Sprinkles, sprinkles, EVERYWHERE!!! No matter how much I vacuum, mop and wipe, I can't seem to purge my kitchen of Christmas sprinkles. 🤣 I've been baking and decorating Grinches, Santas and reindeer cookies for days and it looks like a sprinkle bomb went off in my kitchen. ✨It really doesn't seem like a big problem but when I woke up this morning - I found a sprinkle on my pillow! 😳 Apparently, my sprinkle problem is so pervasive that they're travelling to other rooms of the house now. Is there a sprinkle eradication service? You can be assured that if I'm not baking or decorating cookies these days, you'll find me fervently cleaning up sprinkles. I ask myself all the time, how can a person spend that much time in the kitchen and still not have anything to eat for dinner? 🤷🏻♀️By the end of the day, I'm out of (A) time to make a decent meal and (B) the patience to prepare it. Honestly, if it wasn't for the fact that I crave something savory and salty after breathing in the sweet smell of sprinkles and icing for hours at a time, would just eat cookies for dinner. 🍪 We've been known to pull out a box or a can of soup in a pinch but it's even better when we can warm up a container of homemade soup from the freezer for a quick and easy dinner. I use the term "we" very loosely. In our house, we call that the singular "we." That means that Ben is in charge of pulling the container out of the freezer, defrosting it in the microwave and pouring it into bowls. He does stake claim to those dinners even though I was the one who made the soup and put it in the freezer but I've given up trying to argue that there is a difference between warming and preparing dinner. 🤷🏻♀️ I'm just happy that he's willing to navigate through the sprinkled kitchen to make me something to eat that wont cause diabetes. I made this soup back in the Fall and I'm so happy that we had enough left over to put in the freezer because it absolutely perfect for December dinners. What could be better at the end of a cookie decorating day than a steaming bowl of homemade tomato soup and a toasted grilled cheese sandwich to dunk into it? The answer - a husband who makes it for you. 👦🏼 Roasting the tomatoes brings out their sweetness and they're just perfect for tomato soup. Roasting the peppers also intensifies their flavor and adds another dimension to the soup. This recipe is different from other homemade tomato soup recipes that I've tried and I've got to say - I like it. I like it a lot. Roasted Tomato and Poblano Soup 2 1/2 pounds Roma tomatoes 1 clove garlic 2 Tablespoons olive oil 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 poblano chile peppers 2 red bell peppers 1 onion, chopped 32 ounces chicken broth 1 teaspoon oregano 1 teaspoon cumin
If I was smart, I would have made this soup with all of my fresh tomatoes at the end of the summer and put it in the freezer until Fall. 🍅 Ummm...I guess I'm not that smart. But even though I had to make a trip to the grocery store for tomatoes for my soup - it was totally worth it. This Roasted Tomato and Poblano Soup is worth it. It is sooo good. Maybe even, eat it in the Summer level of good.
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Is there anything better than a big Saturday morning pancake breakfast? A piping hot cup of White Chocolate Peppermint Tea, a bowl of fluffy scrambled eggs, a platter of fresh fruit and a plate of crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside pancakes - that's what breakfast dreams are all about. Who wouldn't love to wake up to a breakfast like that? It's December though and nobody's got time for all that. It's December and my family's getting pretty accustomed to kicking off their day with a bowl of cold cereal. They don't complain - they actually really LIKE cereal. 🥣🤷🏻♀️ Sunday was a special occasion though - we celebrated our youngest daughter turning 21! TWENTY ONE!!!! In this house, we celebrate birthdays with a special breakfast so we made time for a big pancake celebration breakfast. I've modified all sorts of pancakes to make them extra festive for special occasions. I've turned them green on St. Patrick's Day and cut them into hearts for Valentine's Day. I've cut them into letters for first day of school celebrations. I've filled them with chocolate chips and colorful sprinkles and stacked them into towers with cream and fruit. I've made tiny pancakes and I've make them so big that they fell off the sides of the breakfast plate. What can I say? I'm a whiz with pancake batter. 😂 Last Sunday, I whipped up a batch of banana pancakes to kick off this special family birthday celebration and the birthday girl was thrilled with her banana pancake breakfast. It made me so happy to see her happy. Homemade pancakes are actually easier than you might think. They really don't take much more time than whipping up a batch of box mix pancakes and they're WAAAAAY better. These banana pancakes are amazing and if you're thinking that you don't have the time to make a big pancake breakfast this month - make the time - you won't regret it. Banana Pancakes
Serve with additional sliced bananas. And maple syrup of course. These pancakes were so good that I've already starting experimenting with additional ingredients. I stirred a 1/4 cup of chopped pecans into the batter and that brought these pancakes to a whole new level. For those of you with a sweet tooth. Try adding a 1/4 cup of mini chocolate chips into your banana pancake batter. You will not be disappointed. These are already a family favorite and I'm quite sure that I will be making them often. If you've got a great idea for a new ingredient to add to my banana pancakes - send it to me. I'd love to hear your ideas. Thanks.
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