Grilled Chicken!

Last time I showed the yummy birthday treat. This was my husband's birthday dinner!

That's grilled chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy and mixed vegetables, with root beer! yum!

He made the chicken marinade based on what sounded good and what we had on hand.It turned out *really good! All of us enjoyed it. So that's today's recipe! You are welcome! haha!

He mixed together the following ingredients in a measuring cup:
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup bbq sauce
1/8 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tbsp chili powder
1/2 tbsp onion powder
1/2 tbsp garlic powder

Then he put three large chicken breasts into bag, poured the mixture over it, rubbed it all around, and allowed the chicken to marinate a bit. He put the chicken on the hot grill, squeezed the remaining marinate mixture into a bowl, and thinned it out with A1. And he brushed the mixture on a couple times while cooking. It was juicy and flavorful and delicious! I strongly recommend you give it a try!

S'mores Cookies!

So my husband's birthday is this weekend. He wouldn't make up his mind and tell me what kind of treat he would like us to make for him so my son and I sat down at the computer and started searching for a yummy sounding new treat. THIS is whaht we picked! This is a website my husband found (I've shared it before on this blog) so I figured that was a good place to start and we had the ingredients on hand to half this recipe! Yeay! haha!
And its a keeper!!

So you mix up the dough, press half of it into the pan. Then you dollop marshmallow creme over it...

 and sprinkle chocolate chips all over it...

 and then crumble/dollop the remaining cookie dough  on top of that!

 Stick it in the oven for a while and voila!

YUM.

Blueberry Muffins from Scratch!

This was my yummy Mother's Day Breakfast!

They look like bran muffins, but they're not. Its just dark from the blueberry pie filling they used! *grin

Like many things my husband makes (if there's a recipe involved) it comes from Alton Brown. Its in Good Eats 2: The Middle Years for those who wonder. If you want to look it up online the episode it comes from is "The Muffin Man Method". The substitutions involved came from the fact of that's what we had on hand.

And here's the recipe...

7 oz sugar

1/2 cup veg oil

1 large egg

1 cup plain yogurt (he used vanilla because that's what was in the house)

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp orange zest (he forgot this part)

12 1/2 oz all purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 heavy pinch kosher salt (regular old salt in this case)

8 oz fresh blueberries (used about a half a can of blueberry pie filling. Worked really well too!)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large bowl sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and set aside.

In another large bowl, whisk together the sugar, oil, egg and yogurt. Add the dry ingredients reserving 1 tablespoon of the dry ingredients and toss with the blueberries. Stir mixture for a count of 10. Add 1 cup blueberries to mixture and stir 3 more times. Reserve the 1/2 cup of blueberries.

Using a #20 ice cream scoop, add the mixture to greased muffin pans. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup of berries on top of muffins and press down lightly. Place into the oven and increase the temperature to 400 degrees. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, rotating pan halfway through. Remove from oven and turn out, upside down on tea towel to cool completely. Serve immediately or store in airtight container for 2 to 3 days.

The link to the original recipe on the Food Network's website can be found HERE!