Strawberry Skillet Corn Cake

  Let's keep this strawberry challenge going. I made a breakfast/brunch type item today.  It had a nice complexity to it with its instructions of using a few bowls to mix my ingredients.

  I also utilized that good old skillet.

  Despite the dishes I utilized for this recipe, It was very complicated to make.  You do have to flour up your strawberries but that's the height of anything too fancy for this dish.

  I thought it was a little too sweet.  I didn't have the called for sugar so I used less of the regular sugar but may have to reduce it again next time.  The cake itself held nicely.  You could see as well as taste the cornmeal in it.  It also contained that cornmeal texture.

I can say I  have never eaten as many strawberries as I have in the last 11 days nor made as many new recipes with them.  That in itself is exciting!

Cheers to another strawberry recipe tomorrow!

Check out the recipe here: http://www.yummyhealthyeasy.com/2016/05/strawberry-skillet-corn-cake.html

A Granola Bar with Strawberries

  First time recipe today.  (A lot of my recipes are but sometimes I am a little more concerned with some then others).  A strawberry banana granola bar! Yes a homemade granola bar with fruit in it.  I will let you know that these little healthy bars are super easy to make and they taste good to.

  This recipe takes minimal ingredients and I think the cook time is longer then the prep time.  So if you need a snack for your child's lunch in a hurry this would absolutely work.

  Grab those strawberries because all the recipes I'm sharing this month involve those!

  Honey, coconut oil and a banana.

  Oatmeal.

  Blend all your items together with some milk (which you can easily substitute for a nondairy)

  Then add the beautiful berries!

  I cooked the granola for the minimum  time of 15 minutes and was easily able to cut them in squares.  This recipe produced a soft chewy granola bar.  You do taste the sweet, juicy bits of strawberries but cannot taste the coconut and I didn't taste the banana either.

Overall delicious granola bar with fruit in it.  Dare I try to get crazy and change the fruit to ahh peaches?  I make a few different granola bars and this will be added to those options.

Check out the recipe here:http://amyshealthybaking.com/blog/2014/01/20/strawberry-banana-granola-bars/

Strawberry Treat

  Here we go with another healthy, quick, strawberry recipe!  Yogurt is what the recipe I used is calling it.  I guess it could be that based on the smooth creamy texture.  However maybe even sorbet would fit the description.

  This recipe only calls for 2 ingredients.  Strawberries and honey.  Blending strawberries gives you a spoonable treat just like bananas.  Adding the honey to the blended strawberries cuts the sweetness a bit.  Lol, I did try it without the honey and preferred it with the honey!

  I made a smaller portion because I was only making it for myself but I still got the concept of the recipe and like the taste very much so that I could see making this again.

Strawberries.

Blend.

After you have blended for a bit the results are delicious looking.

A bowl of simple strawberries.  That's all this basically is.  Add your own sugar substitute and make it healthier for you!

Check out the recipe here: http://www.thegarlicdiaries.com/2-ingredient-5-minute-strawberry-frozen-yogurt/

Healthy Strawberry Ice Cream

  I made a healthy ice cream to go with the cake I was presented with for Mother's Day!  Making your own healthy ice cream is really easy.  The one real ingredient you need for ice cream is frozen bananas.

  So with my base of just frozen bananas I added a few strawberries in the food processor and chopped them together a few mini chocolate chips and in was done!

  I scooped it onto the cake plates and everyone liked it.  (Except the boy who doesn't like strawberries)  You know what else drives me up the wall is the surprise that it's actually good.  I'm personally offended with, "wow this is good!"

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms! 

A Smoothie (Strawberry Style)

  Strawberries go in anything and although I can't confirm they make everything better; I can say I like everything with them.  Today we went with a liquid treat again.

  Strawberry Banana smoothie.  The name says it all.  Basically if you freeze both of these they will make any drink thicker.

  For this recipe I only used 3 ingredients and was pleased with the results.  I switched out the milk with almond milk and I'm sure this only enhanced the flavor.  If I had coconut I would have choose that.

I tossed my frozen strawberries and bananas in the blender

 and a little then less than a cup of almond milk

Blended it up and that was all.

Pour myself a glass and it immediately made me feel better.  It was just sweet enough with a red color from the strawberries a hint of banana flavor and I don't even recall the almond flavor but maybe it was there but also lightly.

Either way this is a nice drink to keep in mind.  You could add more to it or keep it the way it is.  I wonder how it freezes because it would be nice to make smoothies ahead of time and just reblend them prior to drinking.

Check out the recipe here:http://www.gimmesomeoven.com/strawberry-banana-smoothie-recipe/

Captain America: Civil War (movie review)

  Last night two things happened.  I used Fandango for the first time and went to the movies the latest ever.  My showtime last night was 11:25 pm.  A benefit to seeing a show at this time of night, seeing an already highly anticipated popular movie was not purchasing the ticket but having my seats already reserved!

  Captain America Civil War is rated Pg-13 and runs for 2 hours 26 minutes and is considered a fantasy film.  Let's talk about the characters versus the actors!  Captain America,  Ant-man, Spiderman, Black panther, Black Widow and Iron Man are only a few.

  The movie does keep a fast pace.  Action, action and more action. Good guys fighting bad guys and good guys fighting good guys.  Girls fighting guys just as good as guys fighting each other.

  What happens when the superheroes harm innocent lives or get grounded from the government from protecting the world?  Let's talk about what I didn't like.  First off if I could just have a remote or headphones to volume control that would make me happy!  It was louder then I cared for.  Second the fight scenes  were so fast played. The characters were wizzing around at an obnoxious speed.  Whether the faster they go the more realistic the scene is I don't know but some scenes were hard to interpret.

  What I liked was basically everything else.   They brought some heroes out of retirement.  The fighting was intense.  The storyline was easy to follow. Bad guys needed to be stopped or worse things would happen.  Powers versus muscle.  Professional versus amateur.

  Humor and seriousness is throughout the movie. So keep your eyes and ears open!   Rating is probably set for all the fighting.  However if your kids like superheroes in real form this is a good one to go see with them.  I can't at the moment even recall too many swear words but I'm sure they were there.

  I will be buying this movie and renting it!
Happy viewing and you are probably better off purchasing tickets in advance to guarantee a a viewing.

Stay through the credits! I'm just saying!

Pancakes with strawberries

  It's not a good morning unless you start your morning off right!

  Strawberry is the word of the month so let's just get that out of the way!  This morning we are once again starting out with strawberries.  I might add that they do make breakfast a much better experience!  Today we used them in our pancakes!

  I have made this recipe before so since I'm using and sharing it again take that as a promotion.  I think the last time I made it was for a child's birthday.  It was a hit then and was today.

  Its a nice simple recipe.  You can whip it up in no time on any morning.  You should have all the ingredients on hand and even if you didn't have strawberries we did add chocolate chips to one so anything goes!

  We made some with strawberries and sprinkles,

some with then chocolate chips and plain.

I think with enough strawberries you have enough flavor you don't even need to add syrup.

You will find the recipe here:
http://betterbakingbible.com/