Someone had to do it right? I really do have a reason though.
There are some days this big kid (me), wants a corn dog. Since my toddler eats what we eat, I had to think of a way to make it baby friendly. It’s been drilled in my head that hot dogs are a no-no kids because it’s a choking hazard. That’s how this recipe came about.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
3 tbs agave nectar (you can use sugar, or honey)
3 tbs melted unsalted butter
1 tsp sour cream
1 egg
2 hot dogs (we used nitrate free organic)
Olive oil spray
1. Preheat oven to 375f
2. In a bowl whisk butter, agave, and egg
3. In the same bowl add milk, sour cream, salt and baking soda and mix
4. Add flour and corn meal last and combine well.
5. Grease donut tin with olive oil spray. Either mix in chopped hot dogs to cornbread mix or pour cornbread mix into a donut tin and add sliced hot dogs on top.
I usually cook broccoli beef in a wok. I decided to try putting everything I normally would add to a wok in a slow cooker. Now it’s in our weekly rotation of meals.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 tbs sesame oil
3 cloves of garlic (chopped)
1 cup low sodium beef broth or chicken broth
1 lb beef (we used rib eye and cut it in strips, I’ve used stir fry cut)
1 bell pepper
2 large broccoli stalks (florets)
Dash of pepper
Mix all ingredients except for veggies and beef in a bowl
Add beef to mixture and place in a slow cooker on low until tender. This usually takes about 4-6 hours depending on your cooker)
Add broccoli and red pepper about 30-45 minutes before serving. Any earlier and you will have soggy veggies.
Serve over white rice
Tip: Each soy sauce and broth brands have a different amount of salt so you can reduce it if you feel it’s too salty.
This waffle dish has no sugar. It also contains bananas within the waffle to give you an extra potassium boost.
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 banana
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbs butter
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1. Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl
2. In another bowl smash banana, add egg, milk, butter, and vanilla.
3. Combine dry and wet ingredients
4. Pour in hot waffle maker.
Filling and Toppings:
I mixed some milk with greek yogurt to dilute it a bit. I generously spread the yogurt on each waffle before stacked them. I topped it off with some more greek yogurt, strawberries, bananas, and chopped walnuts. You can also add honey or agave nectar if you have a sweet tooth.
A good friend of mine mentioned this dish to me. I love homemade pizza because you can be incredibly creative with the toppings. I topped our pizza with an apple, cheese, and walnut combo. It turned out incredibly tasty.
Ingredients:
1.5 cups self rising flour (if you don’t have this type of flour add 1 1/2 tsps of baking powder and 3/4 tsp of salt to the flour)
1 cup greek yogurt
Olive Oil
Toppings of choice – We used apples, cheddar cheese, and walnuts on one half. The other half had pizza sauce, cheese, and sweet bell peppers
1. Add flour and yogurt to a stand up mixer. You can also knead the dough on a floured surface if you don’t have a mixer.
2. Use the hook attachment and mix on low, until it turns into a ball (takes a few minutes)
3. Add a little water if its too dry, or a little more flour if it’s too sticky
4. Add flour to the ball and place it on a pan that has been greased with olive oil. I used a pizza stone because we had one.
5. Spread out the dough to form a pizza, add toppings and bake at 450f for 12-15 minutes
My husband bought me a standing mixer for Mother’s Day. I had to make him his favorite dessert. I didn’t add my normal condensed milk and cut down what I would normally put in sugar. I highly suggest getting extra sweet mangoes, otherwise it will be tart.
Ingredients:
1 cinnamon graham cracker package (9 cracker sheets)
6 tbs of unsalted melted butter (one stick)
1 – 8 oz cream cheese (softened)
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbs powdered sugar
2 mangoes
1tsp lemon juice
Crust:
1. Preheat oven to 350f
2. Place graham crackers in a ziplock bag and crush with a rolling pin. I couldn’t find mine so I used my hands and my son’s toy one lol
3. In a bowl, add graham crackers and mix melted butter
4. In a mixer, mix cream cheese, cinnamon, egg, vanilla, powdered sugar, and lemon juice until smooth.
5. With a spoon pack graham cracker mixture to tart cups.
6. Add cream cheese mixture on top and cook for about 15 minutes (check at 10 minute mark for progress). It will puff up a bit in the center and lightly brown.
7. Cut mangoes into thin slices. Once cool layer each mango slice forming several circles until you fill the cup. For the middle I used a peeler and made rolls. I then filled the remaining hole with the rolls.
Salt and pepper to taste (i just used a dash of each)
The following is optional. If you like the crispier coated texture you’ll need the following:
1/3 cup breadcrumbs
1 egg
1. Peel and steam sweet potatoes
2. In a blender, combine sweet potato, parmesan cheese, milk and rolled oats and blend.
3. Preheat oven to 425f
4. Using an ice cream scooper, add a scoop of the blended mixture on your hand.
5. Flatten middle of the scoop with a spoon. Add cut up mozzarella cheese in the middle.
6. Cover the cheese with the sweet potato, forming a ball (video below).
7. Optional coating: in a bowl set aside bread crumbs. In another bowl whisk egg. Dip sweet potato ball in egg, then bread crumbs.
7. Bake at 425f for about 10 minutes.
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I’m thrilled to be given the opportunity to review the B.Box Travel Rack. It’s a portable drying rack where you can dry your bottle or straw cups wherever you are. Before this travel rack I used paper towels and cotton towels as a drying rack. This is so much better!
Best of all it’s light and folds flat. I don’t travel light. I pack all my essentials including some extra “just in case” items. I can improvise in many situations, but I don’t like being away in a cabin with no store in sight. It might sound unlikely to run out of straw cups, but the struggle is real when your toddler bites off the straws to most of his cups daily. I prefer washing a few extra bottles rather than constantly washing the same bottle.
Adding this very handy product to my diaper bag was a game changer. It’s so light and portable. It’s also BPA, Phthalates and PVC free.
By the way, I’ve also used this at home! Did I mention I have a collection of cups? It’s so easy to put away when you don’t need an extra rack anymore. Try it out!