Chocolate Covered Strawberry French Toast

Just wanted to share the pictures of our breakfast. After having the stuffed french toast for Mother's day I wanted to make it myself. I guess to try and see if I could do it better. It seems like everything always tastes better at home. But I will have to say that "Toast" was pretty close. I used french bread instead of Texas toast which I think makes a big difference. I also cut a slit in the french bread and stuffed it with a mixture of cream cheese, strawberry preserves and mini chocolate chips. I then topped it with fresh strawberries and a little bit of whipped cream.
Toast puts a layer between two pieces of bread and did not use fresh strawberries. I also added chocolate chips to it for a little bonus! Plus I think the name sounds a little more inviting...... Stuffed Strawberry French Toast versus Chocolate Covered Strawberry French Toast or maybe I should call it Strawberries and Cream French Toast hmmmmm............

Flan

Jordan wanted to know if I could make flan. He learned about it in Spanish class. I told him I would get the stuff and he could make it. He did a great job! It tasted great and looked really good too!

Creamy Asparagus Pasta | Eating Well

Creamy Asparagus Pasta Eating Well

This is one of my favorite quick dinners. This time I added fresh basil and proscuitto. I cut the proscuitto up and cooked it in a skillet until it was crisp.

We just go a new juicer and no it is not because of the new Jamie Oliver show, but I will have to say that was pretty inspiring. Chris actually decided he wanted to go on a three day juice fast. We have read about the many benefits there are to doing a fast. I decided that instead of a three day fast I would just replace my lunch with some healthy juice. Well I did that today and I discovered something very profound. I like food!!! I am also not a very nice person when I am hungry!!! I made it until about 3:00, my head was pounding so I decided I would have just a small bite of peanut butter. That lead to a few small bites of chicken salad and then to finish it off an entire granola bar! I am at this point, looking very forward to our pasta dinner. My strong husband on the other hand has still not had anything but juice since last night at about 6:00. I don't know how he is doing but I am very proud of him for having such amazing willpower(I am praying for you baby and I am with you in spirit) Seriously the juicer is pretty awesome though. The vegetables that you see in the picture I turned in to juice for Jordan which he then drank. All of it!!! I have such great kids, they are not afraid to try new things.

Healthy Grilled Chocolate Pizza with Apricot Preserves and Bananas Recipe - Surprises - Essential Cooking Light Grilling Recipes - Photos - CookingLight.com

We just made this after lunch with our leftover pizza dough from yesterday. I used orange marmalade instead of the apricot preserves. It was my first attempt at at grilling pizza dough and I could not believe how fast and easy it was. I also added toasted sliced almonds. I think some toasted coconut would be really good too.

Healthy Grilled Chocolate Pizza with Apricot Preserves and Bananas Recipe - Surprises - Essential Cooking Light Grilling Recipes - Photos - CookingLight.com

Chocolate Covered Cherry Cupcakes with Amaretto Frosting

I made these for Valentines day but I did not have a blog at that time so I thought I would share it now. I am thinking that this will be one of the flavors that I offer at the Farmers Market.

Low Fat Chocolate Pudding

This was so good and you would never know it was low fat! I got the recipe from Better Homes and Gardens. I am pretty sure the whipped cream we put on the top is not low fat but we did add a few banana slices to balance it out! So it was almost like a serving of fruit :)

Rich and Creamy Chocolate Pudding

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 unsweetened cocoa powder

3 TBS cornstarch

1 tsp instant espresso powder

2 Cups fat-free milk

1 egg lightly beaten

1 TBS butter

1 tsp vanilla

1. In a medium saucepan combine sugars, cocoa powder, cornstarch, and espresso powder. Gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly; reduce heat. Cook and stir for two minutes more. Remove from heat.

2. Gradually whisk about 1/2 cup of the hot milk mixture into egg in a medium bowl. Add egg mixture to milk mixture in saucepan, stirring constantly. Return to heat. Reduce to medium low; cook and stir for two minutes more. Remove from heat, Stir in butter and vanilla.

3. Place saucepan in a very large bowl half filled with ice water. Stir constantly for 2 more minutes to cool. Transfer to serving glasses ( I used martini). Refrigerate for 2 to 24 hours. Top with sliced banana and whipped cream if desired.

Chicken Sate with Spicy Peanut Dipping Sauce Recipe : Ellie Krieger : Food Network

Chicken Sate with Spicy Peanut Dipping Sauce Recipe : Ellie Krieger : Food Network

We had this chicken for dinner and it was really good! The peanut sauce was delicious. I did have trouble with the kabobs cooking so I took them off the skewers. I think it may have had something to do with my griddle but they were still pretty tasty.

Crunchy Granola Recipe : : Food Network

Crunchy Granola Recipe : : Food Network

Here is this delicious granola recipe that I made this morning. I thought it would be good with dried berries or maybe some dark chocolate. Of course what is not good with chocolate??? Thank goodness it is kind of healthy!

UPDATE: we had this for breakfast this morning and my picky breakfast eater (aka Madison) actually loved it. That is of course until I told her it was made with oatmeal!