Bananas Foster French Toast

Just popping in to share what I made for the kiddos this morning. I usually type up a recipe to share with you all but this one is a bit time consuming. I have been making french toast since the age of 10 and I never measure anything whenever I make this dish... I could seriously make this with my eyes closed. So, I looked on line and found a similar recipe for you all in case you are interested in giving this a try. Here's a pic of my dish and the recipe will follow. Enjoy!

http://www.pinottopampers.com/2012/06/02/going-bananas-trying-to-make-french-toast/

Strawberry Cream Cheese Cobbler

Just dropping in to share a quick recipe that a friend shared on facebook tonight.  I changed it up a little and added some love to it.  Feel free to make it your own... it tastes much better that way :-)

Strawberry Cream Cheese Cobbler

1 Stick of butter (1/2 cup)

1 egg slightly beaten

1 cup of milk

1 cup of all purpose flour

1 cup of sugar

2 teaspoons of baking powder

½ teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of vanilla

2 quarts of strawberries (capped and washed)

4 ounces of cream cheese (cut in small pieces)

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 quarts whole strawberries, capped and washed
4 ounces cream cheese, cut in small pieces 1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 quarts whole strawberries, capped and washed
4 ounces cream cheese, cut in small pieces

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter and pour into a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish. In a small bowl, mix together the egg, milk, flour, vanilla, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Pour directly over the butter in the baking dish, but do not stir.

Add the strawberries, arranging in a single layer as much as possible. Sprinkle cream cheese pieces over strawberries. Place in preheated oven and bake for 45 minutes, or until top is golden brown and edges are bubbling. (Crust rises up and around the fruit, but fruit will still peek out of top.)

Quick Icing (optional)

Confectioner’s sugar, vanilla and a splash of milk (to desired consistency)

2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 quarts whole strawberries, capped and washed
4 ounces cream cheese, cut in small pieces

Happy 9th Birthday to my Daughter!!!

Well, this past weekend was packed full of soccer (3 games) and my eldest daughter's birthday.  I spent the entire week, leading up to her big day, shopping!!!!  I must've gone to party city about 6 times!!  Everytime I turned around there was something else that needed to be added, made or created.  The theme for her party was SOCCER, of course.  However, she wanted to have a pool party centered around that theme.  So, we tied the two themes into one and went with the flow.  I decided to bake her birthday cake and cupcakes this year.  I made everything from scratch and topped it off with soccer ball decorations..... very simple.  We had chocolate and vanilla cupcakes (a vanilla cake) with homemeade cream cheese icing.  YUM!!!  I dyed the icing green with hopes of using it for the soccer field.  I was then going to draw the field on top of the cake with a soccer ball in the center.  That didn't quite go as planned soooooo I went with plan B, kept the field simple and placed 4 soccer balls in each corner.  I got candles that said "Happy Birthday" with her name and the #9.  Here's what it looked like:

The kids munched on pizza (sausage, pepperoni and cheese)...

Annnnnd then we headed to the pool for some fun!!!



After the girls swam for an hour we closed out the party with cake & cupcakes!!!

All of the guests left with these handmade gift bags (my by me) with smiles on their faces and laughter in their hearts :-)

She had a blast opening up all of her gifts once we got home.

I was one exhausted momma but seeing the smile on my daughter's face at the end of the day was well worth it.