Bacon Wrapped Rosemary Chicken

2 Chicken breasts (I cut mine in half)

Bacon

2 T Fresh Rosemary, chopped (I have a plant in my garden)

2 garlic cloves, chopped

Olive Oil

Salt & Pepper

Balsamic Vinegar

 

in a shallow dish combine Olive Oil, garlic, and rosemary then add chicken to marinade for about 10 minutes.

Remove chicken and wrap with one or two pieces of bacon.

Season with salt & pepper.

Bake on baking sheet lined with foil for 40 minutes at 375*

When done serve with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar.

My husband and kids really liked this :)

Caprese Salad

 

Sliced tomato (I used Roma) sliced whole mozzarella, fresh basil leaves (these beauties are from my Mom's garden) drizzle with Balsamic vinegar & season with salt & pepper. Seriously SOOO good! My baby Kora (she is 13 months) liked eating the mozzarella.

Hummus

I love hummus. No that is not right, I LOVE hummus!

I always buy it but I decided to try to make my own today & I am so glad that I did. It's easy and taste soooo good!

1 can (15.5 oz) Garbanzo Beans (a.k.a chick peas)

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

juice of 1/2 a lemon

1 T Sea Salt

2 garlic cloves

1/4 tsp. cumin

 

put it all in a food processor (I used my baby food maker) and BOOM!

Yummy Hummus!

Serve with pita chips or veggies.

Bacon & Brussel Sprouts

The thought of brussel sprouts just weirds me out UNTIL we had them like this.

I grabbed a few handfuls from the store...so about 20 of them.

Rinse off, cut the ends off & cut into quarters

(I also peeled the outside layers off that were floppy looking)

thinly slice one shallot (like a small onion)

cut 4 slices of bacon into small pieces

add 1 T olive oil to skillet over medium heat

add bacon, shallots & cook until bacon is done

add brussel sprout to bacon drippings in pan and cook until tender (only takes a few minutes)

season with salt & pepper

 

Apple Pie Egg Rolls

Source: missinthekitchen.com via Fawn on Pinterest

Oh soooo good

Energy balls

Source: gimmesomeoven.com via Fawn on Pinterest

These are really yummy, healthy, quick to make snacks that my husband and kids LOVE!
I just used honey, chocolate chips, oatmeal, peanut butter & flax seeds. Roll into ball and put in fridge for about an hour...or if you are like our family we ate them right away.

Heathy Corndogs

 

Source: foodgawker.com via Fawn on Pinterest

Jiffy corn bread mix + chicken hot dogs + muffin pan= Yum!

Passionfruit Lemonade

We have a lemon tree in our backyard so lemonaide is a constant staple in our home.

But adding this tea makes it even better.

The boys are not too sure about it but Kali and Mommy love it!

The boys call it a "girl drink"

RECIPE & picture from itsthelife.typepad.com

Sweet Potato Fries

Kai could eat these fries all day long.

Seriously SOOO good!

Here is the recipe.

*photo and recipe from sugarlaws.com*

Mini Nutella Cheesecakes

I made these yummy little desserts for New Year's Eve this year.

They were easy, fun, & yummy!

Kali LOVES Nutella so they were a big hit with her.

I served them in my mini dessert cups from Pier 1 imports "tasting party" set.

Here is the RECIPE

 

*photo and recipe from Mybakingaddiction.com*

Meatball Grilled Cheese

This is one of the best sandwiches my husband and I have EVER had!

My kids are picky so I just made them a regular grilled cheese.

Here is the recipe for this masterpiece

*photo & recipe from tastespotting.com*