I want to have brunch with this chick

...But I will do the cooking

Just a little brunch related fun!

Guest Post!

Oh goody fun fun!

My awesome sister wrote a guest post! I am so happy about it! 

(because I really had nothing to write about this month...it's been too hot!)

Buuut Holly saves the day! 

She is my hero! She is thrifty, smart and the coolest mom ever (sorry mom)!

So she wrote some super cheap fun recipes that are kid friendly!

This is extra exciting because no part of my life is really "kid friendly" at all, especially some of my favorite brunch foods (this doesn't pose a huge issue for me because I don't know many people with kids and so I don't have to worry about kids being at brunch). I thought though that this would be a good thing to share because its not only kid friendly food it's really good food! 

So enjoy!

Dough.

So I love making life easier and cheap food. Here is a list of fantastic doughy, yummy recipes that I make for only .45 plus some stuff around the house. All recipe’s start as follows:

Start with your base of Hannaford brand dinner rolls in a tube (we buy the small that has 6 rolls for .45)

Cut each roll into 4 pieces and preheat your oven to 350 F.

Cheesy Garlic Drops:

In a glass bowl melt 2 tbs butter and add chopped garlic, fresh garlic or the kind in a jar but DON’T use powdered – gross, and a pinch of Italian seasoning. Add “dough drops” to the mixture and use your hands to get them all coated evenly. In a medium cupcake pan, evenly distribute the dough between the cups and top with shredded mozzarella. Bake for 10(ish) minutes or until the cheese and bread are slightly brown and dough is cooked through. Great with anything.

Mini Monkey Bread:

In a glass bowl melt 2 tbs butter and add 1 tsp cinnamon and 1 tsp sugar. Add “dough drops” to the mixture and use your hands to get them all coated evenly. In a medium cupcake pan, evenly distribute the dough between the cups. Bake for 10(ish) minutes or until the bread is slightly brown and dough is cooked through. Great for breakfast.

Apple Cinnamon Yums:

Cut one baking apple into ½ inch chunks and boil for 3 minutes until they begin to soften. In a glass bowl melt 3 tbs butter and add 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp sugar and 3 tbs oats. Add “dough drops” and apple chunks to the mixture and use your hands to get them all coated evenly. In a medium cupcake pan, evenly distribute the dough between the cups. Bake for 10(ish) minutes or until the bread is slightly brown and dough is cooked through. Top with vanilla ice cream if desired. Great for picnic desert.

When you are distributing the bits, make sure your cups are no more than ¾ full as they will rise. If you have some left over just make two batches. Because butter is a big ingredient, you don’t need to use cupcake liners but you can if you are traveling with them or just like an easier cleanup! Enjoy!

PlusPeace

YAY!

If you want to check out other stuff by my cool sister check out her blog Nifty things for thrifty moms!

Also she makes sillybets (if you don't know what that means it's okay just check out the store here!)

Well that all for July I will see you in August for birthday brunch, and some other fun shit!

Tips and trinks from someone who has no clue what they are talking about!

Oh fun fun we are doing this again!!

By this I mean I am giving advice that is probably not that good/ common sense/ unwanted/ unneeded, but ahh thus is the nature of advice in general!

First tip: I was never a pancake maker or even liker, not because I am apposed to a sort of cake that is socally acceptable to eat in the morning, because I mean come on I live for that shit! No the reason I hated pancakes is because I always sucked at making them! Not only was my first pancake a mess (I have to to the bottom of the common problem...wait for it) but the rest would be burnt or under cooked or oddly shaped (...I know thats not a huge issue but...). Any ways one day I was attempting to make pancakes for the boys an informal brunch sort of thing, and so I mixed up my batter and then got distracted...so my batter sat for about five or so minutes before I started cooking them...and by gosh the first one came out amazingly fluffy and perfect! I also keep the heat on med and re-butter between each pancake ('cuz I am a fatty). I really don't know if this is part of pancake recipes or if there is any scientific reason as to why this is effective but it does work for me! I mix up the batter let it sit for three to five minutes and then mix it again then pour into the pan and it works...no more flat saggy pancakes! 

Oh hey also add vanilla extract and a little cinnamon to your pancakes its awesome!

Next tip not just syrup tastes good on pancakes! Like a billion other things are amazing on pancakes! I never liked the real "100% pure Vermont maple syrup" (yeah I am low rent so what I like things fake and sweeeet) but that is all my mom would bye and my sister always liked it so I didn't really have anyway of winning that fight, only the option to not eat syrup. So here is a hort list of things that are so good on pancakes:

Nutella + banana + walnuts

Grilled peaches

Mixed berries + whipped cream

Jelly

Warm apples and cinnamon

Lemon curd

Honey + cream cheese

And to be a little savory and crazy

 (this all works best with pancakes that are a little less sweet, and for the love of all things cake do not add cinnamon and vanilla to them if you are doing this)

Sausage + sharp cheddar cheese

Holendaise + ham + egg

Ham + dill cream cheese

I mean the possibilitys are endless really...so why not have a pancake buffet? 

No really why not? Do it!

  

This is the recipe I normally use to make pancakes:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour, (spooned and leveled)
• 2 tablespoons sugar (you don't have to use that much)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, or vegetable oil
• 1 large egg

Mix the wet then mix in the dry....like anything else, and remember a few lumps are okay in pancake batter, let it sit for a few minutes before you make them (not more than five probably I mean there's raw eggs in there dumdum), and leave your oven at two-hundred or the warm setting with a tinfoiled pan inside so when the pancakes are done you can put them in there and all eat together when you are done cooking!

"and that's all I have to say about that"

(I love going to the 'memorable quotes' from Forest Gump on imdb and reading them to myself in his voice...is that weird?)

Ah but really that is all I have to say...BYEE!