Pizza bagels

Pizza bagels are my go to easy toddler dinner. Zane LOVES pizza bagels! I sometimes find when I pick Zane up from daycare and get home he is starving way before I can get dinner on the table. When that happens I don't always want to give him chicken nuggets and meatballs (his other favorites lol) I like to mix it up and these take only minutes. This was actually my dinner tonight too my husband was gone for the night so it worked out perfectly because I secretly love pizza bagels and smiley fries with chili sauce :)

Fire sauce bean dip

 This dip was inspired by my love of Taco Bell fire sauce and the need to clean out my cabinets and fridge :) and I've made this several times and everytime I find something new to add to it so don't be afraid to mix it up!

Iron skillet pineapple upside down cake

This cake could not have turned have turned out better! It's beautiful and delicious. I make pineapple upside down cakes a lot for my husband it's his favorite. I usually just take the more lazy route and use a box cake mix but he just remodeled our bathroom and felt I should make the extra effort :)


Iron skillet upside down cake

1 can diced pineapple
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
3 eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup 2 tbsp cake flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)

Melt butter in a 10 inch iron skillet.  Sprinkle brown sugar over butter then drain pineapples and reserve 5 Tbsp of juice for cake. Spread pineapple over brown sugar and kinda mush up the pieces as you do that. Then sprinkle the pecans over evenly and set skillet aside. In a bowl mix cake flour, salt and baking powder and set aside. In your mixer beat eggs then add in sugar, vanilla and pineapple juice. Once well blended add in flour mixture then pour over butter mixture in your iron skillet and bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown on top. Once cooled off a bit flip over onto serving plate and enjoy!

Spicy party meatballs

Here is a great recipe for party meatballs in case you are a super procrastinator like me and haven't thought about super bowl Sunday yet until today. These are super easy, super tasty and have a spicy kick to them. Wanna see how many times I can fit super into this post?

Tropical carrot salad

I don't know how but I have 3 huge bags of carrots in my fridge..... so here is a carrot salad recipe. This would be a great side dish to take to a picnic or potluck. It's easy and not that I think you should have to be sneaky with your vegetables or anything but this stuff is so sweet and delicious. It's a very fun way to get your veggies in.

Easy Popovers

Ok so when I say easy popovers I do mean that. Having said that my popovers didn't exactly POP well they did but then they dropped. But these popovers were delicious and Zane loved them. We ate them with home made apple butter. They were light, fluffy, and super easy.

WW pumpkin brownie muffins!

 

 I got this recipe from my best friend and I could not believe first off that anything with devils food cake could be WW friendly and secondly that it would taste good. Wow was I wrong! Two of these mini muffins are only 5pts and they are delicious! Plus this recipe is so easy it takes only minutes to make. Now that's what I'm talkin about! Mom friendly, diet friendly and cake lovers every where friendly!