Fresh Fruit Crepes

All I can say is, "yummy!".

Last week for dinner one exceptionally hot night, I made fresh fruit crepes. I have to admit that I actually purchased my crepes from the grocery store, instead of making them from scratch, even though it's super-easy to make crepes, I've just been on over-drive lately with being so busy.

Ingredients:

1 package of crepes

assortment of chopped fresh fruit

yogurt

granola

I let the kids help me put these together. Basically, just pile the fruit in the middle of the crepe, dollop with yogurt and sprinkle with about 1/2 cup of granola over the top. I used Kashi cereal since we were fresh out of granola. Which reminds me that I need to post my recipe for granola - it's super easy and super yummy.

Strawberry Banana Ice Pops!

This weekend, I made some strawberry banana smoothies - but I excluded the greek yogurt this time - so it was just strawberries, bananas, orange juice and ice. Yummy! The best thing about making smoothies is the leftovers! I pour our leftovers into our ice-pop makers.

We've got a few different types of ice-pop makers. Some folks advocate using a paper cup and popcycle stick, but I'd rather use something re-usable, and with a smaller serving size. So one of My Favorite Things this week is my ice-pop maker. I get to give the kids wholesome Popsicles.

Breakfasts are getting better!

A while back I asked for and got some great suggestions for breakfast foods. I've been allowing the kids to help me make breakfast on a one-to-one basis. This morning, Megan and I made toasted half-bagel peanut butter and banana sandwiches with gian strawberries on the side. The kids had Bubble Juice to drink. Yummy!

Egg burritos- make mine Buzz Lightyear!

Now that the kids are out of school for the summer and I don't have to rush out the door in the morning to sit in the drop-off lane, I've been making a warm breakfast. I forgot how good it feels to start my day with something other than a banana and a Luna bar in the minivan on my way to work.

We purchase our eggs in the 18 count boxes because of our family size. Shortly after Easter, I came across these eggs with Disney Characters already stamped on them. After checking them out, I decided to give them a try. After all, it adds fun to whoever is helping me when they get to pick the eggs.

So Daniel loved helping pick an egg for each person earlier last week when we were making egg burritos.

Ingredients:

Eggs

Shredded Cheese

Whatever chopped veggies are laying around (we usually have a bunch in the fridge)

Whole Wheat tortillas

1. Scramble eggs, in the last minute or so, toss in the chopped veggies - I like 'em to stay a bit on the crunchy side.

2. Warm tortilla for a few minutes (I just keep the toaster oven on low and pop the tortillas in and out as needed).

3. Pile in center of tortilla some scrambled egg/veggie mix, sprinkle with some cheese, wrap and enjoy!

We keep a little salsa and sour cream on the table for dipping if needed.

I really need to make some and freeze them for mornings that I need to get to work early. We also have this for BFD some nights.

Better than Syrup pancake topping - Apricot puree

I don't really care for pancake syrup at all. But pancakes are so quick to make and easy to stash other foods in - mashed bananas, chopped nuts, flax seed, wheat germ - you name it, I've probably tossed it into my pancake mix!

This topping is really easy and very yummy!!

Apricot puree

1 can apricots
1 tsp vanilla

Toss it all in the blender and puree. That's it. I warmed my mixture in the microwave because we served it on a cooler morning.

Spinach Tomato Quiche

Before we left for vacation, we had some friends over for a delicious brunch. Here is the recipe for the quiche I made. I cut the slices small - 12 servings, making each slice worth 3 WW points. 4 large eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cup half and half (fat free)
Salt and pepper
1 block of frozen chopped spinach, cooked and drained
2 roma tomatoes, sliced thin
1 1/2 cups shredded Swiss cheese
1 (9-inch) refrigerated pie crust, fitted to a 9-inch glass pie plate

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2. Line pie plate with crust.

3. Mix eggs, half/half, salt and pepper (I just blended it all in the blender to make it light and fluffy).

4. Line bottom of pie with tomato slices, sprinkle with spinach, pour in egg mixture, cover with cheese and add more tomato slices on top.

5. Bake 45-50 minutes.

Cut into 12 slices.

* Don't forget to cover the edges of the crust so they don't get too brown.
* I used a cheap no-name prepared pie crust from ALDI, it was very bland. I'll go with a Pillsbury next time, or I'll just have to start learning how to make my own!

Banana Nut Muffins

Ingredients:

2 tsp vanilla

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp salt

3 c. flour

2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp baking soda

6 large mashed bananas

1 1/2 c. sugar

2 eggs

2/3 c. melted butter

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Mix all wet ingredients. Mix all dry ingredients. Mix both mixtures together. Really, it's that easy.

3. Bake for 25 minutes.

Makes 48 mini muffins.

Eggs in a Nest

A very easy breakfast idea that my 6 year old loved helping with this past weekend was the making of some eggs in a nest.

Ingredients:
1 slice bread
1 egg
salt/pepper to taste

1. Use a 3-inch cookie cutter to cut shape out of bread.

2. Spray non-stick skillet.

3. Place bread in pan and break egg into hole.

4. Cook on both sides. Serve with toasted shape.

We added cinnamon sugar to our toasted shape for a treat.