Sweet Chicken Sausage and Spinach Omelet

Sweet Chicken Sausage and Spinach Omelet: 

1 link Al Fresco Sweet Apple Chicken Sausage, cut in bite size pieces. 

Cheese- I used cheddar and Munster. A sharper salty cheese is best in my opinion. 

Small hand full fresh spinach, rough chopped. 

3 eggs, whisked very well 

Splash of milk

Cook sausage and remove from pan. Put a splash of milk in eggs and whisk really well. Put in pan on medium low. Add spinach, cheese and sausage in that order. Fold over when ready. Cook thru. 

Was easy on my tummy. Very tasty and filling and I only ate half and froze the other half for another day. 

Enjoy! 

~Mrs. Milly~ 

Energy Boost Iced Coffee

1 cup coffee chilled 

Spoon full chocolate hazelnut spread

1 frozen banana 

Blend 

Serve over ice

This was so good, gave me a pep in my step, it was filling too and didn't mess with my CD at all! 

Enjoy! 

~Mrs. Milly~ 

Cheese Ravioli with Mushroom and Spinach Cream Sauce

This is not low fat and was okay on my CD but was SO GOOD! 

Mushroom and Spinach Cream Sauce: 

1 cup mushrooms, rough chopped. I did mine a little small to hide from the little one but the ended up at the bottom of the bowl. 

1 large clove garlic, pressed 

1 tbs olive oil

1/4 cup dry white wine 

1 bag fresh spinach

2 tbs butter

2 tbs cream cheese

1 cup heavy cream 

Salt and black pepper to taste. 

Put olive oil in medium pot over medium heat, add garlic and mushrooms, cook for a few minutes. 

Add wine. Bring to a simmer for 2 minutes. 

Add spinach. Stirring and wilting 

Add S&P

Add cream cheese stirring till melted. 

Turn heat to low and add cream. 

Do NOT drain and juice from veggies out before adding cream! 

Bring to a low simmer for 5 minutes stirring every once in a while. 

Taste and add more S&P if needed. 

While your sauce is getting started get your water ready for your frozen ravioli (fresh is fine too). I find frozen to be quick and easy. 

I served mine with chicken, you can do it with or without. I cut 2 breast in strips, seasoned it with garlic salt, black pepper, basil and parsley and cooked it in a pan. 

Feedback:

My 3 year old ate 2 servings, my husband said it was really good and I really liked it! 

Enjoy! 

~Mrs. Milly~ 

Shrimp in Mushroom and Pea Cream Sauce over Spaghetti Squash

I have always wanted to try spaghetti squash so I went on the search on how to cook it and how to use it. Many people used it in place of noodles, so I gave it a try!

To cook the squash:
I roasted it. I cut it in half length wise and scooped all the seeds and yuck out of it and rinsed it well. I then poked a bunch of holes using a fork in the skin, rubbed the skin with olive oil and placed each half skin side up in a pan and cooked for 45min at 350. I let it cool for a good 15-20 minutes. Then took a fork and scraped the inside and it pulled apart like spaghetti noodles.

Mushroom and Pea Cream Sauce:
1tbs butter
1tbs olive oil1/2 cup diced white mushrooms
1/2 cup frozen peas
1/4 cup diced onion
2 cloves garlic pressed or minced
1/4 cup heavy cream
1/8 cup dry white wine
Salt and Pepper to taste
(Theses are all eyeball measurements like most of my off the top of my head recipes are)

Heat medium pot and add butter and olive oil.
Add onion till transparent, then add garlic and mushrooms.
After mushroom start to cook add peas.
Add wine and turn heat to low and add cream. S&P to taste. Simmer on low till peas are heated thru.

Shrimp:
I used my cast-iron skillet. Heated a little olive oil. Seasoned the shrimp with garlic salt and old bay. Cooked on med-high to get a little crust. Used to top.

Feedback:
My dad and I really liked this but you have to go in knowing it is not noodles because it taste nothing like noodles to me. My son was not a fan of the squash and my husband said the sauce needed to be thicker but was tasty. Squash need butter and seasoning as should be a side and use real noodles. It didn't mess with my tummy either for my IBD peeps.

Try your own version and let me know how it turns out!

Enjoy!

~Mrs. Milly~

Cucumber and Tuna Salad Rolls

These were so easy and tasty!!! Plus it's good for you and didn't mess with my tummy! 

For anyone following that has an IBD, I didn't use the seed part of the cucumber just the outside or you can get a seedless cucumber. For others you can use the whole cucumber. 

Tuna Salad: (I eyeballed everything so the are "about" measurements) 

12 oz can tuna, drained 

1 small celery stalk, diced

1/8 cup (2tbs) sweet onion, diced. If can't eat raw onion use a little bit of onion powder.

1 tbs Dijon mustard 

2 tbs Mayo

1/4 of a lemon, just the juice

1 tsp dry dill

Garlic salt and black pepper to taste, I used about a tsp each. 

Mix all together and chill in fridge. 

Peel cucumber, cut off ends, with a good knife cut thin strips length wise. I used a spoon and spooned about a tbsp or so of tuna salad in the middle of each and rolled up and used a toothpick to hold together. I topped with a little more garlic salt and pepper.

Enjoy! 

~Mrs. Milly~ 

Banana Pudding Poke Cake

This is so simple and SO GOOD!!

I got the recipe from this site:

www.thecountrycook.net/2012/06/banana-pudding-poke-cake.html?m=1 

I did it a little different though. 

I only used 1 box of banana cream pudding 

mix, I feel like 2 would of made it too soggy. 

You could still get cake with one box. I also 

used a straw to poke the holes and an 8x8 

pan. Other than that I followed her recipe.

Tips: Refrigerate before serving to make sure 

its good and cold. Don't add cookies and 

bananas to top till you are going to serve it. 

My husband, dad and I really liked this!

Enjoy!

~Mrs. Milly~

Wheat Pumpkin Waffles

My son got a waffle maker for Christmas. He loves to cook like his mama! He's been begging me to make waffles so I was up early and surprised him! It was my first time making homemade waffle mix and they truned out good! 

For this recipe I leaned in trusty Pinterest and like always put my own spin on it. 

Wheat Pumpkin Waffles:

2 cups wheat flour

2 tbs baking powder 

2 tbs cinnamon 

1 tsp nutmeg 

1.5 tbs sugar 

1/4 tsp salt

1 Tbs Almond extract or Vanilla (I was out  of vanilla so I used almond and liked the nutty flavor)  

1 can pumpkin (pure pumpkin, not pie mix)

4 egg yolks - save the whites and make an omelet :-) 

1/3 cup or 5 tbs Melted and COOLED butter (if hot it will scramble your eggs) 

1 1/2 cups Milk 

Mix all dry ingredient together. Then add wet. 

Cook in hot waffle iron. 

Serve with honey or syrup. 

My son and I really enjoyed these! It makes a lot but I fereze the extra for a quick pop in the toster oven breakfast. 

Enjoy! 

~Mrs. Milly~ 

Panko Fried Flounder

So I let my cheat days of not eating that great linger past the weekend but boy was it good!!! For fried food which I don't do much any more it didn't really bother my CD either! 

It was organic fish at least ;-). 

 

Panko Fried Flounder: 

I pulled about 1+lbs of flounder caught by my husband out of the deep freeze and it had the words fry on the package (he notes the cuts best for frying) so that's what I did. I cut it in to strips for easy finger food. 

1/4 cup AP flour

2 eggs, whisked

1/2 panko bread crumbs 

Vegetable oil

Heat oil in pan, fryer, pot or whatever you like to fry in. I used a deep skillet. 

In three different bowls put 

1. Flour seasoned with a little S&P

2. Eggs

3. Panko crumbs seasoned with Old Bay and Garlic Salt. (About 1/2 tbs each) 

In the order above dredge your fish and fry till golden brown. It's that easy! 

I served it with homemade citrus tarter sauce, sautéed spinach and oven baked frys. 

My son and husband really enjoyed it and  gave a big thumbs up! 

Enjoy! 

~Mrs. Milly~ 

Seasons 52

Here is my first restaurant review and I forgot a photo of the food... We didn't bring phones out at our anniversary dinner which is a good thing though! I did get a quick one of us waiting.

We got there a little early and grabbed a drink at the bar. My first impression was good. Nice staff, good atmosphere, clean, pricey drinks ;-), you know the things you look for in a nice place. 

We started with the stuffed mushrooms. They were, well.... Okay. They had shrimp, spinach, crab, and bread crumbs. They sounded much better than tasted. We both agreed they didn't have much flavor but we were hungry. 

My husband got the Scallops with risotto and asparagus. They scallops tasted fresh but the risotto was NOT good at all. It tasted like very diluted cream of chicken. 

I got the filet. The steak its self was good!!! It was paired with mashed potatoes which were potatoes and sautéed spinach which had no flavor and was dry. 

Our all around experience was a 5 out of 10. Nice place, good service, we had a good time, but so so food. Plus it is pretty pricey which I don't mind if the food is worth it but, it is not. 

My in laws went the following night without knowing we had gone and had the same reaction when I asked how it was. "It is....good...but not great" 

~Mrs. Milly~