Sirloin & Fresh Garlic Steak Sauce

My family gave me an "A" for this dish. It consists of red skin herb mashed potatoes, fresh steamed green beans, medium well sirloin, & homemade garlic steak sauce. I will admit the steak sauce was a little too sweet because I put a little too much honey in it then I intended. but live and learn. Because of this I adjusted the recipe before posting it. 

Everyone liked this, even my very very picky 4 year old eater (she is even pickier than I am). She was not even going to try eating the green beans because she does not like veggies at all (except fresh uncooked carrots). But that was her favorite part. She loved to split them open & eat the inside then the outside.

Homemade Teriyaki Chicken

For a little extra lunch variety at work, I decided to try making my own teriyaki sauce. I did this because most store bought teriyaki is very bitter. I like mine with a little bit of sweetness to counter the bitterness. So after looking at ingredients of many kinds of sauces I came up with my own recipe. I must say this was EXCELLENT! It is very easy, quick & cheaper than buying the Kyoto Bowl Teriyaki Sauce a local fast food style oriental restaurant here. Enjoy!

Meatball Cupcakes

I got this idea from one of the cooking shows, not sure which one. A lady had a meatloaf cupcake shop and she actually made a meatball cupcake during the show. I decided to recreate this for the first out of the box meal, with my own recipe. It was a huge success.
     The cupcake is filled with melted mozzarella cheese & topped with angel hair pasta & spaghetti sauce as "icing". There is also fresh grated parmesan and mozzarella cheese.  

We followed it up by eating "dirt" for dessert (chocolate pudding, crushed oreo cookie/graham cracker, with a gummy worm). I did not make this one up either, but heard of it a very long time ago and seen it many times, had to try it. 

Playing with your food!

 

We made checker pancakes today. Now my kids can play with their food and NOT get into trouble. Too bad they didn't eat the pieces as they jumped them. I'll have to tell them that for next time.

Designer Pancakes

After seeing www.jimspancakes.com I decided to try my hand at these pancakes. Here are just a few of the ones I have attempted. I have not attempted 3D pancakes yet, but will one day. Sometimes I print out some pictures and free handed the pancakes, other times I just make them up. This is fun, and the kids love it. We do it almost every weekend. If you have any ideas, please feel free to send them my way, it does get difficult to keep coming up with new ones.