Eat This!

If you eat, you'll probably LOVE this. My Hero and I agree this is better than cinnamon rolls (we are fiends for cinnamon rolls!) and a one heckuva lot easier to make. Thanks to my good friend E.A. who shared this recipe with me so I could share it with you.

Merry Christmas!

Baked French Toast
Whisk together in a large bowl
10 eggs
2 3/4 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Spray 9x13 pan with Pam)
Tear one loaf white bread into small (they don't have to be too small) pieces. Place in pan.
Pour egg mixture over top and press down with fork or whisk to help bread absorb all moisture
Optional-Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight
Bake at 350 for 40 minutes

Serve with Buttermilk Syrup, fresh fruit, whip cream...
Serves about 10

Buttermilk Syrup
Melt together
1/2 cup butter (equal to 1 stick of butter)
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup *buttermilk

Heat until bubbles form, then add
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

*If you are caught without any buttermilk you can make it easily by using 1 cup of skim milk and a tablespoon of any acid. Using white vinegar or lemon juice will work and these add more tartness. Using a tablespoon of cream of tartar will work as well and this will not be quite as acidic.

Soso Tasty-Indian Chicken

I rarely create anything tasty in the kitchen, so I wanted to share today's success.

Soso Tasty

(pronounced with Indian accent)

Ingredients:

3 Roasted chicken breasts diced

2 cans diced/crushed tomatoes

2 cans chickpeas (drained)

1 can green beans (drained)

1 can corn (drained)

garlic (I used my last tsp. of fresh garlic, but would like to try it with more)

chopped onion (I used 1/4 cup dried)

3 tsp. chicken bullion

3 tsp. Garam Masala spice mix

Optional:  spinach (I think this would be delicious, but I neglected to blend it in with everything else, so I'll just add some to my dish at dinner)

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In my blender I:  puree tomatoes, green beans (for hiding) and 1/2 can of garbanzo beans (for thickness)

Dump everything else in the crockpot and set on low.

Serve over Jasmine rice.

You might also try switching chicken bullion for beef bullion and adding stew chunks of beef.

My kids have been enjoying the smell all afternoon and MyHero and I had some for lunch.  It was actually delicious.  Star just snitched some and gave it the name Soso Tasty.

Brownie Intervention

If you value your health, don't read this post. I'm not even kidding. I was just hanging out with my sister, Plainbellied, and she whipped up these amazing brownies. If you want to try this at home, invite some friends or keep their numbers handy so you can call for intervention in case you're tempted to eat the entire pan yourself. Make sure I'm on your brownie intervention list. Seriously, I'm there for you.

Foster’s Brownies

2 cups flour
1 1/3 cups cocoa powder
1 tsp. Salt
8 large eggs
4 cups sugar
1 lb. Butter melted
1⅔ tbsp. Vanilla
2 cups chopped walnuts
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 325F

1. Lightly grease and flour a 17”X12” pan
2. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, and salt into a bowl
3. Cream together the eggs, sugar, butter, and vanilla
4. Add the flour mixture into the butter mixture and mix just until all the dry ingredients are moist and blended. Do not overmix
5. Fold in the walnuts and chocolate chips and stir to blend. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
6. Bake 35 to 40 min, until brownies are firm to the touch; remove from oven and cool 30 to 40 min. before cutting.
7. Instead of chocolate chips you can add white chocolate chips or peanut butter chips. Pecans can be substituted for the walnuts.