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Pillsbury Doughnut Holes

Dave and Sarah Eickelberg — January 18, 2012 — 1 Comment

Alright, so we know what we said. We were going to “healthify” in 2012. We have been doing a great job, but we had this one little tube of Pillsbury Biscuits in our fridge that we needed to use up. We both have a weakness for doughnuts, and when I say weakness, I mean “we could eat them every single day.”

Dunkin’ Donuts is planning on opening some shops in Des Moines soon and we are pretty much screwed. It will take everything within us to not go there every morning. So due to our intense love for doughnuts, it was no surprise that we decided to turn the ordinary tube of biscuits into a Saturday morning breakfast treat.

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Egg Nog French Toast

Dave and Sarah Eickelberg — December 16, 2011 — 2 Comments

Did you notice our amazing new family picture? ————–>

This Fall, we had our pictures taken by a family friend, Tessa Cox. She rocked the photo session, big time. If you have ever tried to take pictures with kids, you know how stressful and difficult it can be. They never look at the camera at the same time! Our session with Tessa was completely different. She got our kids to actually look at the camera and smile! If you need pictures taken for anything (family photo shoot, wedding, newborn etc.), you should get in contact with Tessa! We can’t wait to hand out some of these pictures to friends and family during Christmas!

Speaking of Christmas, we just came up with the ultimate Christmas brinner (breakfast for dinner), and it all started with a simple misunderstanding.

Last week at work, somebody mentioned something about an Egg Nog latte. One of my co-workers misheard and thought they said “Egg Nog Waffle.” That got me thinking – an Egg Nog Waffle actually sounded pretty good. We don’t have a waffle maker, so then I thought Egg Nog Pancakes would be good to try.

I sent Sarah a text to tell her about my idea, and that’s when we both realized that Egg Nog French Toast would be even better than Egg Nog Pancakes! I felt like we just came up with a unique and new recipe…until I did a google search for “egg nog french toast.” Turns out it isn’t original, BUT we did come up with the idea on our own and we used our own recipe, so it’s kind of original.

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Prosciutto Egg Cups and Pumpkin Bread

Dave and Sarah Eickelberg — November 14, 2011 — 10 Comments

This is a fantastic idea…

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Tricking your kids into getting a free back rub – it’s pure genius! Parenting is the absolute greatest thing we have ever experienced in our lives. BUT, it can also be incredibly hard and stressful. Sometimes we have to find little tricks like a back rub t-shirt to help us make it through.

This weekend we came up with another trick to help get Marley to eat eggs. Everyone in our family LOVES eggs except for Marley. She just decided one day that she doesn’t like them! This makes meal time difficult when we want to make a meal based around eggs. But, what we do know is that Marley loves cured meats! Haha! So, if we basically wrap a piece of salty prosciutto (which she loves) around an egg (which she doesn’t love) will she eat it?!

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Autumn Breakfast for Dinner

Dave and Sarah Eickelberg — October 5, 2011 — 4 Comments

Remember when we posted Breakfast for Dinner this spring? (Baked Omelet and Almond Ricotta Pancakes with Strawberries) Oh yeah, and when we posted our Foodbuzz 24 x 24 Breakfast for Dinner recipes? (Baked Denver Omelet and Lemon Poppyseed Pancakes with Blueberry Sauce) So it seems we have a thing for baked omelets and pancakes for dinner! Hey, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Our latest Breakfast for Dinner creation features some of fall’s finest flavors. Spinach and Sausage Baked Omelet and Pumpkin Pancakes with Trail Mix topping. This may be one of our favorites yet! It was a perfect plate for a cozy autumn evening.

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Homemade Toaster Strudel

Dave and Sarah Eickelberg — August 25, 2011 — 4 Comments

We have never met a person who doesn’t like a good Toaster Strudel every now and then. It’s the classic before school breakfast, right? Remember how it would either be still frozen in the middle or so hot that the fruity filling would scald the roof of your mouth?! All those tasty childhood memories came flooding back when we saw Claire Robinson make homemade toaster pastries on 5 Ingredient Fix. We thought they would be perfect for a special treat as the school year begins.

Check out how these beauties come together.

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Smoothies

Dave and Sarah Eickelberg — July 20, 2011 — 7 Comments

For years there was a stunning lack of smoothies in our diets. Why? Because we didn’t own a blender! We tried a few times to make them in our food processor…..don’t do it. It will leave you in a bad mood. So, at the beginning of summer we purchased a blender for the sole purpose of making cool and creamy smoothies whenever the craving strikes. And now we’re making up for lost time.

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Scrambled Eggs and Asparagus

Dave and Sarah Eickelberg — June 20, 2011 — 2 Comments

We are so thankful that Dave’s job allows him to occasionally work from home. Whenever he does work from home, we like to have something special for breakfast. This time it was scrambled eggs and asparagus. We’ve been wanting to try this for a long time. Usually when we make scrambled eggs it’s more about speed than anything. Just get them cooked and on the plate as fast as you can! They are always good, but we know they could be better. So we followed the rules and cooked them low and slow this time. This takes some serious patience when you’ve got a rumbling belly first thing in the morning!

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Foodbuzz 24×24: Breakfast for Dinner

Dave and Sarah Eickelberg — May 1, 2011 — 14 Comments

We are Dave and Sarah and this is one of our favorite things of all time:

Another one of our favorite things is breakfast food. If you’ve followed our blog for any length of time, you’ve probably already caught on to the fact that we love breakfast. A few weeks ago, we even devoted an entire week of posts to breakfast food. So when it came time to submit a post for the Foodbuzz 24×24 event, it was a no brainer for us: Breakfast for Dinner. We know, we know…we have already posted Breakfast for Dinner once before. But that’s what’s so great about this meal. There are hundreds of different combinations to choose from!

For this meal, we decided to get together with our good friends, Rob and Ami (along with their four kids). We made Lemon Poppyseed Pancakes with Blueberry Sauce, Baked Denver Omelet, Amana Bacon, and Cold Brewed Iced Coffee. We also decided to honor our kids’ request and whip up some chocolate chip pancakes at the last minute. Yum!

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Granola and Granola Bar Bites

Dave and Sarah Eickelberg — April 18, 2011 — 4 Comments

We’ve talked a lot lately about oats and yogurt, so we thought this would be a great time to post one of our favorite recipes, homemade granola. We like to make this about every other week or so. It’s great to have on hand because it’s wholesome, uses really great ingredients, and is so versatile. Most of the time we just use it to sprinkle on our greek yogurt, but it’s also great for quick, healthy weeknight desserts. Just grill up some nectarines or peaches, top with the granola and vanilla yogurt. Or cook some apples in a skillet with cinnamon and a little sugar, top with granola and a scoop of ice cream. Or microwave some blackberries and granola until warm….you get the idea! You can break the pieces as big or little as you want so we leave some that are more like bars to grab when we’re in a hurry. I know there are tons of granola recipes out there. Some may be lower in fat or calories. We’re well aware that this still has butter and brown sugar, but once we made this recipe we couldn’t stop! We figure that butter is still real food and that counts for something. Hey, everybody needs a little fat in their diets, right? At least it’s not partially hydrogenated vegetable oil and high fructose corn syrup.

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Migas

Dave and Sarah Eickelberg — April 7, 2011 — 4 Comments

Over the last few months we have been making a lot of Mexican food. We just love the flavors so much! Mexican breakfast can be so much more than a breakfast burrito from Quiktrip! This migas recipe, inspired by Rachael Ray, is an amped up version of the traditional Tex-Mex dish.

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