Category Archives: Potatos

Breakfast Pie

Breakfast, Eggs, Pie, Potatos, Sausage

I’m so honored because I received the Operation Beautiful Award from Lizzie.

She’s a wonderful new blogger so go check her out! 🙂  Thanks, Lizzie! ❤

This is what you have to do:

-Write 3 things you like about your looks.
1. I like my face.
2. I like my hair.
3. I like my nails.

-Write 3 things you appreciate about your personality.
1. I like that I’m honest.
2. I like that I can (sometimes ;)) make people laugh.
3. I like that I would be willing to help anybody out that needed it.

-Write about something you find beautiful in other people.
I love when people are caring and compassionate.  I think that anybody can be beautiful as long as they’re pretty on the inside.

-Award as many other people as you like and let them know!

Oh gosh, there are too many people that I want to give this to!
How about if you’re reading this, you can do it on your blog and say it’s from me! 🙂  You’re all deserving of it.
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In other news, I made a breakfast pie.

Kellen hates pie.  Somehow we got to talking about whether or not he would like a savory pie and he said he didn’t know.  So… I made one.  And it was delicious!!

🙂
Breakfast Pie
Ingredients:
1 unbaked pie shell
4 sausage patties
4 eggs
1 potato
3/4 cup cheese
Seasoned salt to taste

Topping (optional… I kind of thought it was too much with the crust):
1 cup all-purpose flour1 teaspoons baking powder1/8 teaspoons salt4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 12 pieces1 tbs milk or buttermilk

Directions:
1.  Peel potato and cut into small pieces.
2.  Boil potato until it starts to get soft, but not completely cooked.  Set aside.
3.  Cut up sausage patties and microwave for 1 minute, or until warm, but not completely cooked.
4.  In a saucepan, combine potatoes, sausage, and eggs.  Keep stirring on stove for about 1 minute.
5.  Layer pie shell with the 3/4 cup cheese and potato, sausage, and egg mixture.  Salt to taste.
6. *Optional: Mix first 3 ingredients in a small bowl.  Cut in butter with a pastry cutter until it forms small crumbs.  Add milk.
7.  Layer topping over the pie.
8.  Bake 30-40 minutes or until edges are golden brown.



    Dinner, Dessert, and a Snowstorm List

    Chocolate Chip, Dinner, Nachos, Peanut Butter, Potatos

    3 blog posts in 3 days… I’m on a roll!

    Tomorrow will be my 3rd snow day in a row…I’m going InSaNe!!

    All I want to do is bake, but I can’t even take the finished products anywhere since I’m snowed in, so that is a very, very bad idea.  But I never said my ideas were good, so I’m currently stuck in a house with chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter chocolate chip bars, baked oatmeal, granola, and potato nachos.  Ugggh, someone come eat with me!!

    I’m feeling super accomplished today.  I made an actual breakfast (baked oatmeal), did a workout video (from Netflix!! so cool- thanks to the discovery made by my friend Hillary.), cleaned my room, cleaned the bathroom, did the dishes, made dinner, made dessert, and now a blog post.  Woooo, feelin’ pretty good.

    Being stuck inside has forced me to come up with:


    26 Things to Do Inside During a Snowstorm

    1.  Watch Netflix.  Catch up on every single episode you’ve missed.  If you don’t have Netflix,
    2.  Purchase Netflix.
    3.  Make some crafts with Martha.
    4. Jordan’s doodle.
    4.  Doodle.  (Photo courtesy of my best friend. Haha! Love her.)
    5.  Play video games.
    6.  Play board games.
    7.  Read.  I found out I’m able to get free books from Kansas Library with my college library account.  Sweet!
    8.  Facebook.  (Not happy about this one, I’m officially checking myself into Facebook Rehab.)
    9.  Take pictures.
    10.  Edit pictures.  I just found a cool new photo editing software.
    11.  Start a blog! 🙂
    12.  Make some coffee and just relaxxxx.  Oprah says that having “silent time” every day is an important part of being happy.  Oprah is never wrong.
    13.  Play games online.  (My fav.)
    14.  Clean (Not a fan of this one either. Just throwin’ out some ideas!)
    15.  Organize your junk drawers and cabinets.
    16.  Online shop.  (Bad idea, but still an idea)
    17.  Dye your hair.
    18.  Paint your nails.
    19.  Find new music.
    20.  Nap.
    21.  Create your own dinner.
    22.  Talk to your boyfriend on the phone since you can’t drive to him.  😦
    23.  Start a fire.  In the fireplace, of course.
    24.  Put off doing homework.  I’m really good at that.
    25.  Eat.  I’m really good at that, too.
    26.  Make Loaded Potato Nachos and Chocolate Chip Bars with Peanut Butter Frosting. 



    Loaded Potato Nachos
    adapted from:  HowSweetEats  (Can you tell I like her?)
    Ingredients: (Serves 3)

    3 large potatoes
    2 tablespoons olive oil
    1 tablespoon season salt, or to taste
    *Toppings are versatile, but I used:
    1/2 cup refried beans
    1/4 cup black olives
    1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
    1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
    Salsa

    You could also use chicken, banana peppers, sour cream, cottage cheese, feta cheese, guacamole, beef, etc.  Get creative

    Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
    Wash potatoes, peel off any bad parts, and slice into wedges (however thick of thin you would like). Toss with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
    Lay on a non-stick baking sheet and bake for 45 minutes, flipping once.
    Remove potatoes and top with whatever toppings you would like.
    Stick back in the oven to melt cheese and refried beans.



    Chocolate Chip Bars with Peanut Butter Frosting
    bars from:  Food.com
    frosting from: AllRecipes

    These would be good plain, but of course, I had to add frosting.

    Ingredients


    2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1 teaspoon salt
    1 cup butter, softened
    3/4 cup granulated sugar
    3/4 cup packed brown sugar
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    2 eggs
    1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips

    1. Preheat oven to 375* Grease a 15×10-inch jelly roll pan. 
    2. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. 
    3. Beat butter, both sugars and vanilla in large mixer bowl. 
    4. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. 
    5. Gradually beat flour mixture into butter mixture. 
    6. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. 
    7. Spread into prepared pan. 
    8. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
    9. Let cool, frost with recipe below. 
    Peanut Butter Frosting

    Ingredients

    • 1/2 cup butter, softened
    • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
    • 3 tablespoons milk, or as needed
    • 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
    1. Place the butter and peanut butter into a medium bowl, and beat with an electric mixer. Gradually mix in the sugar, and when it starts to get thick, incorporate milk one tablespoon at a time until all of the sugar is mixed in and the frosting is thick and spreadable. Beat for at least 3 minutes.

      Dinner, Dessert, and a Snowstorm List

      Chocolate Chip, Dinner, Nachos, Peanut Butter, Potatos

      3 blog posts in 3 days… I’m on a roll!

      Tomorrow will be my 3rd snow day in a row…I’m going InSaNe!!

      All I want to do is bake, but I can’t even take the finished products anywhere since I’m snowed in, so that is a very, very bad idea.  But I never said my ideas were good, so I’m currently stuck in a house with chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter chocolate chip bars, baked oatmeal, granola, and potato nachos.  Ugggh, someone come eat with me!!

      I’m feeling super accomplished today.  I made an actual breakfast (baked oatmeal), did a workout video (from Netflix!! so cool- thanks to the discovery made by my friend Hillary.), cleaned my room, cleaned the bathroom, did the dishes, made dinner, made dessert, and now a blog post.  Woooo, feelin’ pretty good.

      Being stuck inside has forced me to come up with:


      26 Things to Do Inside During a Snowstorm

      1.  Watch Netflix.  Catch up on every single episode you’ve missed.  If you don’t have Netflix,
      2.  Purchase Netflix.
      3.  Make some crafts with Martha.
      4. Jordan’s doodle.
      4.  Doodle.  (Photo courtesy of my best friend. Haha! Love her.)
      5.  Play video games.
      6.  Play board games.
      7.  Read.  I found out I’m able to get free books from Kansas Library with my college library account.  Sweet!
      8.  Facebook.  (Not happy about this one, I’m officially checking myself into Facebook Rehab.)
      9.  Take pictures.
      10.  Edit pictures.  I just found a cool new photo editing software.
      11.  Start a blog! 🙂
      12.  Make some coffee and just relaxxxx.  Oprah says that having “silent time” every day is an important part of being happy.  Oprah is never wrong.
      13.  Play games online.  (My fav.)
      14.  Clean (Not a fan of this one either. Just throwin’ out some ideas!)
      15.  Organize your junk drawers and cabinets.
      16.  Online shop.  (Bad idea, but still an idea)
      17.  Dye your hair.
      18.  Paint your nails.
      19.  Find new music.
      20.  Nap.
      21.  Create your own dinner.
      22.  Talk to your boyfriend on the phone since you can’t drive to him.  😦
      23.  Start a fire.  In the fireplace, of course.
      24.  Put off doing homework.  I’m really good at that.
      25.  Eat.  I’m really good at that, too.
      26.  Make Loaded Potato Nachos and Chocolate Chip Bars with Peanut Butter Frosting. 



      Loaded Potato Nachos
      adapted from:  HowSweetEats  (Can you tell I like her?)
      Ingredients: (Serves 3)

      3 large potatoes
      2 tablespoons olive oil
      1 tablespoon season salt, or to taste
      *Toppings are versatile, but I used:
      1/2 cup refried beans
      1/4 cup black olives
      1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
      1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
      Salsa

      You could also use chicken, banana peppers, sour cream, cottage cheese, feta cheese, guacamole, beef, etc.  Get creative

      Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
      Wash potatoes, peel off any bad parts, and slice into wedges (however thick of thin you would like). Toss with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
      Lay on a non-stick baking sheet and bake for 45 minutes, flipping once.
      Remove potatoes and top with whatever toppings you would like.
      Stick back in the oven to melt cheese and refried beans.



      Chocolate Chip Bars with Peanut Butter Frosting
      bars from:  Food.com
      frosting from: AllRecipes

      These would be good plain, but of course, I had to add frosting.

      Ingredients


      2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
      1 teaspoon baking soda
      1 teaspoon salt
      1 cup butter, softened
      3/4 cup granulated sugar
      3/4 cup packed brown sugar
      1 teaspoon vanilla extract
      2 eggs
      1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips

      1. Preheat oven to 375* Grease a 15×10-inch jelly roll pan. 
      2. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. 
      3. Beat butter, both sugars and vanilla in large mixer bowl. 
      4. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. 
      5. Gradually beat flour mixture into butter mixture. 
      6. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. 
      7. Spread into prepared pan. 
      8. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
      9. Let cool, frost with recipe below. 
      Peanut Butter Frosting

      Ingredients

      • 1/2 cup butter, softened
      • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
      • 3 tablespoons milk, or as needed
      • 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
      1. Place the butter and peanut butter into a medium bowl, and beat with an electric mixer. Gradually mix in the sugar, and when it starts to get thick, incorporate milk one tablespoon at a time until all of the sugar is mixed in and the frosting is thick and spreadable. Beat for at least 3 minutes.