So Simple. So Delish. PB Banana Bites.

So again, I got this idea from Pinterest. The other night Danny and I were talking about how much we were craving peanut butter and I remembered seeing this on Pinterest. I didn't follow the method on Pinterest, I just winged it.

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Banana Bites

Cut banana into bit size pieces. Spread peanut butter over top of each piece and set in freezer for 10 minutes. Melt chocolate in microwave. Use a knife or spatula to spread melted chocolate over frozen bites. You can dip them if you want but when I did the peanut butter melted. Let chocolate cool and enjoy!

Philly-Cheese Sandwiches

Super yummy and delicious

Ingredients:

1 Aju gravy packet

Roast beef (thin sliced)

Chopped onion (however much you like with your sandwich)

Chopped green pepper (also however much you like with your sandwich)

Cream Cheese

Swiss cheese

Deli Rolls

*flour

Turn oven to 350 degrees

Slice deli rolls, spread with cream cheese on the inside top, and bottom if you like, lay swiss cheese on top of the cream cheese, and set aside for a minute.

Mix Aju gravy directions on back of packet and add Sliced roast beef, let simmer on the stove top for a least 5 minutes.

While the gravy and meat are simmering, get the chopped green pepper and onion sweating in the fry pan, until onions are clear.

Spoon out the roast beef and a little bit of gravy into the skillet with the green peppers and onion, mix it all together on medium heat for 3-5 minutes. Place the rest of the gravy in little saucers for dipping sandwiches in.

 Spoon the mixture onto the non swiss cheese side of the roll and place in the oven for about 3-5 minutes, all you really need to do is melt the cheese and make the roll warm. Take out and enjoy!

*You can add flour in the skillet step with everything in it to make help the ingredients stick together a little better if you want, I usually don't add it though, and it turns out just fine.

Also, add a little bit more meat than you think you'll need, because it shrinks when your boil it, hence the not so much meat on the picture above.

Cake Batter Bars

Have I mentioned that I am addicted to Pinterest? Mostly because I find so many delicious recipes on there that I want to try. I saw a few different recipes for something called "Cake Batter Bars" and I finally decided to try the one that looked the most promising. They were very good for a dessert that did not incorporate any chocolate! They have a dense, brownie-like texture but taste like you are eating cake batter! So if you have an extra cake mix box around I recommend trying this! It says to use a funfetti cake mix, but I just used a yellow cake mix I had. Also, it says to do it in an 8x8 pan and I will definately be trying a 9x13 pan next time. They are very sweet and rich so I think a thinner bar would work better. This recipe doesn't say to using icing on the top, but all of the others I saw did, so I frosted them and I would recommend trying them that way too. Anyway, enjoy!

Cake Batter Bars

• 1 1/4 cup funfetti cake mix  (or yellow, or white)
• 3/4 cup AP flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup butter, melted and slightly cooled
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 5 heaping tablespoons sprinkles of your choice (I used stars)

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease an 8 x 8 inch pan. (or bigger... your call)
2. Cream both sugars, butter, vanilla, egg, and egg yolk. 
3. Gradually mix in flour, cake mix, and baking soda until just mixed. Stir in sprinkles.
4. Spread batter evenly into greased pan.
5. Bake for 30-35 minutes until top is lightly browned and middle still jiggles slightly. Cool completely before cutting.

Navajo Fry Bread

Here comes a super healthy post....get ready.

These are SO delicious.  It's a little bit dangerous, because they are also super easy and quick to make.  So nights that I don't feel like making dinner, or I am short on time, these always come to mind.  I really do try to space out the time that we eat them though.

I got this recipe from http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/NavajoFryBread.htm

Navajo Fry Bread Recipe - Indian Fry Bread Recipeby Cynthia Detterick-Pineda

Fry bread is wonderfully lumpy (puffed here and there). It can be served as a dessert or used as a main dish bread. Our family will often take them and stuff them, much like one might use bread or tortilla to dip into their food. 

Recipe Type: Quick Bread, Native American
Yields: 4 servings 
Prep time: 15 min 
Cook time: 8 min 
 

Ingredients:

1 cup unbleached flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon powdered milk
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup water
Vegetable oil for frying
Extra flour to flour your hands

Preparation:

Sift together the flour, salt, powdered milk, and baking powder into a large bowl. Pour the water over the flour mixture all at once and stir the dough with a fork until it starts to form one big clump. 

Flour your hands well. Using your hands, begin to mix the dough, trying to get all the flour into the mixture to form a ball. You want to mix this well, but you do NOT want to knead it. Kneading it will make for a heavy Fry Bread when cooked. The inside of the dough ball should still be sticky after it is formed, while the outside will be well floured.

Cut the dough into four (4) pieces. Using your floured hands, shape, stretch, pat, and form a disk of about 5 to 7 inches in diameter. Don’t worry about it being round. As Grandma Felipa would say “it doesn’t roll into your mouth.” 

In a deep heavy pot, heat the vegetable oil to about 350 degrees F. You can check if you oil is hot enough by either dropping a small piece of dough in the hot oil and seeing if it begins to fry, or by dipping the end of a wooden spoon in and seeing if that bubbles. Your oil should be about 1-inch deep in a large cast-iron skilletor other large heavy pot. 

Take the formed dough and gently place it into the oil, being careful not to splatter the hot oil. Press down on the dough as it fries so the top is submersed into the hot oil. Fry until brown, and then flip to fry the other side. Each side will take approximately 3 to 4 minutes to cook.  Place the cooked Fry Bread on a paper towel to absorb excess oil.

Indian Fry Bread can be kept warm in a 200 degree F. oven for up to 1 hour. They refrigerate well and can be reheated in a 350 degree F. oven for 10 to 15 minutes before serving.

***I don't have powdered milk, so I just add 1tsp. of real milk and add some extra flour.  I also don't follow the directions exactly, I just slop it all together until I can handle it pretty easily.  Ohhh, so good!

If I'm really on the ball we actually make navajo tacos out of these, but most the time we just put pb, or honey, or cinnamon and sugar, raspberry jam,  etc...... you get the idea.