Thursday, June 19, 2014

Father's Day dessert: strawberry rhubarb crisp

One thing Dave misses about Indiana is his moms rhubarb pie. So every chance I can make a special dessert, I try and do something with rhubarb. These little cobbler/crisps turned out sooooo good!! Topped with some coconut whip cream & you have one amazing dessert :) 
http://paleodesserts.com/strawberry-rhubarb-cobbler-in-a-cup/


Father's Day dinner: Bacon wrapped chicken with mushrooms & onions

Mmmm.... Bacon. How can you go wrong there?? :) instead of cutting up chicken breast, I bought chicken tenderloins & then wrapped two pieces with one piece of chicken. Then added a whole container of mushrooms from Costco because we love mushrooms!! This had an amazing flavor & was so easy and quick. I served this with baked asparagus and a baked sweet potato. 
http://cookituppaleo.com/bacon-chicken-with-mushrooms-and-onions/

Father's Day breakfast

Dave is such an amazing husband & father that even though he had to leave the house around 6:45am, I wanted to get up & make him a special breakfast. I decided that these Carmel apple spice waffles sounded amazing. Normally I'd make a side of bacon with waffles but was going to use that for dinner, so I opted for a smoothie. Both these turned out amazing. Can't wait to make them again! 
http://againstallgrain.com/2013/09/16/caramel-apple-spice-gluten-free-waffles/

http://deliciouslyorganic.net/coconut-berry-spinach-smoothie-recipe/

BBQ sauce

An amazing BBQ sauce! Used the leftover for some pulled chicken I made for the USA vs Ghana World Cup game. It was a hit too! 
http://civilizedcavemancooking.com/condimentssauces/beasty-bbq-sauce/

BBQ pork ribs

Dave was going out of town so I wanted to make him a manly/big dinner. We had country style pork ribs in the freezer so I decided to plan dinner around that. 
Not only did I make these I did their BBQ sauce too. :) 
http://civilizedcavemancooking.com/entrees/pork/beasty-country-style-pork-ribs/

Banana bread pancakes

Dave's been doing so much for me lately - getting jaedyn up, dressing her, feeding her, and then dropping her off at my work  - so I wanted to make him pancakes for breakfast. With all my ripe bananas, I had just enough to make these :) they were so sweet you really didn't need syrup. Loved these & will make them again. :) 
http://holdthegrain.com/banana-bread-pancakes/

Paleo banana bread muffins

I again have lots of overly riped bananas. Seems as if we are eating less bananas these days. I already have a lot of bananas in the freezer so I wanted to make muffins. These turned out great. Going to make these again with all the ripe bananas I have again. Lol
http://withstyleandgraceblog.com/2012/05/22/paleo-banana-bread-muffins/