Month: February 2022

Breakfast

The Best French Toast I Ever Made

With Black Sesame Paste and Golden Pillow Danish Bread

French toast is a breakfast and brunch staple and this has to be my favorite version! The nutty flavor of the sesame paste really pairs perfectly with the sweet bread and maple syrup.

Not only does the black sesame paste add a nice twist to your french toast, but it’s full antioxidants and many other benefits! I will link a site below with more information on the benefits of black sesame seeds.

The beautiful fluffy danish bread is great for this recipe, but please feel free to use any other bread you like for your french toast. I really like the little bit of sweetness this bread has since the sesame paste does not have any sweeteners added to it.

Black Sesame Paste and Danish Bread
Serve French Toast with Pure Maple Syrup and Powdered Sugar

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup milk, we used whole milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2-3 tablespoons butter
  • 8 slices of bread, we used golden pillow danish bread but you can use whatever bread you like
  • black sesame paste
  • powdered sugar for topping
  • pure maple syrup

Directions

  • In a shallow dish (wide enough for dipping your bread), add your milk, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, salt and whisk until combined
  • Place a tablespoon of butter in a pan on medium-low heat and melt
  • If you are cutting your own bread, cut in about 1/2 inch sections, you don’t want it to be too thick. Then dip both sides in the egg mixture and place in your pan. Cook until golden on both sides, adding more butter if needed.
  • Spread a thin layer of sesame paste on one piece of your french toast and sandwich with another, cut diagonally and top with powdered sugar and maple syrup. Serve and enjoy!

Tip: The black sesame paste gets separated so give it a good stir before spreading on your french toast.

Below is a link with more information about the benefits of black sesame seeds.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/black-sesame-seeds-benefits

My absolute favorite vanilla to use for baking: Pure Vanilla Extract

The camera we use: Fujifilm Camera Fujifilm Camera with Lens

Uncategorized

Easy Frozen Dog Treats with Only 5 Ingredients

We all love our pups and it’s so nice to make then a fresh homemade snack sometimes. We don’t usually buy dog treats from the store because our pups have pretty sensitive stomachs, so we usually go the homemade route. Here is an easy dog treat recipe with only 4 ingredients that your pup will love!

Honestly, our dogs are not picky so we could probably through anything in here and they would love it. You can switch out ingredients, just make sure to do your research and make sure they are dog friendly!

I did a super simple mixture that I blended with a little water and some of their favorite things. Please check it out and let me know if you try it!

My pups waiting patiently for their treats
Trying to get a focused picture of these two is not easy

Ingredients

  • 1 ripe banana
  • 1/2 cup frozen or fresh blueberries
  • 1/4 cup plain yogurt
  • 1 spoonful of 100% peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup water

Directions

  • Put all of your ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth
  • Pour the mixture into a silicone mold and freeze for a couple hours, or until frozen all the way through
  • Pop out of the molds and store in the freezer for a few weeks

Here is a link to help you know some foods your lovely pups can and cannot have

People Foods Dogs Can and Can’t Eat

These are the silicone molds I used. They are a little flimsy but very easy to remove the treats: Silicone Molds

I actually used these bottles to help squirt the smoothie mixture into the molds: Squeeze Bottles

The blender we use: Vitamix Blender

The camera we use: Fujifilm Camera Fujifilm Camera with Lens

Breakfast

The Best Breakfast Tacos with Homemade Hot Sauce

Breakfast is one of my favorite meals to cook. I love getting up on the weekends and having coffee, and a delicious meal with my husband. It’s just a great way to start your day and for me, cooking is really therapeutic.

When we have any leftover tortillas we make some sort of breakfast tacos, and for us we can never have enough hot sauce!

You can use any type of hot sauce you like, maybe try experimenting with different ones if that is what you are into. But our absolute favorite to use is homemade. We originally found the recipe in one of our cookbooks but we love this adaptation linked below even more.

The legendary Tacolicious orange sauce

If you try these please let me know what you think or tag me in your photos on instagram!

Everything you need prepped and ready to go
So spicy and so good!

Ingredients

  • 4 flour tortillas (we love the Don Pancho street taco style tortillas)
  • 1/2 an avocado
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 3 large eggs scrambled
  • 3-4 slices of bacon cooked and diced (diced makes it easier to eat on the tacos)
  • 1/3 cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated finely
  • 1/3 cup cherry tomatoes, diced
  • fresh cilantro and hot sauce for topping
  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions

  • Cook your bacon first and set aside. Then melt your butter in a nonstick pan, add in your eggs after you have whisked them and stir with a rubber spatula on medium low until cooked. Please don’t add your salt/pepper until the end, we don’t want any dry eggs!
  • Now assemble your tacos, the toppings listed are what we enjoy but you can use what ever you like! For me, that homemade hot sauce is what makes the recipe so good.

The Cook Book: Tacolicious

The Chilis you will need: Guajillo Chiles Arbol Chiles

I couldn’t fine the exact cutting board we have but here are a few great options: Cutting Board 1 Cutting Board 2 Cutting Board 3

Protect your wooden cutting board with some block oil, we love this one: Butcher Block Oil

These GreenPan skillets are amazing and so easy to clean: Non-Stick Pans

The camera we use: Fujifilm Camera Fujifilm Camera with Lens

Desserts

The Best Banana Bread Recipe

Whenever we buy bananas and they start to go brown, I make this recipe. Or I peel and freeze them to make it in the future!

One of my go-to and most made recipes that is always a crowd pleaser. It’s so easy and quick to throw together and I always have the ingredients on hand. And it’s so easy to change it up to whatever you are craving, add walnuts, chocolate chips, or both!

This recipe make two loaves, so you can always freeze one and thaw later. My personal favorite way to eat it, is to pop it into the toaster to warm it up and put butter on it, so yummy!

You can just mix everything together in one bowl, but don’t over mix!
Here is where you can add you extras, or if you are doing it all the same, add it to the bowl before you pour into your pans
Walnuts (my favorite)
Chocolate chips
Rocky relaxing while mom is baking

Ingredients

  • 1 cup mashed bananas (about two regular sized bananas)
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup vegetable/canola oil (you could also use 1/2 cup or 1 stick of butter instead)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1 cup of milk (minus 1 tablespoon, explained in directions)
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • one teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup walnuts or chocolate chips (1/4 cup of each if you are making both)

Directions

  • Preheat your oven to 350°
  • Add 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to a 1 cup measuring cup, then fill with milk and let sit while you add other ingredients to the bowl, it should sit for at least 5 minutes
  • Mix all of your ingredients except the nuts/chocolate chips together with a hand mixer, if you don’t have one you can use a whisk
  • Stir in your walnuts or chocolate chips and stir in gently (if you are doing both differently, just stir them in when they are poured into their pans)
  • Grease two loaf pans and pour mixture into both pans evenly
  • Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean

Notes

  • This recipe makes two loaves
  • Mash bananas up well with a fork before mixing, if there are chunks of banana in your loaf, no worries!

The Hand mixer I have used for the last 10+ years: Hand Mixer

Similar bread pans: Bread Pans

My absolute favorite vanilla to use for baking: Pure Vanilla Extract

The camera we use: Fujifilm Camera Fujifilm Camera with Lens