Kate's Kitchen: April 2011

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Menu Plan

Now that the Littlest Miss is here it's time to get back to the planning...going to try to make it so that we are doing our grocery shopping on Saturdays :) we will see how it works out though, may take a little rearranging...

Thursday ~ No clue - We have Nothing in the house and I doubt we will get out to do some shopping so we are going to have to play the next couple days by ear...

Friday ~ No clue

Saturday ~ Sour Cream Noodle Bake

Sunday ~ Hot Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Monday ~ Mac & Cheese

Tuesday ~ Pasta with Tomato Cream Sauce

Wednesday ~ Tater tot Hot dish

Thursday ~ Chicken and Vegetable Gravy over puff toast

Friday ~ Pepperoni Pizza Quick Bread

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Recipe Review ~ Roasted Banana Cinnamon Rolls

I found these Roasted Banana Cinnamon Rolls the other night on Picky Palate and just knew I HAD to have them. I can't stand bananas unless they are cooked in something (bread, pancakes...whatever) I love the smell and the taste, just can't stomach the texture of raw bananas.

So to make me happy, Matt made these for breakfast for me this morning and they. were. AWESOME.

Here is the original recipe, he didn't alter it at all (though for fall I am pretty sure that apples would be just as awesome as bananas...), it's pretty straight forward. The one thing that he did do was have to lengthen the cooking time, but we are still figuring out this oven of ours so it may not be something everyone should do!

2 ripe bananas cut into 1/4 inch slices

2 Tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces

2 Tablespoons brown sugar

1 roll Pillsbury French Bread Loaf

4 Tablespoons softened butter

1/2 Cup brown sugar

1 1/2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon

1 Cup powdered sugar

3-4 Tablespoons heavy cream

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Place banana slices and cut up pieces of butter into a small baking dish. Sprinkle with brown sugar and bake for 25 minutes or until golden and bubbly. Remove and let cool for 10 minutes. Next, use a fork to smash roasted bananas until well combined.

2. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F. Unroll Pillsbury French Bread dough into rectangle. Spread with softened butter and sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Place dollops of roasted banana mixture evenly over top. Starting from long end, roll up into log shape. Using a sharp knife, cut 1 inch slices and place onto a silpat or parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until just turning golden brown. Remove and let cool for 10 minutes.

3. Whisk powdered sugar and heavy cream until combined; drizzle over top of warm rolls.

12 rolls

Friday, April 15, 2011

A Crockpot Easter

Wow is Easter really only a week away already? How did that happen?

Whether or not we have a newborn by then we are going to keep it a low key affair, while looking at different recipes today I came across this post and a light bulb went off so we will do the entire "dinner" in the Crockpots.

Not that we are doing all that much...just Ham, Carrots and Potatoes.

Maple Ham

Mashed Potatoes with Sour Cream and Cream Cheese

Cinnamon Glazed Carrots (we usually make regular glazed (candied) carrots, but the cinnamon sounds like a good change up hopefully it comes out good!)

Maybe just maybe I will do up some cookies or a cakes for dessert...we shall see

Bed Rest Break

So bed rest does NOT equal being able to cook an awesome meal for my family every night :( we have been kinda playing it by ear each night...eggs will be making an appearance in anything I cook for a while me thinks, either that or Matt will grill up something awesome for us every night lol (thanks goodness for awesome grilling weather!) I am pretty sure I could live on the burgers he makes for the rest of this pregnancy and be a very happy person...

So anyway just because I can't stay on my feet in front of the stove in the warm kitchen every night doesn't stop me from getting awesome recipes in my inbox or Facebook news feed so I figured I would start collecting them here so I can try them out in the near future!!

Creamy Tomato Soup w/corn and bacon

Cheesy Pepperoni Quick Bread

PB&J Monkey Bread (I actually think Cassie can help out with this one!!)

Veggie Lasagna - Can NOT wait till our veggie share starts up!

Dr. Pepper Shredded Pork

Pineapple Carrot muffins

Sundried Tomato Crockpot Risotto

ETA:

Cheeseburger Flatbread Melts

Pasta Alfredo

Creamy Rotini with Ham and Asparagus

Beef and Veggie Pot Pie