An easy momma recipe

Tonight I got bit by the baking bug. Yeah yeah stop choking... I get bit every now and then. I read a recipe a while ago over at Healthy Branscoms that I tucked away in the mental maybe-one-day-I'll-make-it recipe file, and I finally decided to give it a try today.

I say its a momma's recipe because (now bear with me here) it has a little bit of an unusual cooking ingredient. But, since I'm a momma with a pantry full of it taking up space, I decided "Heck, why not? I could use the space" And let me just tell you, it was a hit! And no one ever suspected a thing.

I twisted the recipe a little from the original, but here is my take on Carrot Cake Bars.

2 eggs (beaten)
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup oil
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
3 small jars carrot baby food
1 1/4 cup flour
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. nutmeg
1 t. vanilla

Cream egg, sugar, and oil. Then add the other remaining ingredients: baking soda, salt, carrots, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. Mix well. Bake at 325 deg for 25 to 30 min in a 9 x 13 pan. (Mine took the whole 30 minutes).

Add cream cheese frosting! I made mine from scratch and it was AWESOME! 


Easy. Easy. Easy. And sooo delicious. 

But listen, if you see my dad or grandparents around town, please don't mention to them that I had them eating baby food. I don't think they'd see my logic that a carrot is just a carrot. 

Easy Enchiladas

OK, fair warning now. I am not a cook! And if I ever do cook, I prefer the recipes with 5 ingredients or less as many more than that would probably get lost in translation to me.

So, if you are a prize-winning chef, I'd just stop reading now. Spare yourself the agony. The elementariness of this recipe very well might offend your cooking knowledge.

However, for those of you out there like me who like to do quick, easy, and relatively healthy meals, this is for you. I made these for my Grandmother's 87th birthday and they were a hit. It's a fun change from the usual enchiladas.

BBQ Chicken Enchiladas

• chicken (as much as you might need for your family) (two breasts made plenty for 8 enchiladas for me)
• whole wheat tortillas
• lowfat mild cheddar cheese
• Sweet Baby Rays Barbecue Sauce (or your favorite bbq sauce, but I prefer Sweet Baby Rays as it is sweet and tangy)
• Lite Sour Cream
• Salt and pepper

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Cook your chicken, season with salt and pepper, and shred 
3. Lay tortillas in cooking dish and fill with 1/2 cup or so of shredded chicken
4. Sprinkle with shredded cheese
5. Squirt BBQ sauce lightly on top of cheese
6. Roll tortillas and lay face down  with folds at bottom to keep closed
7. Cover tops of tortillas with shredded cheese followed by BBQ sauce
8. Put in oven for 15 minutes or until cheese is well melted
9. Remove from oven to serve hot
10. Serve with dollop of sour cream

Mmm good!

4th of July

Pictures from our 4th of July festivities. Click here for the whole festivity story.

I made this! I've typed out the recipe for this super easy Strawberry Cream Freeze Pie recipe. It's always a hit!