Craft Night: Nutella Toast Recipe

So last night I hosted my first ever craft night. I just put it out there on social media and several ladies said they were interested, so the wheels were in motion. I found a silly craft for those who did not bring a craft of their own (more on that craft in a later post) I then spent Sunday doing one of my new favorite things: playing hostess! We finally have a big enough apartment to have people over without being cramped or too hot, etc. So, I started on the menu. One thing I made was Nutella Toast. I'm gonna let that one sink in, NUTELLA TOAST. And it was pretty stellar.

Basically, you get a baguette and slice it up. Then in a pan melt some butter and pan fry these bad boys until they start to brown and crisp up. Then put a liberal amount of nutella on the bread. Top with berries and mint and if you are feeling daring- some sea salt. It was very tasty.

That's not all I made though. However, I am going to space those recipes out throughout the next few blog posts. I really enjoyed this low key craft night. Happy crafting folks!

Three Easy Camping Recipes

We went camping! It was so fun, and new to us. We both have camped throughout our childhood, but this was our first time, only us. So, we went for it. We stayed in Northern Michigan (lower peninsula) at two different campgrounds. One was on Higgins Lake, a beautiful state campground that I used to go to as a child, with my partner of this blog, Megan and our families.

The second camping site was off the coast of Lake Michigan in Mackinaw City. It was one of the most beautiful places I have been.We walked along the beach, went to the city, and even traveled up to the Soo Locks. It was a great trip. Keith and I learned a lot about camping, including how to chop wood, start a great fire and cook some delicious food.

Breakfast Recipe: Breakfast Sandwiches
I don't do eggs, you can add eggs but I found them really gross (I know, I am a wimp when it comes to food textures)

What you need:

• Two slices of bread
• Spreadable butter
• Two turkey sausage patties
• Cheese
• A pie maker
• a fire pit

Make sure you spread an good amount of butter onto the bread so it does not stick to the pie maker. We always heat up our pie maker first in the fire. Then make your sandwich, close the pie maker and put it in the fire. After a few moments check the pie maker, flip or take out. It took about 5 minutes on each side to melt the cheese. Easy and great sandwich.


Lunch Recipe: Hobo Hash

 What you need:

• Aluminum foil
• cooking spray
• hashbrowns (we got the kind in the refrigerated section and kept cool in the cooler)
• shredded cheddar cheese
• pre-cooked chicken sausage
• salt and pepper to taste
• Fire
  

Make sure the fire is nice and hot and has some good amount of coals at the bottom. We actually let the fire die down so that it was only coals. Next I laid down two foil sheets and sprayed the top sheet with cooking spray. Put down hashbrowns, then cheese. I cut up the sausage and put them in too. I rolled up the aluminum foil and we put it right on the coals. Make sure to flip the aluminum foil package halfway through cooking. Ours took about 15 minutes to cook. But it did burn the bottom because we did not rotate it enough.

Dessert Recipe: Peanut Butter Cup S'more

Okay, this isn't really a recipe since everyone knows how to make s'mores. But, try this! Instead of putting a chocolate bar between the graham crackers and marshmallow, replace it with a peanut cup. IT IS A GAME CHANGER! Seriously- you won't regret it.

Okay- well, I hope you enjoy these recipes and now go camping.
 

recipe: delicious waffles recipe for two

Guys, I really like waffles. Every weekend when we lived out in the burbs, Keith made me waffles. You see, we went from not having a single day off together to having Sundays together. It was like a special treat! So, to spoil me, he made me waffles for our Sunday breakfast. And then he went above and beyond by buying me a mickey shaped waffle iron. 

WHAT? I know, great husband, right? So, anyway- yesterday I was a bit down so he whipped me up a batch of waffles to cheer me up. It worked. Here is his easy (but tasty!) recipe for two people!

What you need:

 

Dry Ingredients:

• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• (Optional) Dash of Nutmeg
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1 Tbsp Sugar
• 1 Cup Flour

Wet Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp melted Butter
• Vanilla (to Taste)
• 3/4 Cup of milk
• 1 Egg

Equipment: Waffle iron

Sift together all the dry ingredients, then add in the wet ingredients.  Scoop into the waffle iron and cook until finish.

I am not the biggest syrup fan, so I put on powdered sugar. Delicious!

Hope everyone has a GREAT week!

Easy breakfast

This weekend has been great! As it comes to a close, Keith and I decided to make breakfast today before we start the work week. Keith made bacon, I made a smoothie and these delicious rolls- they are SO easy! Recipe to follow:

What you need:

• A roll of Grands rolls
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 2 tbsp of ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to what it says on the Grands tube. Spray cookie sheet with nonstick spray. Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a shallow dish. Remove the Grands and put them in the sugar/cinnamon mixture. I made sure I got all sides, including the sides. Repeat until you get all of them. Cook them around 14 minutes. Enjoy :)

Recipe: Cinnamon Sugar Breakfast Muffins

I love cinnamon sugar anything. I found out we had a meeting at work and jumped at the opportunity to bake these cinnamon sugar mini muffins for the team (okay, or me...) They are simple to make, and really, really tasty. The only downside, I have a small kitchen and there are quite a few steps for these muffins. So it got a little tight in the kitchen, but it was so worth it. I mean, LOOK AT THEM. You can sees the deliciousness.

I know, beautiful. Okay ready to make them??

What you need:

• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 & 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 1 & 1/2 tsp of baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of cake spice (or 1/4 tsp of nutmeg, 1/4 tsp of cinnamon) 
• 1/2 cup of milk

For topping:

• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1/4 cup of butter, melted
• 2 tsp. cinnamon (not going to lie, I usually do more)

How to make these:

 1.) Preheat the oven to 350. Mix together dry ingredients, including the cake spice.

 2.) In a separate bowl mix your liquid ingredients. I usually start with an egg and milk mixture, then slowly pour in the butter, whipping it the whole time so the egg does not get too warm from the butter. After I mix that up really well, pour it into the dry ingredients, and mix.

 3.) Do NOT over mix. The batter will still have some lumpy areas, but you just want to make sure it's all mixed together.

 4.) Use a scooper to dish out even portions.

 5.) Bake in the oven at 350 for around 10 minutes for the mini muffins, for full size do around 20-25. Of course do the toothpick test and make sure they are completely cooked. Allow to sit in the pan for around 5 minutes.

 6.) In a separate container melt your butter and set aside. In another bowl, mix together sugar and cinnamon. Take a muffin and roll the top and sides into the butter. Be carefully not to do this when the muffin is too hot or if you waited to long. It should be around 5-10 minutes out of the oven.

 7.) Once the butter is coating the areas you want to sugar cinnamon mixture to stick to, roll the muffin in the sugar mixture.

 8.) Place on drying rack to set, then EAT!

These little guys are a perfect sweet breakfast. I brought them in today and almost all of them are gone. Hope you enjoy this recipe! :)