Mini Cinnamon Rolls!

I've got a handful of recipes to post and it won't be surprising that most of them are desserts!

We had these for breakfast today and there were no leftovers.  I didn't have maple flavoring so I used a bit of vanilla.  YUM!

Makes 16 mini cinnamon rolls

Ingredients:
1-8oz tube crescent roll dough
2 Tablespoons butter
cinnamon
brown sugar

For the maple icing:
1 teaspoon maple syrup
1 Tablespoon skim milk
3/4 cup powdered sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven according to crescent roll dough package directions. Layout half the dough (4 triangles) and pinch all the seams together. Flip over and pinch the seams on the back side together too.
2. Using a rolling pin, smooth the seams and roll the dough into a square about 1/4″ thick. Brush with half the butter, and sprinkle with as much cinnamon and brown sugar as you want. Roll into a log and cut into 8 pieces.
3. Place mini cinnamon rolls into a non-stick sprayed mini muffin tin. Repeat steps 1 and 2 with the other half of the crescent roll dough. Bake according to package directions.
4. Meanwhile whisk together maple syrup and milk in a bowl. Add in powdered sugar until desired consistency is reached. Drizzle over warm cinnamon rolls

Recipe found here

Cheesy Veggie "Pasta" Bake

Cheesy Veggie "Pasta" Bake

This was dinner tonight.  Let me first say, I was talking on the phone when I was putting it together.  I ALWAYS mess up cooking when I am talking.  Seriously.  Always.  Like cinnamon instead of chili powder, salt instead of sugar.... you get the picture.  So about 25 minutes into the 30 required I realized I left out the tomato sauce.  Sweet.  So I mixed it in and added more cheese (which was nice!) and finished baking it.

And...  the kids hated it.  Sorry everyone.  Not a good endorsement eh?  They are exposed to many things but spaghetti squash apparently isn't one that they will even attempt to take a bite of, never mind the zucchini and tomatoes in it.  The cheese didn't even tempt them nor did the promise of Easter candy after dinner.  Shane wasn't home for dinner and I bet that he would be in the same category above.  Ha!

I, on the other hand, loved it!  It was very filling and a portion is 1/6th of the pan.  YUM!  I'm hoping leftovers will be just as good (since there are lots!)

If you try this, please let me know!!  Original recipe found here.  She also lists the nutritional information for you.  Woohoo!

Gluten-Free Cheesy Veggie "Pasta" Bake

Ingredients

1 whole spaghetti squash
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 red pepper, diced
1 zucchini, diced
1 carrot, shredded
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tomato, diced
16 ounces tomato sauce
4 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup shredded Parmesan

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Poke spaghetti squash all over with a knife and cook in the microwave for eight to 12 minutes until soft. If you don't have a microwave, place the poked squash on a baking pan and bake at 375 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes. While that's cooking, add the oil, garlic, pepper, zucchini, and carrots to a pan, cooking over medium heat.
3. 1. Cut the squash in half, scoop out the seeds, and with a fork, scrape the flesh from the peel. It should flake off easily in strings, resembling spaghetti. Place the spaghetti squash flesh in a casserole dish. Add the cooked veggies, diced tomato, sauce, and most of the cheese and mix well. Sprinkle leftover cheese on top and bake for 30 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly.
   2. Allow to cool for five minutes, serve, and enjoy!

Muffins, Oatmeal, and Ice Cream!

I have lots of recipes to put on here.  Here are few to catch up on!  

 Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins

I got the recipe for these muffins here.   The kids and I liked these.  They definitely are not too sweet and the chocolate chips give it just the right amount.  They were a make again in my book too!

 Crockpot Steel Cut Oatmeal

This was fantastic!  I used a different recipe for this one, but then tried the following and LOVED it!
1 1/2 cup milk (I used skim)
1 1/2 cup water
1 cup steel oats
2 Tbs brown sugar, or maple syrup or other sweetener
1 1/2 Tbs butter, cut into 5 or 6 pieces (optional, I added it though!)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbs ground flax seed
1/4 tsp salt
(you can add nuts, maple syrup, raisins, or more milk or butter)

Spray large crock well with cooking spray (or grease) add ingredients and cook on low for 10 hours or so.  YUM!!!!

 Banana Ice Cream

This one is SO SO easy and so good!  I sliced some bananas and froze them on wax paper and then put them in my blender until they were creamy!  I added some milk to it because it was very thick.  Graham and I love this!  It would also be good with some peanut butter or chocolate syrup on top.  Seriously... Try it.