These Kids Are Crazy

Happy Halloween! Nate dressed as Oscar the scientist, an agent from the PBS kids show Odd Squad. Hope you all have a safe and fun holiday, Fam! (I had to bribe him with a Kit Kat to get these pictures 🙄)

Is your 3yo kid up at 5am talking about pop it toys & listening to obsecure EDM tracks from a Tetris Beat game? Just me?

*Disclaimer* I am not a baker!

Having a kid has forced me to do more baking. Nate and I made homemade vanilla cupcakes with vanilla cream cheese frosting. It’s filled with a strawberry fruit spread surprise.

I used a mash up of two different recipes. I’m not sharing the recipe, because I pretty much did the recipes as written, except for adding the strawberry surprise.

Y’all I really shocked myself with these ones. Moist, but fluffy. Not too sweet & the tart strawberry filling was 😚

Nate loves tasting the batter and cracking eggs. He liked the frosting, but didn’t want to actually eat the final cupcake 🧁🙄 Go figure. Glad I only made 12.

I need to work on my piping skills, but I’m getting better. This was a winner in my book!

Bake with your kids. They learn counting and units of measurement. Math and food!

Nate was laying on the floor and reached up to grab my leg and yelped!

Nate: Mom! What are these wires?!

Me: They aren’t wires. It’s hair. I need to shave my legs 🙄

3 minutes later…

Nate: Did you shave your legs yet?

😤

Hey y’all! I hope you’re enjoying your weekend. I’ve been obsessed with making this Texas style blueberry cobbler. I’ve adapted it from modernhoney.com

I’ve made both dairy and vegan version. Here’s the recipe.

1 1/2 sticks of butter (vegan or dairy)
2 cups of blueberries (fresh or frozen)
1 1/4 sugar plus and additional 1/4 to sprinkle over the berries
1 1/2 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups milk (buttermilk or nondairy)
2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
Zest of one lemon

Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit. Place 1/2 stick of butter in 9 x 13 baking dish and place into the oven to melt. Do not let the butter burn! Melt the other stick in the microwave and set aside to cool.

Place berries, 1/4 cup sugar, and lemon zest in a bowl.

Mix flour, 1 1/4 cups sugar, salt and baking powder with a whisk in a separate bowl. Add milk & vanilla. Whisk in butter. The batter will be thin.

Pour batter into buttered dish. Drop the blueberry mixture on top of the batter. You can sprinkle some sugar over top if you like, but it’s optional. Bake for about 40-45 minutes or until you insert a knife and it comes out clean.

You can serve it right away or room temperature. Top with vanilla ice cream or fresh/non dairy ice cream.

This will be your go to dessert! It’s fast and a crowd pleaser. If you make it, make sure you tag me! Enjoy!

Tried something a little different. I made Parmesan Crusted Salmon. Takes 15 minutes on 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix the ingredients together.

1/2 c plain breadcrumbs
3 cloves garlic minced
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 tbsp of chopped fresh parsley
3 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp of melted butter

I seasoned the fish with salt, pepper, salt free seasoning, garlic powder, & onion powder. I brushed a teaspoon of Mayo over the fish.

On a foil or parchment lined sheet pan place the fish & press the breadcrumb mixture on the fish.

Adjust time to the thickness of your fish. This was delicious. Moist and crispy. It was very satisfying 😋 This covered two 6 oz pieces.

Hope you enjoy 😊

I made pork meatballs with coconut lime rice. The recipe calls for an herb salad but I only had cilantro & scallions so I air fried some broccoli and threw in some pickled onions I made on Sunday for my avocado toast. This was really delicious. I’m enjoying trying new flavors and loading up on veggies. I’m feeling really satisfied ☺️ You should check out for some fresh and intuitive recipes!