESOME.

So today I started out to try something new that I saw on Pintrest- Crock Pot Pizza-
 ( In case you wanna know-you make pizza dough, cover bottom of crock pot with some sauce, put in the pizza dough, top with sauce and toppings including cheese-2hrs on high) I am always looking for fast, or crockpot meals with soccer being so early and taking up all evenings...
BUT...I mixed up my dough recipe with a pancake recipe..basically I started out with a pizza recipe on the side of the box and midway through started reading from the pancake recipe....AAAAAHHHH, my brain these days.
GLUTEN FREE FLOUR is precious and pricey--so I had to save this right?
 So there was already garlic seasoning and oregano in it, and it was thinish...it had milk instead of water, and too much of it...wrong amount of eggs... UGGGHHH. 
So I said to myself, SELF-what could I do with this mess????
 Pancake PIZZAS???- I started to get excited!!!!!!
But who knew if the MESS in my mixer would do anything. So I heated up the griddle to sizzling hot, liberally spread olive oil, and poured some of my mess , I mean dough right on it. AND GUESS WHAT???? drumbroll please........

IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have invented Pancake PIZZAS!! (I think? has anyone seen it before?)

So here is the recipe if anyone is intrigued- super easy and fast dinner!:

Jack shoving it down happily!

What our troops do when they have time to kill....a nod to my friend Ryan!!! SO FUNNY_ MUST WATCH

My friend Ryan is in the army....I saw this on his Page...it is too funny not to post- even though it has NOTHING to do with food!!! Ryan says- here is what we do when they don't let us fight.....Ryan and all you army guys- thanks for fighting for our freedom, and thanks for keeping us laughing too!!!!!! Post more of these boys!!!!!-- this was a parady of the song and of the Dolphin cheerleader version too. http://youtu.be/H96-TwrwY7M

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR this ROCKS--Cheesy Cauliflower Garlic "Bread"

 

Good Gravy---SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!!!!

We experienced a first tonight. Tonight I made spaghetti with meat sauce, a fav around here- but guess what? Something miraculous happened.

 My children, yes every one of them, ate more cauliflower than they did pasta tonight. I mean an ENTIRE head of cauliflower downed- I mean they were asking for seconds and thirds before they even ate 2 bites of spaghetti. I have leftover pasta and ZERO leftover cauliflower.

On cheesy bread number 3- look how much pasta he still has!!!!!

Pancetta Wrapped Stuffed Chicken Breast with Red Pepper Cream Sauce

Tonight I was sooo not feeling it. I did not want to cook. I am so sore and achy. So I said to the hubby- here is chicken breast- grill it and I am gonna rest.

10 minutes later.....ugh, we are out of gas for the grill hon.... GREAT.....so I get up, head to the kitchen, and 

 SOMEHOW I ROCK OUT AN AWESOME DINNER !!!!! 

Can I get a WOOT! WOOT!
So I had chicken, some red and yellow bell peppers that needed to be used, some pancetta to use up, some cream cheese..... and what it yielded is actually worth writing down- a two thumbs up from the kiddos! I love when I can get them to LIKE veggies they say they don't!!!!

I wish I had a good camera, it is so much prettier than this gives it justice....

Pancetta Wrapped, Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast with a Red Pepper Cream Sauce

Blue Cheese Coleslaw

 SO I am really focusing on lowering my carb intake, and upping my veggie intake.....

I love to make coleslaw mixes, often with added protein such as shredded chicken....
Often my coleslaw mixes are mayo free, more focused on the vinegar...often asian...

This week I felt like making one with blue cheese...It turned out so well. My husband says it is the best yet.
It got eaten so fast there is no pics...but I am posting anyways so I will remember my recipe.

Blue Cheese Coleslaw
1 bag per-shredded coleslaw mix ( or shred your own- I do both, depends on week)
1/4 cup mayonnaise (home made is best,no harmful oils)
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup raw apple cider vinegar
2 T buttermilk ranch spices (I use Penzey's)
3 T dill pickle relish
1T gentle sweet (or more to taste)- or any sweetner of choice
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese

Mix all together well. Let sit up in fridge for atleast a couple hours, overnight is even better!

Lip Smakin Good Asian Chicken Wings

This is one my family could not stop raving about. They ate them all up,  lip smakin the whole time!!!- wish I had a video of the kiddos!
So I thought I should get it written down before I forget what I did, and what I used so that I can duplicate these babies!!
These got a full thumbs up from ALL THREE KIDDOS and the HUBBIE! 
WOOT!! WOOT!!
 Asian Chicken Wings

3-4 lbs chicken wings
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup soy sauce, or coconut aminos for those that don't do soy...
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp black pepper
1tsp ginger, ground
2 tsp 5 spice
 Mix marinade/sauce up and toss wings. Leave to sit in marinade at least 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees .
Line Baking sheets with aluminum foil and spread wings out, coating each with the sauce before you lay them out.
Toss in a 375 degree oven for 30 minutes.
Open oven and turn wings over so other side can brown, turn oven up to 425 degrees. Coat wings again with marinade and let them go for 10 minutes.
At this point turn them over again and begin basting with sauce every 5 min or so for 20 minutes or so... if they are getting too brown to fast you can turn down to 400... They are done when wings are all sticky and coated and browned to glorious perfection... 

• TOTAL TIME- 1hour to 11/2 hours depending on how big your wings are, if you have really large wings I suggest making this initial time longer rather than the basting time!!

• these do best in middle oven rack, if you have to do top and bottom rackes make sure you rotate the wings... I did in two ovens as I have a double oven...

And then they were gone....

Next time I may put some sesame seeds on them at the end....that would be pretty and yummy!