Showcase Your Talent Thursday #22

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I hope that everyone is having a great week! I'm excited for the upcoming Labor Day weekend.  It will be nice to have a 3 day weekend! I hope that everyone has a great weekend.  Also, I finally caved in and started a Twitter account.  If anyone has any good tips or points for using Twitter, let me know! You can find my Twitter HERE

Thanks to everyone that linked up last week! I can't wait to see everything that you have to share this week!!  

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Summer Wine Jelly by Fun Home Things.  This jelly looks really good and is made from strawberry and peach flavored wine.  This would be a great snack!!


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Nutella Brownie Ice Cream by Tartine & Maple.  This ice cream looks delicious! I bet the combination of nutella and brownies with ice cream tastes delicious!




Fun Kitchen Sign: Eat by Crystelle Blog.  I love this sign what a great kitchen decoration.  I really like that it is made out of a pizza server.




Pineapple Cake Pops by Pint Sized Baker.  These cake pops look delicious.  They would be great for a tropical themed party!




Shrimp Pesto Flatbread Pizza by Will Cook for Smiles.  This pizza looks fantastic!! It reminds me of a pasta dish we used to make, but on a pizza instead.

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Pork Chops with Lemon and Asparagus

Today was the first day of school.  My husband is a teacher, so he has been home all summer.  While I would pick out our menu for the week, my husband would usually have dinner started by the time I got home from work. That was so nice.  Now that school is starting again, we are always looking for easy meals that we can cook on a weeknight, without sacrificing taste.  

These pork chops were really easy to make and are an easy skillet meal.  They were really delicious and a great meal.  I really liked the lemon sauce and the addition of the asparagus.  They also tasted great served over a bed of fettuccine.  I hope that your family enjoys this easy weeknight meal.

Pork Chops with Lemon and Asparagus
(Recipe adapted from food.com)

1/3 cup and 1/4 cup lemon and herb salad dressing or marinade
1/3 cup flour
1 pound bone-in pork chops
1 cup chicken broth
1 pound fresh asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1 inch pieces
Fettuccine (optional)

1.  Place 1/3 cup of lemon and herb dressing in one bowl and the flour in another bowl.  Dip the pork into the dressing, and then coat with the flour.

2.  Add the pork to a skillet on medium high heat and cook from 2-4 minutes on each side or until browned.

3.  In a small bowl mix the chicken broth and 1/4 cup lemon and herb salad dressing.

4.  Reduce the heat to medium and add the broth mixture.

5.  Add the asparagus.  Cover and cook for 4-6 minutes or until the asparagus is tender and the pork is cooked.

6.  Serve over fettuccine or other pasta.

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S'mores Cookies

One of my favorite foods are s'mores.  There is just something about the melted chocolate with the gooeyness of the marshmallow, and the added graham cracker.  The combination of s'mores with another one of my favorite foods, cookies, makes a super delicious treat!  

These cookies are super easy too!! They only used 4 ingredients: graham crackers, refrigerated cookie dough, marshmallows and chocolate.  The cookie is on top of the graham cracker and is topped with the marshmallow and chocolate.  These cookies are so delicious, I couldn't stop eating them. Enjoy!

S'mores Cookies

(Recipe adapted from The Girl Who Ate Everything)

1 roll refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough

Regular sized marshmallows

Regular sized Hershey bars, broken into pieces

Graham Crackers, broken into squares

1.  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or tin foil.  Lay out the graham crackers on the cookie sheet as close together as possible.  They should be touching.  

3.  Place a ball of 1-2 tablespoons of cookie dough on the center of each graham cracker.  

4.  Bake for 5 minutes and then remove to place a marshmallow on top of the cookie. Press the marshmallow down then place a Hershey bar piece on top of the marshmallow.  

5.  Bake for 5-7 more minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.  Place the cookies on a wire rack to cool. 

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Showcase Your Talent Thursday #21

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I hope that everyone is having a great week! Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes last week. I had a great birthday!  I had a girl's day on Saturday with my mom and my sister, we went for massages and lunch.  Then on Sunday my husband and son took me out for dinner. I had a great weekend!!  

I can't believe that summer is almost over.  My son started back at daycare on Monday.  He was home all summer with my husband, since my husband is a teacher.  Even though I'm sad to see summer end, I'm excited for fall too!!  Thanks to everyone that linked up last week! I can't wait to see everything that you have to share this week!!  

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Pepperoni Pizza Pull-Apart Bread by Baking with Blondie.  This bread looks so fantastic!! I can't wait to try it!!


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Orange Cream Floats by The Seven Year Cottage.  I love floats and I bet these orange cream floats are so delicious! They are perfect for summer.




Smore's Truffles by Mommy's Sweet Confessions.  These truffles look amazing and are a great variation on classic s'mores.




Rolo Cupcakes by The Farm Girl.  These look delicious, and there is a rolo in the middle!!




Mermaid Birthday Party by A Rosie Sweet Home.  I love all the details that she put into the party!! She had so many great ideas and the food looks great and the decorations were beautiful!

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Covered Banana

I love chocolate but I also love fruit.  The combination of the two always tastes great!! These chocolate peanut butter covered bananas are an easy and tasty sweet treat. 

These are one of those treats that we came up with when we wanted to make something with the ingredients that we had on hand.  They were so delicious!! I really love the combination of the chocolate and the peanut butter with the banana.  These are great for an easy snack or a great dessert.  

Chocolate Peanut Butter Covered Banana

1 Banana, cut into pieces

1/8 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/8 cup peanut butter chips

Sprinkles (optional)

1.  Combine the chocolate chips and the peanut butter chips.  Add a splash of vegetable oil to make melting easier, and then microwave in 15 second increments and stir until melted.

2.  Dip the banana pieces in the melted chocolate and peanut butter mixture.  If desired, put sprinkles on the melted chocolate.

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Breakfast Bake

We usually don't have time in the mornings to make a full breakfast, so we grab something to go.  We love breakfast food though, so we make breakfast for dinner a lot.  This Breakfast Bake was so delicious and easy to make. We really loved it!

This is made using refrigerated crescent rolls.  The great thing about this is that you can even make this the night before and have it the next morning for breakfast.  This is a great, easy, and delicious breakfast or breakfast for dinner!!

Breakfast Bake

(Recipe adapted from Plain Chicken)

1 can refrigerated crescent rolls
1 lb sausage
6 eggs
1/2 cup soy milk (can substitute regular milk)
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

1.  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2.  Cook the sausage and set aside.  Place the crescent rolls into the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan, pressing the seams together to seal.  Sprinkle the sausage over the crust.

3.  In a separate bowl, whisk the milk and eggs into well blended.  Pour the eggs over the sausage.  Top with the cheese.

4.  Bake for 25-35 minutes or until the center is set.

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Showcase Your Talent Thursday #20

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I hope that everyone is having a great week!  I can't wait until this weekend. My birthday is on Sunday.  My mom and sister and I are going for massages and lunch on Saturday and then on Sunday, my son, husband, and I will probably go out to dinner.  I hope that everyone has a fantastic weekend!

 Thanks to everyone that linked up last week! I can't wait to see everything that you have to share this week!!  

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Slow Cooker Garlic and Brown Sugar Chicken by What's Cooking in the Burbs.  This chicken looks so delicious. This looks like a great an easy meal!

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Kit-Kat Cake by Love Bakes Good Cakes.  This cake looks amazing!!! I have seen a bunch of these kit-kat cakes around, but I really like this version because it is a Peanut Butter Cake with Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosting, Reese's Pieces, and of course Kit-Kats! You can't get any better than that!

Root Beer Float Cupcakes by Country Momma Cooks.  I used to have root beer floats all the time as a kid.  These cupcakes take me back.  They look wonderful!

Shirt to Pillow Upcycle by SaltTree.  This pillow is so cute! What a great way to reuse a shirt that you don't want anymore!

Harry Potter Party by Sugar Bean Bakers.  This party looks like it was fantastic!! I am a fan of the Harry Potter books, so I really like all of the ideas that she came up with!

Pecan Pie Muffins by Call Me PMc.  These muffins so delicious! These a a great alternative to making a whole pecan pie!

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Peanut Butter and Chocolate Oatmeal Bars

I posted this recipe awhile ago when I guest posted on  My Happy Place.  You should check out Sophie's blog, she has some great desserts on there! I thought I would re-post the recipe here in case you did not get a chance to see it.  

One of my favorite flavor combinations is chocolate and peanut butter. When I saw a recipe for these oatmeal bars, I knew I had to try them.

These oatmeal bars were such a delicious combination of oats, chocolate, and peanut butter.  These are also pretty easy to make and are so tasty.  I made these when I met up with some friends and they all loved them. I really hope that you try these!

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Oatmeal Bars

(Recipe adapted from Kraft Food and Family Magazine, Spring 2012)

1 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar

2 cups old-fashioned oats

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 package (8 squares) of semi-sweet chocolate (can also use unsweetened chocolate)

3/4 cup creamy peanut butter

1.  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2.  Beat the butter and brown sugar in a large bowl with a mixer until the mixture is combined.  In a separate bowl combine the oats, flour and baking soda.  then add that mixture into the butter and brown sugar mixture. 

3.  Press 3 cups of the mixture into the bottom of a 13x9 inch greased pan.

4.  Microwave the chocolate for 45 seconds, and then in 10 second increments until melted.  Stir in the peanut butter.  Carefully spread the chocolate and peanut butter over the crust.  Then sprinkle with the remaining oat mixture.  

5.  Bake for 22-25 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.  

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Honey Chicken, Pineapple, and Zucchini Kabobs

Take a look at the address bar, do you notice anything different?  What's Cooking, Love officially got its own domain.  Now What's Cooking, Love? can be found at www.whatscookinglove.com.  Don't worry, if you still go to whatscookinglove.blogspot.com, it will still connect you this site.  I'm pretty excited about it!

Back to the recipe! These kabobs were so delicious.  A few weeks ago my mom had surgery on her hand and couldn't cook for about two weeks.  One night we went over to my parents and cooked them dinner.  We decided to grill and made these kabobs.  They were great!! 

Everyone especially loved the grilled pineapple, it was so sweet, and I definitely recommend trying it.  I also really liked the honey marinade on the chicken.  We all loved these kabobs and I can't wait to make them again!

Honey Chicken, Pineapple, and Zucchini Kabobs

(Recipe adapted from A Hint of Honey)

Honey Marinade

1/4 cup canola oil

1/3 cup honey

1/3 cup soy sauce

2 cloves garlic, minced

4 boneless chicken breasts, cubed

1.  In a large bowl whisk together all the ingredients.  Reserve a small amount of the marinade to brush over the chicken when cooking.  Then add the chicken and marinade in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.  

Kabobs

1 pineapple, cubed

2 zucchinis, cubed

1.  Brush the zucchini cubes with canola oil and salt. 

2.  Preaheat the grill for high heat.

3.  Put the chicken, pineapple, and zucchini on the kabobs.  Place foil on the grill, and place the kabobs on top. While cooking, brush the reserved marinade on top of the chicken.  Grill for 12-15 minutes or until the chicken is done and the zucchini is tender.  

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Breaded Asparagus

Asparagus is one of our favorite vegetables to make.  This is a great way to make asparagus and make them taste great.  These remind me of fries, but made out of asparagus.  They taste so good that you don't realize that you are eating vegetables.  This is a great side dish that is both delicious and healthy.  

Breaded Asparagus

(Recipe adapted from Weelicious)

1 cup panko or bread crumbs (can use Italian flavor to give it some more flavor)

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1/4 cup flour

1 bunch asparagus, stems removed

1.  Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.

2.  Mix the bread crumbs, garlic powder, and salt in a bowl.  In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs.  Place the flour in a third bowl.

3.  Making an assembly line, dip the asparagus in the flour, then the eggs, and then into the bread crumb mixture.  Coat evenly and repeat with each asparagus.

4.  Place all of the asparagus on a greased cookie sheet.  Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the bread crumbs are golden brown.

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Showcase Your Talent Thursday #19

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I hope that everyone is having a great week!  I hope that everyone is enjoying the Olympics!! We love watching the Olympics and have been watching it every evening. My favorite sports are swimming and gymnastics, while my husband really likes soccer, tennis, and volleyball.  What are some of your favorite sports to watch?

 Thanks to everyone that linked up last week! I can't wait to see all the amazing ideas that you have to share this week!!  

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Homemade Oreos by Adventures of a DIY Mom.  I love oreos and these look especially delicious.  I really like that she used cream cheese frosting for the inside!


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Pineapple Cookies by Mandy's Recipe Box.  Yum!!! These cookies look great.  I bet they also taste really good!!




Andes Mint Chocolate Chip Cake by Life Made Simple.  This cake looks amazing.  The frosting looks just like mint chocolate chip ice cream.  I really love the chocolate ganache and Andes bark on top.




Shrimp Pasta with Spicy Tomato Cream Sauce by Jam's Corner.  This pasta dish looks wonderful! I am always looking for new pasta recipes and I can't wait to try this one!




Front Door Wreath by Cutiepie Creations.  This wreath is so cute!!! I love how cheap it was for her to make!




World's Best Caramel Brownies by Wine & Glue.  These brownies look amazing and very addicting!! They have caramel sauce and chocolate chips in the middle!

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