Breakfast Casserole

So, I don't know why it is but when I am sick I like to cook. Call me weird, I'm used to it. Ha!  I was rummaging through the fridge and came across some leftover biscuits. We bought one of those breakfast packs at the grocery that has eggs, bacon, sausage and biscuits in them.  We had already fixed the bacon and biscuits thus the leftover biscuits. ;) Notice there is no leftover bacon.....

So I started rummaging some more and came up with a couple of potatoes, some eggs, some shredded Mexican blend cheese (courtesy if Wahoo! Taco night!) and voila!  I have created a breakfast casserole. Now it does take some time so you better have a yogurt or something to tide you over. My hubby had leftover pizza from last night. Hmmm

So here is what I threw together. You know it has Tastefully Simple in it and if you don't have leftover biscuits bit have leftover beer bread heaven forbid, that would work too. 

Ingredients:

5-6 leftover biscuits, cubed

2 peeled and cubed potatoes

2 tablespoons or capful of Onion Onion

1 lb roll of breakfast sausage

3 tablespoons flour

1 tablespoon coconut oil

6 eggs beaten

1/2 cup milk

1 teaspoon Garlic Pepper Seasoning 

1/4 cup shredded cheese

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. 

Prep your biscuits and potatoes and place in a greased baking dish. I used a 10x10 square but a 13x9 would work too. Sprinkle with the Onion Onion and set aside.

Cook and crumble the sausage until no longer pink. Remove from the pan with a strainer spoon and sprinkle over the biscuits and potatoes. 

My sausage didn't leave much fat in the pan so I added the coconut oil. Stir in the flour, stirred and let it cook for a minute or so.  Add your milk while whisking the whole time. Cool until thick and bubbly. Immediately pour over your sausage layer.

Crack and beat your eggs. Add the Garlic Pepper Seasoning and stir well. Pour over the gravy layer, OH YEAH! 

Sprinkle with shredded cheese and chill for 15-20 minutes or even overnight if you want to make it ahead. 

Bake for 50-60 minutes, serve warm and enjoy!

Fusion Rice Bowl

So my favorite thing to do when I am home sick is make comfort food. If I feel up to it. Today I didn't really feel up to it but I wanted something yummy and comforting for lunch, sooooo......

Here is what I did. 

Ingredients:

1 boxed rice/vermicelli mix, I used the fried rice flavor

2 tablespoons butter

2 cups water

4-5 bunches of kale or your fave green, chopped

1 pouch of tuna, unflavored

2 teaspoons soy sauce

2-3 teaspoons Balsamic Vinegar of Modena 

Fresh ground pepper to taste

1 tablespoon Avocado Oil

1 egg, beaten

Prepare the rice according to the package. 

To the prepared rice, add the chopped kale. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until the rice is tender and water absorbed. May take a little longer depending on the water content in your kale. 

Add the soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, tuna and pepper. 

Move rice mixture to the side, add the avocado oil to the pan and your beaten egg. Scramble egg until firm and break up into your rice mixture. 

Add more soy sauce and balsamic vinegar to your taste. Serve in a bowl and enjoy!

Uncle Bob's Beans On The Menu

Yep that's right!  Uncle Bob's Wahoo Beans are What's For Dinner tonight!  I am so excited!!  I always have to mix it up when cooking so I used Roasted Garlic Infused Oil to cook my sausage on and a couple of teaspoons of Fiesta Party Seasoning for some kick. I can't wait to taste it later. It smells sooooo good in my house right now. Here's the original recipe if you want to know what you are having for dinner tonight. Mmmmm!  http://bit.ly/22XSoyB 

Lentil Soup (update included)

When I am home sick, I always make some warm and tasty comfort food. My fave when sick is soup. I wasn't all about the meat today so Lentil Soup was the choice. High protein, high fiber and oh so yummy!  My version is very good for you and great for keeping those new year resolutions.

Ingredients:
One pound bag if lentils, your choice of colors, I had green, washed and sorted
One stalk of celery, an inner stalk with leaves is best, diced
One peeled carrot or 6 baby carrots, diced
Half of a small red onion, diced
1 tablespoon of unsalted butter
1 carton of low sodium chicken broth
3 cups of water
1-2 teaspoons of Seasoned Salt
5 turns of fresh cracked pepper

In a large sauce pan or soup pot, melt the butter on medium to medium-high heat until bubbly. Add diced carrots.  Stir and cook for 2 minutes. Add the diced celery, cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add the diced onion, cook and stir for 2 minutes. Watch that your veggies don't burn. 

Add chicken stock to deglaze the pan and get all if that yumminess off of the bottom and stir. Add your water. Cook the veggies in the stock for 5 minutes or so stirring occasionally. Add your washed lentils and stir. Add Seasoned Salt and pepper and stir. 

Cover with a tilted lid and cook for 25-30 minutes, stir occasionally.  I went for the 30 because I like my lentils a little sifter. If you like them a bit more Al dente, cook them 25. Serve hot with Bountiful Beer Bread if you like. Enjoy!!

Update:  oh my this is so good the next day!  I added a handful of kale to the portion I reheated and wow is that yummy!  A drizzle of Roasted Garlic Infised Oil (just a teaspoon or so) makes the flavor so much better. Try it!!

Yummy, Cheesy Herbed Grits

Ahhh breakfast.....not really my fave meal of the day but sometimes I love a good warm bowl of grits for breakfast. Today was one of those days. 

I like the 5-minute grits because I am lazy and I want to eat NOW!  I even cooked them in the microwave for a shorter wait to eat!  Mama was hungry bordering on hangry...not a good situation for the fam. 

Here's what I did:

Ingredients:

5-minute grits, brand of your choice

Garlic Garlic Seasoning

Spinach & Herb Seasoning

Shredded Cheese of your choice

Prepare the grits according to the package directions with the addition of a shake of Garlic Garlic Seasoning and two shakes of Spinach & Herb Seasoning. 

Cook in the microwave as directed. Once finished add 1/4 cup of shredded cheese. Stir and enjoy!

Wahoo Chili Day!

I have Wahoo Chili in the crockpot and I am sooo excited for Dinnertime. 

I did a couple of twists this time. I added some Fiesta Party Seasoning for a little heat, a can of sliced mushrooms because we discovered we really like them in there, and some frozen chopped red onion that I had in the freezer. I can't wait to see how my extra additions taste! I will let you know later. 

Photographer I am not!

Black Forest Cake

Oh my goodness!!  I made this for one of our family Christmas celebrations an oh my stars was it good!  It is a take on a cake that my husband's late mother used to make. Soooo good. It's not your typical Black Forest Cake. Sooo good!  

Let's bake!

Ingredients:

Classy Chocolate Pound Cake Mix

1 stick of unsalted butter

1 can of cherry pie filling (oh yes!)

1 tub of chocolate fudge frosting 

Butter a round baking pan. I used the Tastefully Simple Round Baker from a season or two ago. My fave baking dish for pound cake. I like it round instead of loaf. You could also use a square 8x8 pan. 

Melt the stick of butter in a glass mixing bowl. Your microwave is your friend!  

Add the pound cake mix and cherry pie filling. Mix until you don't see dry cake mix anymore but don't over mix!  It will be really thick and that is ok. The cherries will release some juice as they cook, so your cake will be so moist. 

Spread it in the baking pan and smooth it out as much as you can. 

Bake as directed in the box. 

Pull it out of the oven and cool on a wire rack until it is completely cool. Frost, decorate if desired and enjoy!  

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Happy New Year!!

2015 is gone and 2016 is here!  This is going to be an awesome year!  I have a couple of recipes and a twist for you today so watch out!!  Get ready to cook!