Chocolate Oatmeal Pumpkin Muffins and Marble Loaf

Half me, half box.
Muffins:

Ingredients:

• Packet of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
• About 3/4ths C of butter
• 1/2 C brown sugar
• Sprinkle or two of pumpkin pie spice
• Half can of pumpkin

Directions:

• Mix cookie mix, butter, sugar, brown sugar, and pumpkin together
• Put into cupcake pan
• Bake for about 10-15 min

Marble Loaf:

Ingredients:

• Packet of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
• About 3/4ths C of butter
• 1/2 C brown sugar
• Sprinkle or two of pumpkin pie spice
• Half can of pumpkin
• Hershey's syrup

Directions:

• Mix all ingredients except for the hershey's syrup
• Put mix into a loaf pan
• Pour out lines of hershey's syrup
• Take a knife and swirl the syrup perpendicularly
• Bake on 375 for about 20 minutes

Jewish Penicillin (i.e. Matzo Ball Soup)

This was about half me, half box, but damn it; those boxes know what's up.

Ingredients:

• Box of matzo ball soup mix (w/ bullion)
• 2 eggs (I used egg beaters)
• 2 T vegetable oil
• Half bag of baby carrots (chopped)
• Small red skinned potatoes (chopped)
• Small onion (chopped)
• 1/4th a ready-made roasted chicken (shredded into bite-sized pieces)

Directions:

• Make matzo balls as directed (using mix, eggs, and vegetable oil); set aside
• Boil water with chicken bullion, then add in carrots, potatoes, and onions; cook for about 7-8 minutes
• Add in matzo balls, cover immediately and reduce heat to low, then allow to simmer for about 15 minutes
• Add in shredded chicken and continue to simmer with lid on for another 5 minutes

Ta da

Jewish penicillin. Easy as...pie? Not quite sure pie is actually easy come to think of it, but whatevs; this is.

Meatball Eggplant Pesto Sub

This was pretty amazing. Not sure why I haven't done it before.

Ingredients:

• 3 frozen turkey meatballs, sliced in thirds
• 3 small pieces of frozen breaded eggplant
• slices of fresh mozzerella
• 2 dollops of ricotta cheese
• Sprinkle of parmesan cheese
• 1-2 T pesto sauce
• 3 T tomato sauce
• 1 sub roll

Directions:

• Pre-heat toaster oven to about 425
• In a small bowl, heat frozen turkey meatballs in microwave on high for 1 min
• Cut the meatballs in thirds, add tomato sauce, stir, and heat again on high for another 30 seconds; set aside
• Put about 3 small pieces of frozen breaded eggplant on a lightly oiled baking sheet then into the toaster oven for about 8-10 minutes (or until crispy)
• Slice fresh mozzarella
  
• Open up the roll, add the meatballs and eggplant, layering with mozzarella cheese
• Pre-heat a george foreman (if you have one...which I highly recommend)
• Add dollops of ricotta cheese and spread. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese
• On opposite side of roll, spread pesto
• Put together the half of the subs, then cut in half
• Put halves into george foreman and close as much as possible; heat for about 30 seconds-1 min or until toasted

The end. If you don't have a george foreman, it's not the end of the world, but it does make the sub more panini-like and also easier to eat (since it's thinner and you just stacked this thing up)

Pumpkin Dip and Nutella Pumpkin Dip

First of all, kudos for the idea goes to my friend Kristen Schnibbe.

This dip goes great with a lot of things, many of which I'm still discovering. Some of those include apples, crackers, pretzels, mixed in with pancakes, etc.

Straight Up Pumpkin Dip:

Ingredients:

• 1 can pumpkin
• About 3/4ths an 8 ounce container of whipped cream cheese (I like Philadelphia)
• About 1/4th to 1/3rd a cup of brown sugar
• About 2-3 T cinnamon-sugar
• About 1-2 teas. vanilla extract
• A shake or two of nutmeg

Directions:

• Mix it all up

Nutella Pumpkin Dip:

Ingredients:

• All the same as the above
• Add in a couple T of nutella

Directions:

• Mix it up; eat
  

Pretty simple so...the end! You might want to try mixing some of either into pancake batter, then spread some caramel and apples between layers, top with some maple syrup and whipped cream. Just a thought. There are kind of a thousand different things you could do with this stuff that would be equally good. Ideas?

Bacon Avocado Breakfast Burritos

They will make your day better.

Ingredients:

• Tortilla (burrito size)
• Shredded cheese (Mexican or "taco" varieties work fine)
• 1 egg (or you can use egg beaters as I did)
• 2 strips bacon (I used turkey bacon)
  
• Salsa
  
• Half an avocado, sliced up
  
• Milk (I used skim)
• Butter/Margarine (or veggie oil)
• Sour cream
  

Directions:

• In a pan, add about a T of butter or olive oil
• Break bacon into smaller pieces and put in pan
• Bring pan to about medium heat and cook that bacon up til it's just about crispy
• Add in the egg, milk, and salsa and mix
• After about 2 minutes, add in the avocado and mix
• Let it sit on medium heat until it's done enough for you
• Separately, run your tortilla under some water to dampen on both sides, then pop in the microwave for about 30 seconds to steam (and make it more pliable)
• Add cheese to the bottom 1/4th of the tortilla, leaving about 1-2 inches from the edge free
• Add the egg mixture to the tortilla just above the cheese area
• Add on some sour cream if you'd like
• Roll your burrito up (I recommend pulling the bottom up and over until it covers the contents of the burrito with one hand, and with the other fold over and tuck in the left side, then the right side (until both left and right sides are touching), then roll up
• You're done; consume

I don't have a picture right now, sorry. Perhaps sometime in the near future that will happen. Mine's already in foil waiting for tomorrow to be a better day!

More posts coming soon...

Hey All,

More posts coming soon, I promise. I just moved to Brooklyn, started a new job, have generally been pretty busy and have had spotty internet. HOWEVER, that has not stopped me from whipping up some good stuff to share.

To be continued...