Country French Omelet

This is the easiest omelet ever. Before I found this recipe I would have about a 50% success rate with omelet. They just never turned out like the hotels, but now that I use this recipe it is better! It is perfect for two. I like to serve it with some fruit. It is pretty filling so be hungry.

2 tbsp olive oil
3 slices bacon, cut
1 C frozen hashbrown
Kosher salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
5 extra large eggs
3 tbsp milk
1 tbsp butter
¼ C favorite cheese, shredded (I like mexi-cheese but whatever you have on hand works)

1. Preheat oven to 350

2. Heat olive oil in a 10 inch oven safe pan over medium heat. Add the bacon and cook until brown. Take the bacon out of the pan with tongs and set on a plate with paper towels.

3. Place hashbrowns in pan. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until tender and browned. Remove to same plate as before.

4. Meanwhile, beat eggs, milk, salt, and pepper with a fork in a bowl. Once the hashbrowns are removed, discard the remaining grease out of the pan. Add butter, lower the heat. Pour eggs. Sprinkle the bacon, potatoes, and cheese evenly over the top. Place the pan in the oven for 8 minutes or until the eggs have set.

Date Night Friday: Strada

So, after watching The Family Stone with Sarah Jessica Parker I was dying to try the dish she made Strada. This dish was brand new to me. So, I searched and searched to find out how to make it and this is what I gathered. Feel free to add or take away any parts that you like or don't. A lot of recipes called for onions, but you don't have to add them if you don't like them.

1 lb breakfast sausage
12 oz frozen hash browns
3 tbsp butter
6 eggs
2 ½ C milk
salt and pepper to taste
1 C grated monterey jack cheese with jalapeno peppers

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. In heavy skillet brown sausage. Once sausage in brown transfer to a plate with a paper towel on top to remove oil.
3. Melt butter in skillet with sausage fat. Add hash browns. Cook over medium high heat until golden brown.
4. In 2-quart baking dish layer sausage then hash browns.
5. Mix egg, milk, salt, and pepper in small bowl. Beat well.
6. Layer cheese on top of hash browns, then egg mixture.
7. Bake 50 minutes

Pigs in a Blanket

I know it is weird but I'm not a sweets person. So, every time I go to a donut shop I get pigs in a blanket instead. I like them with a little mustard. Well you can have these cute little treats at home too. Plus they take no effort at all. The key is the Pillsbury Crescent - Recipe Creations. Recipe Creations are prefect for the holiday season coming up. You can pretty much make any appetizer with them. I just love how they are so versatile. Just use you imagination. Other great no fuss breakfast items Pillsbury has are their Grands Cinnamon Rolls. They now come in the freezer section in a resealable bag. Perfect for baking however many you need plus they even have minis! It can't get easier or more delicious than that. Stay tuned for more Recipe Creations ideas for the Holidays.

1 package smoky breakfast links (sausage)
2 packages Pillsbury recipe creations
favorite dipping sauce

1. Unroll crescent rolls.
2. Cut crescent into thirds to create 3 rectangles. Then cut diagonal to create 6 triangles. Repeat.
3. Roll each sausage in a strip of crescent dough starting one the large end. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
4. Bake at 375° for 12 - 16 minutes or until golden brown.
5. Serve with barbecue sauce, ketchup, or mustard for dipping.

Sausage Roll

A staple growing up in our house was a sausage roll on Christmas morning. It is one of my all time favorite traditions. My parents would wake up early and start cooking. Just the smell would wake me up. We would run down stairs to see what Santa brought. Then eat while we open presents. After every present was open I would get a few more slices and play with my new toys. In college when I would get home sick I would make a loaf and it would bring me back home. This recipe is great for a crowd.

1 package phillsbury hot roll mix
2 C mozzarella cheese
5 tbsp parmesan cheese, shredded
2 lbs breakfast sausage
1½ tbsp parsley flakes
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp onion powder
1 tsp oregano
2 eggs, beaten

1. Prepare hot roll mix as directed on package. Stop after rising the dough.
2. Brown sausage in medium size skillet on meduim heat.
3. While sausage is browning, combine other ingredients in large bowl.
4. Divide bread dough into two balls. Roll each ball into a rectangle. Spoon filling mixture onto dough rectangle. Roll up like a jelly roll.
5. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

Zoo Pancakes

This week is Breakfast at Tiffanys. Not only is that my all time favorite movie but it is my favorite meal of the day. My dad would make the best Mickey pancakes in the world. I haven't been so lucky. Instead I found a heart shape mold for special occasions. Gooseberry Patch has the cutest zoo animal pancake pan ever. If you have room in your cabinets it is a must for little ones. For your pancake mix I like the Pioneer Brand. Take it up a notch and add strawberries or blueberries.

Muffins

Mix and Bake Muffins
I think these muffins came from the Dallas Morning News. They are super easy and super yummy. I like to make them on Sunday and enjoy them all week.

¼ C milk
¼ C vegetable oil
2 large eggs
15.2 oz package cinnamon streusel muffin mix
½ tsp ground cinnamon
8 ounces can crushed pineapple in juice
¾ peeled, grated granny smith apple
¾ C chopped toasted pecans
½ C raisins vegetable cooking spray
1 C powdered sugar
½ tsp grated lemon rind
1 - 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

2. Whisk together first 3 ingredients until blended.

3. Remove and reserve streusel packet from muffin mix package. Stir together contents of muffin mix package and cinnamon in a large bowl. Make a well in center of mixture. Add egg mixture, pineapple, and next 3 ingredients, stirring just until moistened.

4. Place baking cups in muffin pans. Spray with cooking spray. Spoon batter into cups, filling two-thirds full. Sprinkle evenly with reserved streusel package.

5. Bake at 425 degrees for 18-23 minutes or until golden. Cool in pans on wire racks for 5 mins. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks.

6. Stir together powdered sugar, lemon rind, and lemon juice until smooth, and drizzle over tops of muffins.