Skinny Cherry Pie Monkey Bread

February 20, 2017 Amanda Plott

It's Monday, my daughter is out of school today, and we were up half of the night listening to the tornado warnings, rain, and heavy winds billowing around my house. To say that I needed some cheering up this morning would be nothing short of an understatement. So, after my morning cup of coffee and some Sudafed to unclog my head I was gearing up with this cheery cherry surprise!

Pie is one of my many achilles heels. And if it's cherry pie? I'm even more of a sucker! There's little to me that's more comforting to me (food wise) other than a nice slice of homemade cherry pie. However, since we were in the early morning hours, I thought I might not want to dive straight into an actual pie. Instead I opted for something a little more breakfast/brunch style...

Healthy Freezer-Friendly Breakfast Burritos

February 12, 2017 Amanda Plott

I'm all about breakfast lately, but it's often difficult to find the time to be able to make myself something that's tasty and wholesome. I've tried to make freezer-friendly breakfast burritos in the past, but they never worked out quite the way that I wanted. Live and learn I guess, so I decided to give them another go with a few changes.

The first lesson that I learned was that freezer-friendkly breakfast burritos must be individually wrapped to keep them from sticking together. Plus reheating them can be a bit of a touch-and-go situation. I've found it best to use a loosened paper towel to wrap them up in for a quick reheat in the microwave...

Blueberry Bagel French Toast

February 8, 2017 Amanda Plott

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Who's busy on the weekday mornings? I am! I am! Morning time is no joke, y'all! I'm the only morning person in the house, so rallying my 6 year old in the morning is exhausting all on it's own. She has literally hid from me to avoid the inevitable morning routine to get her up, out of the house, and off to school.

One way I can manage to soften the blow of the early morning hours is to come up with fun and easy breakfasts that I can lure my daughter (and myself) downstairs with. Cereal? Pancakes? French Toast! This isn't your average french toast thought. How about french toast made out of bagels? Everything is better on a bagel or made with a bagel, even french toast!...

Lightened Up Coffee Cake

February 3, 2017 Amanda Plott

So once again I have a confession to make. This past Christmas my mom came over with this coffee cake that she had received as a gift from her boss at work. He got everyone in her office, plus all of their clients one of these coffee cakes. Now... generally I'm not the hugest fan of coffee cake. it's too crumbly and dry for me. However, this coffee cake... holy moly! It was decadent, buttery, and just the perfect amount of sweet. Yum!

I had that cafe from breakfast and dessert for a couple of days. You know, I'm all about plotting yourself those occasional treats. The coffee cake was made by a local Texas bakery which I intend to visit one day since it's only about an hour away. Though I might have to be dragged out by my hair kicking and screaming along the way. Haha...

Baked Eggs & Spinach

January 18, 2017 Amanda Plott

I gotta be honest, y'all. I don't feel my best today physically. One of my glands in my neck is huge and swollen and I'm fighting off an optical migraine. So, bare with me! We'll get through this together!

Funny enough, this meal right here has managed to perk me up quite a bit. I'm not feeling as horrible as I did earlier. Maybe part of my problem is that I was hangry? You know... when you're so hungry that you get angry?

When I'm feeling under the weather, I tend to stick to the simple and easy recipes that I know and love. Now, a while back I had made these Italian Baked Eggs. They were new and different and exciting, and I absolutely loved them...

Healthified Okonomiyaki (Japanese Pancakes)

January 13, 2017 Amanda Plott

Originally when I posted this back in May of 2013 Mother's day happened to fall on my parents anniversary and unfortunately the day hadn't started off well for either me or my mother. I had the dilemma with my laptop, which I now have back, and my mom was having some car issues.

Needless to say, I went to pick her up and us three girls (my mother, daughter, and myself), decided to stop and have brunch in downtown Austin at a local hot spot...