Mandy My family loves breadsticks. For Copycat week we made Better Than Pizza Hut Breadsticks. These were the best breadsticks I’ve had in a while. They are so soft and fluffy. The topping is delicious. The recipe makes 2 batches so everyone can have as many breadsticks as they can eat. We will definitely add these to our weekly menu. Hope everyone had a great week! Nikita Nikita and fam are living the life they dreamed of when they moved to Bulgaria. This week was spent in Paris and although we are not there with them she has shared photos of all their fun adventures. On our weekly Saturday morning call with the ladies she was live and in person from Barcelona. Fingers crossed she has a fun filled post about this newest adventure. (check out my homepage for a link to Nikita's Adventures) Amy Georgia This week when Mandy challenged everyone to a copycat recipe I knew exactly what I was turning to. The bottle copycat Chick fil A sauce in our fridge that the husband made. If you've ever had Chick fil A's sauce and you like it.. You are going to LOVE this copycat. I actually like it better than the OG. I'll use it as a dipping sauce for homemade chicken strips and even for fries. Cammy I really had a difficult time trying to think of a copycat recipe and then I thought of the rolls as butter at Texas Roadhouse. My pops took us all there the first time I went there so I will always associate those delicious rolls and sweet honey cinnamon butter with fond memories of my pops. To have made these on Father's Day made them even more special. Jen Fun times making our favorite copycats. Interesting that we had two copycat recipes for bread.
Until next week, Mandy, Nikita, Amy, Georgia, Cammy and Jen
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Jen In our house, bananas are usually used in smoothies or banana bread. I wanted to try something different so we found a recipe for “Healthy Banana Oatmeal Pancakes”. They were pretty easy to make, and tasted good. My older daughter didn’t love the texture – they aren’t smooth like normal pancakes (because of the oats), but otherwise thought they were fine. My husband loved them 😊Jen Mandy For the banana challenge we made Sweet and Savory Banana Splits. I mean, what’s not to love about a banana split. It was a little weird at first. I think that is probably because our brain is wired to how it tastes with ice cream. It will grow on you though and it is really delicious. Great way to use up that one banana that is always left behind. ;) Hope everyone has a great week and Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads. Mandy Nikita Ok, so Banana Bread is my default reaction when I see browning bananas in the fruit basket. This week, I decided to try a new recipe on Pinterest - Chocolate Banana Bread. But Matt quickly corrected the title of this recipe. It's not bread; it's cake. LOLOL! This loaf is rich with dark chocolate and moist with mashed bananas. Absolutely delicious. Amy Georgia I will be the first person to tell you. I do not like bananas in things. I don't like banana flavored anything. Naked bananas are fine. I'm the gal who orders a banana split without the banana. Blech So finding something that I would even be willing to try was a challenge... Until I found this yummy recipe Cammy
So here's a funny as I'm looking through these recipes. I am not a fan of bananas in things and my oh my how we all have founds ways to take ripe bananas and make them yummy.
From healthy, to decadent. Until next week, Jen, Mandy, Nikita, Amy, Georgia and Cammy Cammy Blueberry Camerita - I knew I was going to bake something with blueberries (Sunday Bakery tomorrow) but I also wanted to do something different. I ran across a recipe for a blueberry daiquiri but I'm not all that fond of rum unless it involves pineapple and coconut) and I didn't have any regular lime juice on hand. I did, however, have key lime juice and tequila on hand. Thus, the birth of the Blueberry Camerita Jen We made a simple yogurt blueberry parfait for breakfast today: vanilla yogurt, blueberries, and granola layered in a bowl. And some eggs, just because. 😊 Amanda Smoothies and yogurt are my kids go to breakfast foods right now. So for this weeks blueberry challenge we decided to try Blueberry-Chai Seed Jam. It goes great with just about any yogurt. Easy to add to smoothies. I don’t know how to can, but this recipe will fit in a small jar you can keep in the fridge and use up within a week or so. A quick and easy recipe that I’m sure could be used is many different recipes. Nikita So we've been eating Blueberries all week long. It's June which means they're in season, cheap at the farmer's market, and soooo flavorful! Pictured above is my morning breakfast of Greek Yogurt, Granola, Raspberries, Blueberries, Strawberries, & Honey. I started eating this several months ago after receiving a tempting recommendation from Georgia. The Greek Yogurt is full of protein and keeps me full through the morning and early afternoon. This weekend, Matt and I are heading to a Spa Retreat in Velingrad where we intend on soaking in thermal hot springs and pools and saunas etc. Because of the amount of time we'll be spending in our swimwear, we decided to host a Salad-For-Dinner Week leading up to the weekend just to shed a pound or two. Not pictured (because we ate it before I realized what happened) is a Chicken & Berry Mixed Greens Salad. I had intended on serving the salad with a sliced Flank Steak on it, but the store had ZERO steak. Like nothing. I've said it before but the stores here in Sofia are a hit-or-miss operation. So we settled for chicken - meh. But the salad was still yummy. Btw, we made it four days with salad every night for dinner. Sushi won us over on Friday. LOL! Amy I have no idea of what this food challenge is. While I am not officially back ( I don't recommend moving during a pandemic, shit doesn't get done) I thought I'd drop by to say Hello. I am still getting my house in order. Let me put it this way, my new home is literally within eyesight of my old home and it took the waste management workers 5 weeks to realize this l. Yes, they had been properly notified. You see what I'm dealing with? Anyway, I made stuffed bell peppers in my slow cooker and a berry and spinach salad for tonight's dinner. And I now have pretty pink dinnerware because I'm a girl. Make something delicious y'all! Georgia So many healthy benefits to blueberries and I choose to make them into a coffee cake. So worth it. We can think that because blueberries are included that it's a "healthy" coffee cake. It works for me. So truthfully though. If you are a fan of blueberries and a fan of coffee cake you won't be disappointed in this one. Even the hubs, who I just found out really likes coffee cake, like this. Enjoy! What a banner week. Everyone is here and those are my favorite kinds of weeks
Until next week, Cammy, Jen, Mandy, Nikita, Amy and Georgia Georgia So I honestly had every intention of making something. Then we got notice that we would be able to go to my step daughters graduation. Which is in Maryland. Tickets were bought, bags were packed and we were blessed to be there with her and also to spend a few days with her. Once there I thought maybe we would be able to find a restaurant where I could order something on the menu with chickpeas. But noooooo. Very little was open. So here's my great add for this week. What I hope is a super cool pic from the pier in Ocean City, MD Cammy Hmmmm, chickpeas. The only thing I've done with chickpeas is to throw them on my salad at the local salad bar. Well, I found this pasta salad recipe and figured, why not? Never mind that I didn't even know what tahini was. I marinated some chicken tenders in some lite Italian dressing, dumped it all into a baking dish and put it in the oven to bake. Then I got the brand new jar of tahini out of the cupboard. Interesting. Gooey gunk at the bottom and liquid at the top. No directions on the bottle except for a dressing recipe. I assumed the gunk and liquid needed to be mixed up so I attempted to do so. I was only somewhat successful after losing some down the side of the jar and causing a mess on my hand and counter. I will admit, it was not nearly entirely mixed before I dunked the tablespoon in and withdrew a combination of paste, mixed paste and liquid. Ugh! I made the dressing and must have dirtied nearly every spoon in the drawer taste testing, adding more fresh squeezed lemon, more pepper, more salt, more garlic, back to more lemon juice..... I eventually decided enough was enough. I'm guessing that tahini is an acquired taste. In the end, when mixed in with the pasta, chickpeas and spinach, it came out pretty good. Seconds were even had. I guess I know what I will be having for lunch tomorrow as well. Bon Appetit! Jen Mandy Nikita Amy Thank the good Lord Cammy made a dish.
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