Today I was browsing one of my cookbooks that had a recipe for Brown Bread Ice Cream. It had me interested, so of course I hopped online to see if I could find some images of what Brown Bread Ice Cream might look like and I was impressed.
Doesn’t this look delicious? Image via Flickr by gorgeoux
I am thinking I want to try to make some of this stuff. It looks pretty darn good and different for ice cream. Here are some brown bread ice cream recipes I have bookmarked:
I don’t know about you, but I LOVE lasagna. It was something that I always have enjoyed and didn’t get brave enough to make until last year. Once I learned just how easy it was to make lasagna, I have been making it more often then before when I bought it frozen.
In an effort to keep my heart healthy, I decided to come up with a healthier version of the lasagna that I usually make for my family. I went to my local SaveMart in Carmichael, CA and bought ingredients for the lasagna that were healthier options than I normally use. I used the Dreamfields Healthy Carb Living lasagna noodles that only have 5 grams of carbs per 56gram serving. I also used reduced fat Mozzarella cheese, low fat Ricotta cheese and Johnsonville’s Italian Sausage with the 50% less fat sticker on the package.
I also decided to make my own sauce using the vine ripe tomatoes which can be a little time consuming. I normally use hamburger meat, but like I mentioned before I used Italian sausage this time which gave it a really good flavor.
After my daughter took her first bite, she asked me if their was going to be leftovers. That put a smile on my face because with that comment, I knew it had to have came out good. There were leftovers and I am about to have some for lunch today!
Here is the recipe for my heart healthy lasagna:
Heart Healthy Lasagna Recipe
Recipe Type: Main Dish
Author: MommyEnterprises.com
Ingredients
1 pound Italian Sausage
15 oz Low Fat Ricotta Cheese
2 cups Reduced Fat Mozzarella Cheese
1 egg
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp salt
15oz can of organic tomato sauce
1/4 cup chopped onions
8-10 large tomatoes
Instructions
Boil tomatoes for 1 minute, remove from pot and immerse in bowl of ice. Remove skins immediately. Cut tomatoes in quarters and remove juice and seeds, then add to large pot. Add garlic powder, salt and oregano. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until you reach desired consistency. Add 1/3 of the can of organic tomato sauce to thicken sauce.
In a skillet, add sausage and onion and cook until sausage is done. Drain excess fat and add to pot of sauce. While cooking the sausage, cook lasagna noodles according to directions on package.
In a bowl, add ricotta cheese, 1 1/2 cups of Mozzarella cheese, 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese and egg. Mix until blended.
In a 13×9 casserole/baking dish add about 1/3 of the can of organic tomato sauce. Place 3 lasagna noodles in dish and add 1/3 of sauce/meat mixture, then 1/3 of cheese mixture.
Repeat layers above 2 times.
Pour another 1/3 of sauce from can over top later and top with remaining mozzarella cheese.
Cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees for45 minutes. Remove foil and bake uncovered and additional 10 minutes.
Disclosure – I received a gift card by the manufacturer or representing PR agency to purchase ingredients for this recipe. These opinions expressed are my own opinions and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation.
One thing that is delicious that I don’t get to eat that often is S’mores. Those are usually something you save for those special times like when you are camping or having a bonfire. If you happen to have some marshmallows left over from Easter, you might just want to make yourself a dessert style pizza with them.
I didn’t come up with the idea myself though for the pizza. We recently ordered from the local take and bake pizza place by my house and happened to order a S’mores pizza. It was so good that I was determined to make one at home. …
I will admit that I like Peeps even though I know they are like PURE sugar. I remember it was something I know I could look forward to each year in my Easter basket from my grandparents. I am glad though that these yummy but not so healthy treats are only available on the holidays.
When I seen the colorful bunny Peeps at the store just a couple weeks ago, I had to grab a couple packages and create something cute with them. The first thing that came to mind was cupcakes.
Making these cute peep cupcakes is not only fun, they are really easy to make too. This might be something you want to do with the kids this week.
Here are the simple steps:
First you make your cupcakes and let them cool.
Use a knife and cut a circle in the middle. Then use spoon to remove some of the middle of the cupcake. I didn’t want to use that much frosting in the middle, so I only took out a small amount of cake.
Fill hole with frosting and insert bunny peep.
Use frosting to create a grass like look. This can be done using a fork.
If you don’t want to buy a cake mix from the store, I want to share with you a simple cupcake recipe that I use each time without fail.
Easy Cupcake Recipe
Recipe Type: Desserts
Author: MommyEnterprises.com
Ingredients
3 cups flour (use cake flour if you have it)
1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup butter (softened)
1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1 1/3 cup milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
In a mixing bowl, add flour, salt and baking powder. Add milk, eggs and vanilla.
In a separate bowl add butter and sugar and mix well.
Mix butter/sugar mixture to flour mixture.
Place cupcake liners into pan. Pour batter into liners and bake at 350 to 20 to 22 minutes or until golden color and toothpick comes out clean.
Sometimes ranch just makes food a whole better. Hidden Valley Ranch happens to be one of my FAVORITE salad dressings. I also like to use ranch as a dip and also as an ingredient in some of my recipes I make in my kitchen.
When it comes to side dishes, pasta is something I make often. One way we enjoy pasta at my house is with pasta salads. It is so easy cook different pasta noodles and add various ingredients to come up something yummy.
Most of us at my house enjoy ranch, we also enjoy cheese and we also all LOVE bacon! Last week I thought I would make a pasta salad that included one of those handy Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning packets, some mozzarella cheese and some crispy bacon. My recipe is below:
Hidden Valley Ranch & Bacon Pasta Salad Recipe + Giveaway
Recipe Type: Side Dish
Author: Stefani Tolson – MommyEnterprises.com
Ingredients
8 oz macaroni noodles
1 package Hidden Valley Ranch Seasoning Mix
4-5 pieces cooked bacon – broken in small pieces
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup mozzarella cheese – small cubed shape
Instructions
Cook macaroni noodles according to instructions on package.
Rinse noodles with cold water. Shake off excess water.
Add mayonnaise and stir, then add ranch packet and mix well.
Add bacon and cheese and toss to mix well.
Enjoy!
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Image via Flickr by gorgeoux
