fun new foods!

Look at all the goodies I got at the Buford Highway Farmers Market yesterday!

I met a new friend and you will never believe it.  She's a personal chef.  I'm such a foodie and a wanna be, but she's the real deal y'all.  She's fun!  Soooo, anyway, at Hayden's soccer game we were chatting and she mentioned this fun farmers market across town, so we went!  

It was so cool and I was almost as overwhelmed as I get when I step foot into HomeGoods.  You know where you have a plan and you know what you want and then you get so distracted by all the goodies you can't even think.  Yea, that is what happened to me.  It was so much fun!

Look at these little spikey fruit balls.

Have you heard of Rambutan?  I bought a few and they are tasty little treats.

They grow in bunches on a tree in tropical regions of Southeast Asia.  They have a pit, but we just ate around it like a peach.  Yummy!

Look at my pretty white eggplant!  I'm so excited about them.

I got Hayden an apple the size of his face and I got Layla a few pears.  She said it was the best pair she'd ever had!

I know it's hard to tell in this picture, but I also got tuna steaks.  Our family loves thick tuna steaks on the grill!  

There were tons of interesting foods all around.  There were foods I'd never heard of.  We saw chicken feet and the picture above is ox pizzle.  Google that.  Or don't.

What a fun day and now I have some fun new things to snack on and find recipes for!

orange rolls all waffled up

If you follow me on Instagram you know that I am waffling all the things.  

I have been doing tons of experimenting since Valentine's day with my new waffle maker.  I have done muffin mixes and tater tots and grilled cheese sandwiches and even apples and pears with cinnamon.

Yesterday we had a snow day and so I made orange rolls for breakfast for the kids.  They are ok, but I will do the orange rolls differently next time.  I won't smash them all on the hot iron at the same time.  You live and you learn right?!?   I think it would be fun to make them in different shapes too!

The Pillsbury orange rolls still tasted super yummy even though they looked a little odd! 

Valentine's Day 2015

The munchkins started off Valentine's day with a cream filled chocolate glazed donut, strawberries and strawberry milk.  They were very happy!

I got a waffle maker as a gift from my Valentine!  I'm so excited about it!

I made a batch of the fluffiest waffles I've ever eaten.  The kids are in love.  I used a package of strawberry muffin mix and just added a 1/2 cup of milk and then poured it onto the hot waffle iron.  It's so fun and easy.  I pinned tons of recipes on Pinterest.  I saw a pin about putting layers of tater tots on the waffle iron to produce hash browns.  Um hello!  Yes ma'am!  I'm so happy with my new gift!  I'll try to post all my creations!

I did baked apples for dessert tonight.  Yes, on the waffle maker and then I sprinkled them with a Truvia packet and cinnamon.  I tried to be creative with what I have at home, but hope to try brownies and even cinnamon rolls on my new toy.  My head cold came back after being gone for several days, so I didn't want to go to the grocery store feeling all sneezy.  I'm so mad about feeling yucky on V-day.  It's no fun, but I'm downing the meds.  I swear I need some of those Oils everyone has been talking about!!  ;)

Hope you had a Happy Heart Day!

playing with pancakes

As you all know, Gary is the pancake maker of our house.  He loves making them on the weekends when he's off work.  We all look forward to it.  Well, he saw a video on Facebook of someone creating fun shapes and images with batter, so he wanted to try it!  We loved the idea.

I think he did a great job!  He made pretty much anything the kids and I asked for.  I love my cute diamond ring.  He made a Christmas tree too.

Hayden asked for a football.  Go Bears!!

Here is a fun man before he got flipped over!  

We just love playing with and of course eating our food.