Muffin Tin Mac and Cheese cups

Ingredients

1/2

lb uncooked elbow macaroni

4

tablespoons butter

2

tablespoons Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour

1/2

teaspoon salt

1/4

teaspoon ground black pepper

1

cup milk 

2

cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese (8 oz)

1/2

cup Progresso™ plain panko crispy bread crumbs

1

tablespoon finely chopped fresh Italian (flat-leaf) parsley

Directions

• 1 Heat oven to 425°F. Place foil muffin liner in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups. Spray liners with cooking spray. Cook macaroni as directed on package; drain, and set aside.
• 2 Meanwhile, in 4-quart saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter over medium heat. Add flour, salt and pepper; cook and beat with whisk 1 to 2 minutes or until thickened. Slowly beat in milk. Heat just to boiling, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Stir in cheese. Stir in macaroni. Divide mixture evenly among cups.
• 3 In medium microwavable bowl, microwave remaining 2 tablespoons butter uncovered on High 60 to 90 seconds or until melted. Stir in bread crumbs and parsley. Spoon on top of mixture in cups. Gently press.
• 4 Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until bread crumb mixture is golden brown. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

These turned out so yummy. My kiddos loved them! Recipe courtesy of Betty Crocker!

Geeky Food Momma

Apple and Rhubarb with Oat Clusters

Apple Rhubarb with Oat clusters is one recipe I ate while on my Daniels Fast.
I promised to share the recipe with ya'll!

So here goes!

Geeky Food Momma

Day 4 and 5 Of Daniel Fast

Getting down to the finish line ladies and gents! Here are my day 4 and 5 meals.

Day 4:

Breakfast: oatmeal and banana
snack: applesauce
Lunch: veggie plate( carrots, celery, tomato, cucumber), hummus, hard boiled egg, cheese
snack: mini rice cakes, cheese
Dinner: fried green tomatoes, and a banana



Day 5:

Breakfast: fruit bowl (mango, strawberries,blueberries, golden honeydew melon, kiwi) Oat bran toast
snack: lentils, banana
Lunch: oatmeal, and remaining fruit from breakfast
snack: hummus, pretzels, and almonds
Dinner: fried green tomatoes, cottage cheese



So as you can see I still have some dairy, and eggs still included in my Daniel fast. With the fast you can modify it however you deem necessary and its great. I have been a vegetarian for almost 1 week! LOL 2 more days to go!



Geeky Food Momma

Day 2 & 3 Daniel fast

So on to my day 2 of our Daniel Fast.

Breakfast: Apple rhubarb oat crisp, banana
snack: mini rice cakes, strawberries
lunch: Sweet potato quinoa chili
snack: plum, peach and strawberries all sliced up and split with Little K.
Dinner: red potatoes, baked green beans, black bean burger

My day started very early! 6:30 am.. blah! I did get to take a nap though, so that is always nice. My ankle is still sore (and swollen), so I didn't take a very long walk today unfortunately.


Day 3:

Breakfast: Fruit bowl (mango, kiwi, honeydew melon, grapes)
snack: strawberries, cheese stick
Lunch: Sweet potato quinoa chili... frozen yogurt.
Snack: apple sauce, hummus with gluten free pretzels
Dinner: All baked: carrots, green beans and baby red potatoes


Back at work today and all weekend. This fast is always hard to stick to! Good thing you can customize it some!
Going to post the recipes I have used so far soon!



Geeky Food Momma

Day 1 Daniel Fast

So my husband and I decided to do what is known as Daniel's Fast. Now this fast can be modified some for whomever decides to go on this fast. It is a fast that usually lasts 3 weeks at a time, mostly a vegetarian diet, without added sugars etc.

There are websites and books you can view to get a list of what all is usually acceptable to eat and drink while on the fast.A pretty normal list of what you can have would be:

• All fruits
• All veggies
• Whole grains
• All legumes
• All nuts and seeds
• All quality oils
• Seasonings
• Beverages (water)
• Tofu and soy products

Now that is what you can have. Like I said you can modify it a little depending on how much into you want to go. This is based of a biblical fast from Daniel in the bible. He did his fast for a much more spiritual reason.

Now foods not to consume while on the fast:

• All meat products
• All dairy
• All sweeteners
• All leavened bread
• All refined/processed food
• All deep fried foods
• All solid fats
• Beverages (coffee, tea, herbal teas, carbonated beverages, energy drinks, and alcohol.)
• Fast food would be included in this list

So for my day 1. 

I had :

Breakfast: Apple Rhubarb Crisp, and a banana

snack: golden honey dew melon

Lunch: carrots, celery, with hummus

snack: Pureed Apple tube (x2) and mini rice cakes

Dinner: Sweet potato and Quinoa chili

(recipes with pictures soon to follow for the breakfast dish and dinner)

Day 2 is already starting for me really early this morning/

We are only doing this for 1 week instead of 3. Our goal is to do it for 1 week each month. wish us luck!

Geeky Food Momma

Baked Zucchini slices

Okay so for this dish. I made baked zucchini "chips".

I used : zucchini, bread crumbs, seasonings, parm cheese and egg.

You just mix your bread crumbs, parm  and seasonings together.

your egg is for your wash.

slice your zucchini.

Take and coat slice in egg than in mixture.

Baked at like 400 for 8 minutes, then flipped slices over baked another 8 minutes.

YUM

Geeky Food Momma!

My 4th of July Quick sides!

So for the fourth of July weekend. My brother invited us to a cook out. All I was asked to bring was a side. I wanted something sorta healthy and of course to take a dessert. So I picked these two to take. Super easy and fairly quick to prepare.

First up the side dish.

What we have here is ...

baby red potatoes... in which I diced and boiled.
Then added half a packet of green onion mix (hidden valley), and a mixture of black pepper and onion. Stirred it all together and voila!



As for this dessert. it is chocolate chip cheesecake bars!

Ingredients

1

package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened

1/2

cup sugar 

1

egg

1/2

cup coconut, if desired

1

roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury™ refrigerated chocolate chip cookies

• 1Heat oven to 350°F. In small bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and egg until smooth. Stir in coconut.
• 2In ungreased, 9- or 8-inch square pan, break up half of cookie dough. With floured fingers, press dough evenly in bottom of pan to form crust. Spread cream cheese mixture over dough. Crumble and sprinkle remaining half of dough over cream cheese mixture.
• 3Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown and firm to the touch. Cool 30 minutes. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or until chilled. For bars, cut into 4 rows by 4 rows. Store in refrigerator.

recipe courtesy of : http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/chocolate-chip-cheesecake-bars

Thanks again Geeky Food Momma