{splatter} cheerio sandwich

cheerio sandwich
by 3 year old girl with curly hair and a cute smile

First soak your cereal (cheerios here) in a bowl with milk as if you were going to have a simple bowl of cereal. Then get a big spoon and two pieces of bread. Lay the bread out flat and begin to spoon out your cereal draining milk off of the spoon and placing cereal on the bottom piece of bread. (smile).
then top piece of bread goes on, and walla...a cheerio sandwich!

{splatter} upside down frito chili pie

upside down frito chili pie

by a 10 year old boy, who loves basketball and loves to eat!

step 1: make chili - you know how to do that. put it in a bowl
Step 2: crumple up fritos and pour on top
step 3: add LOTS of cheese

step 4: melt the cheese

step 5: yum!

photo by ann west

photo by amy twomey

photo by amy twomey

photo by ann west

check out amy...in the newspaper!

Just a post to let you know that "our amy" is being featured in the Dallas Morning News (food section) featured article on Tuesday(tomorrow) . Amy was asked to help Dallas understand Celiac disease and to give people options for cooking fresh gluten free meals on a budget. There are many wonderful gluten free products but unfortunately they are expensive. Learn more about Celiac and how Amy has made the transition to a gluten free life for her and her family. Of course you will be able to find all of Amy's recipes on i am a celiac and right here on "amy and ann" on Friday's. Thanks for sharing all of your expertise Amy - Click here to read the article!

ann

{rise 'n shine} black bean and poached egg ranchero

photo by ann west

brin l ner brinner def. noun. breakfast for dinner. Substituting breakfast (usually eaten in the morning) instead of a typical dinner (usually eaten at night). Brinner is prepared in times of desperation when time is short, budget is low and there is nothing else in the house. origin: stressed out moms that need a break.

black bean and poached egg ranchero by ann west

Canned black beans. Add 1 bay leaf and a dash of cumin. Heat and mash with a potato masher.

saute peppers (if you have them - if not skip it)

poach eggs (or fried if you like)

salsa

tortilla

feta cheese (or your preferred cheese)

avocado (to really jazz it up!)

on a tortilla or a bed of left over rice layer black beans, veggies (if you have them), poached eggs. Sprinkle with feta cheese and serve with salsa!

*** This meal can be served in the morning as well :)

{recipe box} crispy oven-baked chicken

photo by amy twomey

In the name of fitness and being committed to my p90x program I have dug up a few awesome healthy meals. To follow my progress hop on over to our new fitness health & family blog for my 90 days of p90x. This recipe was amazing and a absolute keeper for my recipe box.

{p90x} crispy oven-baked chicken from here

8 6–8 oz. boneless, skinless chicken breasts
3 Tbsp. hot pepper sauce
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. black pepper, freshly ground
1 tsp. salt (optional)
2 cups plain bread crumbs (for me gluten free bread crumbs)

1–2 Tbsp. vegetable oil (canola, safflower, etc.)


In a large bowl, whisk together hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, and salt (optional). Add the chicken and marinate in the refrigerator for 2 to 12 hours.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Remove chicken from marinade. Add bread crumbs to marinade and mix well. Coat chicken thoroughly with mixture.

Spread oil over the bottom of a shallow 9"x13" baking dish. Arrange chicken in the dish and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Turn chicken over. Reduce heat to 325 degrees; cook for an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until juices run clear when chicken is pierced with a fork. Makes 8 5-oz. servings.

Cooking Time: 20 to 30 minutes

photo by amy twomey

photo by ann west

photo by ann west

photo by amy twomey

{crave} meatloaf sandwiches

photo by amy twomey


There is nothing like a meatloaf sandwich. To think that I cringed as a kid when Mom served meatloaf! What was I thinking? I guess it was the idea of everything being all mixed up together and not having control over it. Maybe now that I make it, and know exactly what is in it...it is simply delicious. I crave meatloaf sandwiches...a lot.

meatloaf sandwhich by amy twomey

ingredients

2 pieces of toasted whole foods gluten free prairie bread(from the freezer section)....yum!
meatloaf, leftovers.
ketchup(must have on both sides of the bread)


Go on now, make yourself a sandwich. You might just start craving these too.

side note: I only use best quality meat for the meatloaf. I even have a meat grinder that you can add to my kitchen aid. Brilliant. See ann's equally good meatloaf sandwhich over at dollop.

{companions} "sufferin succotash"

Who grew up with Sylvester and Tweetie???? Come on am I dating myself. I am a huge fan of Sylvester the cat who never seems to win. I always felt a little sorry for him ... although I didn't want him to eat Tweetie either. Well this catch phrase has been haunting me this week. Who knows why. I realized I don't really know what succotash is ... and then I had this crazy need to find out what it is and make it. What I know of traditional succotash is it is made with lima beans and corn. I changed it up a little bit. I wasn't sure if the kids would go for limas and I had a bag of edamame in my freezer. So here to you putty tat!

succotash by ann west

1/2 red onion chopped fine

1 slice bacon cut into small pieces

1/2 bag frozen corn (or fresh in season)

1/2 bag frozen edamame

1/2 red or yellow pepper chopped

salt & pepper

pinch of cayenne

In a bit of olive oil saute the bacon and the onion. Keep them going for quite some time until the onions caramelize. Toss in your corn, edamame, and peppers. Add salt and pepper to taste and a dash of cayenne if you like. I served this with some roasted chicken (from the grocery store), some oven roasted maple sweet potatoes and some blue cheese slaw.

I would love to have a real traditional recipe if anyone has one! hope you like.

photo by amy twomey

photo by ann west

photo by ann west

photo by amy twomey