Nutella, Strawberry & Banana crepes

This is was of my most favorite dishes I have EVER made, I seriously think I could eat this everyday!

It looks great and is fairly easy to make. This is too good to only be made on holidays! I made this for Easter morning, and can't wait to make it again!!

Here is where I found the recipe.

BASIC CREPE (recipe via)
What you need:
1 cup flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup water
Pinch of salt
2 tbsp melted butter
What you do:
1. In a medium mixing bowl, mix together flour and eggs (it’ll obviously be very thick and paste-y).
2. Slowly mix in the milk and water, whisking constantly.
3. Add salt and butter; beat until smooth.
4. Heat your crepe pan or frying pan and oil lightly (you need to start working with the batter right away, or the butter will begin to congeal and make it lumpy).
5. Scoop about 1/4 cup batter into the center and then tilt the pan in a circular motion until the batter spreads out evenly. Important: do not walk away from the stove at any point during this process – it’s very speedy, and you need to monitor it closely.
6. Cook the crepe for 1-2 minutes, or until the first side is lightly golden, then loosen with a spatula, flip, and cook the other side.
I was able to get 5 crepes out of this – I filled two with Nutella, bananas, and strawberries, and sprinkled the other three with lemon juice and superfine sugar. Amaaaazing.

Seriously go make this NOW!!

Oatmeal with fruit oven bake

Here (from Inspired Taste) is the second half of our Easter breakfast! This was very sweet and a hit with all the kids (of course!) plus super easy to make. Our local store did not have any strawberries in stock so I made it with just bananas, which was fine but the bananas were not my favorite in this recipe. The Chinese 5 spice was found with the Chinese food in the grocery store, not with all the other spices.

Ingredients

2 cups old fashioned rolled oats

1/3 cup light brown sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 tablespoon grated orange zest

1 teaspoon Chinese five spice

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup walnut pieces, chopped

1 cup sliced strawberries

1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

2 cups milk

1 large egg

3 tablespoons butter, melted

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 ripe banana, peeled, 1/2-inch slices

Preheat oven to 375°F and generously spray the inside of a 10-1/2 by 7 inch baking dish with cooking spray and place on a baking sheet.

In a large bowl, mix together the oats, sugar, baking powder, orange zest, Chinese five spice, salt, half the walnuts, half the strawberries and half the chocolate. (Save the other half of strawberries, walnuts and chocolate for the top of the oatmeal).

In another large bowl, whisk together the milk, egg, butter and vanilla extract. Add the oat mixture to prepared baking dish. Arrange the remaining strawberries, walnuts and chocolate on top. Add the banana slices to the top then pour the milk mixture over everything. Gently shimmy/shake the baking dish to help the milk mixture go throughout the oats.

Bake 40 minutes or until the top is nicely golden brown and the milk mixture has set. For an extra tasty top, sprinkle a tablespoon or so of extra brown sugar on top then place back in the oven under the broiler and broil for 20-30 seconds. Serve warm with an extra sprinkle of sugar or drizzle of maple syrup.

Good overall but, next time I make this, I am planning on doing strawberries and blueberries for a different flavor.

Omelet Muffins

This was the first year that I had to make a good Easter breakfast for the family. I quickly went through recipes trying to find a balance between healthy and sweet. In the end I decided to do two recipes: Omelet Muffins and Baked Oatmeal with Bananas.

Here is the Omelet Muffins. I do not normally eat eggs or sausage but I did eat these, they were delicious! Here is the original recipe from Neat Pins. The only thing I changed was not putting in broccoli. The final product was fluffy (not dry like I was afraid it would be). My 4 year old devoured two in one sitting. And I was also afraid they would stick to the pan and turn into basically scrambled eggs. They popped out really easily and kept their shape!

Ingredients1 pound Italian Sausage (sweet, mild, hot variety depending on your preference)
1 cup broccoli florets
8 large eggs
1/4 cup milk (I  used 2% as that was what was in the house)
1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp baking powder
salt & pepper to taste
Freshly grated Parmesan Cheese as needed

Optional: 1 cup broccoli florets

Preheat oven to 375 F. In a large saute pan, over medium high heat, brown Italian Sausage for about 5 minutes, or until the sausage is no longer pink. Remove from heat (if using, stir in broccoli)

In large bowl whisk together eggs, milk, oil and baking powder. Season with salt and pepper.

Lightly spray a 12 count muffin pan using Pam (I used the butter flavored ones). Spoon out the sausage evenly into each muffin.

  Ladle the egg mixture over sausage and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

After 20 minutes....

Definitely a great recipe and worth a try!