Life as an Aced

Eddie needed Corn Bread for a work Charity Event so we cooked up these Corn Bread Muffins and they were a hit! We made a test Batch for Easter and they got Rave Reviews so we quadrupled it to feed 60 - on Easter we also served it with a honey butter I've included the recipe for too :) Corn Bread Muffins   Ingredients: 1 cup flour 1 cup cornmeal 2/3 cup sugar 1 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsps baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 cup buttermilk 2/3 cup oil 1 egg Directions: 1) Pre Heat oven to 400 degrees 2) Throw everything in a bowl and mix together 3) Line Muffin Tin with liners and fill 1/2 to 3/4 way full 4) Bake for 15 minutes Serve on their own or with Honey Butter (1 stick butter + 3-4 big squeezes of honey mashed together with a fork) Makes 16-17 Muffins

Monkey Bread is the big new thing on Pinterest. Everyone has their own version ranging from sweet to savory and everything in between. All of the recipes are pretty similar: Get a can of biscuits --> cut them up --> toss in butter and other ingredients --> then bake until its done. Eddie has been craving both garlic bread and cheesy bread so I joined the trend and created my own version of monkey bread Cheesy Garlic Monkey Bread Ingredients: 1 can of Biscuits 1/4 cup Butter (melted) 1/2 cup Shredded Cheese 1/2 tsp Greek Seasoning Parmesan Cheese Directions: 1) Pre-Heat Oven to 350 degrees 2) Open Can of biscuits and cut each one into quarters 3) Toss biscuits in butter, shredded cheese, and greek seasoning 4) Put mixture in baking pan and top with parmesan cheese 5) Bake for 20-25 minutes

For Thanksgiving this year me and Eddie went to his moms house so we didn't have to cook but we did bring quite a few side dishes. Here's What we brought Spicy Beer Jerky Ingredients 1-2 pounds stir fry meat 1 tsp liquid smoke 2 tsp salt 1 tsp chili powder 1 tsp onion powder 1 tsp cayenne pepper 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp pepper 1 tsp red pepper flakes 1/4 cup soy sauce 1 beer Directions 1) Place all ingredients in a large Ziploc bag and marinate over night 2) Place in Dehydrator and cook for 3-6 hours at 170 degrees Cheesy Bread Ingredients: -Homemade pizza dough with 1/4 tsp garlic powder added into dough -1/2 cup of butter (melted) -8 oz of Mozzarella Cheese -Parmesan Cheese -Greek Seasoning Directions: 1) Pre-Heat oven to 425 degrees 2) Follow the Homemade Dough Recipe found here adding 1/4 garlic powder to the dough 3) Melt 1/2 cup of butter and place into the bottom of a baking sheet with a lip 4) Roll out dough and place on top of ...

I haven't made bar chips in a while and instead lately just been taking the easy route with frozen fries. The other day I had some extra time and potatoes laying around so figured lets try this again and see if we can simplify them and YAY . . . thanks to the broiler I did!! Bar Chips Take 2 Ingredients: -4-6 Small Potatoes -Olive Oil -Cooking Spray -Greek Seasoning -Parmesan Cheese Directions: 1) Pre-heat Oven to 425 degrees 2) Cover the bottom of a high walled baking sheet with oil 3) Wash and Peel the potatoes and cut (like chips) in thick slices 4) Spray potatoes with cooking spray then sprinkle with greek seasoning 5) Cook for 25 minutes on Bottom Rack 6) Move to top rack and Broil 2 minutes at a time until nicely browned NOTES -Check out the Original Recipe  here -We served these with Chicken Poppers but you can easily replace them for french fries for any meal

As we continue our spicy food diet we have added spicy sides into our menus too. Last night we had Paninis with Spicy Fries Spicy Fries Ingredients Frozen fries Olive oil Spray cooking oil Greek seasoning Cayenne Pepper Salt Directions 1) pre heat oven to 425 2) coat bottom of baking sheet with olive oil 3) spread fries in an even layer on baking sheet 4) spray fries with cooking spray and sprinkle on greek seasoning and cayenne pepper 5) bake on bottom rack for 25 minutes 6) broil for 2-5 minutes until fries are browned 7) finish with salt and more cayenne pepper

Week 3 of Football means it time to bring out the football snacks This week for Monday night football we made up a batch of bacon wrapped little smokies and rooted for the Raiders!! Pig Smokies Ingredients: -Cheese filled Little Smokies -Thin bacon Directions: 1) Pre heat oven to 325 degrees 2) Cut bacon in thirds 3) Wrap each hot dog with bacon then stick with toothpick and place on baking sheet 4) Bake for 40 minutes 5) Broil for 3-4 minutes 6) Serve as an appetizer/snack

On Pinterest Salads in Mason Jars keep coming up as a popular pin. Sounds like a good idea to have everything all right there and just having to shake but I still think that it will all get soggy sitting in the dressing all week While I was grocery shopping last week I found little mini dip containers with a lid (similar to what you would get at a fast food restaurant) and thought those would be a better idea So I purchased the little dip containers along with all my salad fixings - premade the salads in containers with the dip and threw them in the fridge Was super surprised that I actually did end up eating more salad last week and seriously only took like 5 minutes to put it all together Here's an example of my "Salad Kits"

I swear you can't not mess up this Cheesy Bread Recipe . . . I have tried it with pre made dough and homemade dough and as long and you follow up a few guidelines it comes out perfect every time I made it last night with Trader Joe's Whole Wheat Dough and again PERFECT!!! Guidelines: 1) Preheat oven to 450 degrees 2) Melt 1/2 a stick of butter and put it in the bottom of a baking sheet 3) Top butter with pizza dough 4) Top Dough with a ton of cheese and herbs 5) Cook at 425 degrees for 15 minutes then lower the temp down to 350 for the last 10 Seriously you can't mess it up . . . Really its all up to you *Use whatever dough you want *Use whatever cheese that you want *Use whatever herbs that you want Here are two links to get you started - -  With Homemade Dough - -  With Canned Pizza Dough

Its not Labor Day without a BBQ so that's exactly what me and Eddie had for dinner last night. We grilled up some burgers and threw some fries in the oven using my simple trick to make them tasted fried even when they are actually out of the oven :) Ingredients Frozen Bag of Fries Vegetable Oil Cooking Spray Seasoned Salt Directions 1) Preheat oven to 450 degrees 2) Coat Bottom of a Baking Sheet with Oil 3) Add Fries in a single layer 4) Spray with cooking spray then an even layer of seasoned salt 5) Cook for 20 minutes on the bottom rack @ 450 degrees 6) Move Fries to top rack and Broil on High for 2 minutes NOTE: *Quick BBQ Tip: Split a pound of seasoned burger meat into 4 patties and BBQ 6 minutes per side

I really didn't think that I could make our Copy Cat Cheesy Bread Recipe any better but then we added in Homemade Dough and WOW!! Cheesy Bread Take 2 Ingredients: -Homemade pizza dough with 1/4 tsp garlic powder added into dough -1/2 cup of butter (melted) -8 oz of Mozzarella Cheese -Parmesan Cheese -Greek Seasoning Directions: 1) Pre-Heat oven to 425 degrees 2) Follow the Homemade Dough Recipe found here  adding 1/4 garlic powder to the dough 3) Melt 1/2 cup of butter and place into the bottom of a baking sheet with a lip 4) Roll out dough and place on top of butter  5) Top dough with mozzarella, Greek seasoning, and Parmesan cheese 6) Cook at 425 degrees for 15 minutes then lower the temp down to 350 for the last 10

With our cruise coming up and being gone for almost 2 weeks me and eddie had the plan to eat everything in the house and not go grocery shopping. It has lead to a few creative dinners and a little more snacking them normal but WOW I didn't realize how much food we actually did have in the house!! We are on week two of eating what we have then maybe buying one or two things and still have enough food to last us right up until we leave. Lately for lunch I have been taking frozen veggies roasting them up in the oven and eating them alone or over rice - - really quick and simple and best part is you don't even need to defrost them Roasted Veggies Ingredients -Frozen Veggies (i've been using asparagus and broccoli) -Cooking Spray -1/2 tbs minced garlic -Red Pepper Flakes -Salt Directions -Preheat oven to 450 degrees -Spray frozen veggies with cooking spray, top with garlic, salt, and red pepper flakes, toss until well coated -Cook for 15-25 minutes (depending ...

Me and Eddie have been dieting sooo long that we are starting to CRAVE some of our old favorites that just aren't the same Gluten Free. Tonight for dinner we decided to mix it up with BBQed Wings and Garlic Fries We have shared our BBQ wings recipe with you before along with our favorite Wingers Sauces but Garlic Fries are a new one ... the recipe we used was thanks to Sandra Lee found here  on foodnetwork.com Garlic Fries Ingredients : -Bag of Frozen French Fries -1/4 cup olive oil -3 teaspoons minced garlic -2 teaspoons Greek Seasoning Directions: 1) Turn Broiler on High 2) On a baking sheet toss all ingredients together 3) Broil until brown checking and flipping every 5 minutes 4) Place in Serving dish and top with more Greek Seasoning

Last Month me and Eddie tried Trader Joe's Brown Rice Tortillas. We were looking for something Gluten Free to replace corn tortillas with and thought they would be great but ended up being not the best - weird texture, kind of crunch but not, made the burrito taste like a big un-fried egg roll and seems more fit for a Asian style sandwich wrap than anything else but wasn't quite sure what to do with them . . . until now!!! I was making Tortilla Chips the other day following this recipe when I ran short of tortillas so figured why not? and grabbed the brown rice tortillas. Used the same concept tweaking the recipe just a little bit. Spicy Brown Rice Chips Ingredients: -Brown Rice Tortillas -Olive Oil -Garlic Salt -Cayenne Pepper Directions: 1) Pre Heat oven to 350 Degrees 2) Brush 5-6 tortillas with olive oil then sprinkle on seasoning 3) Stack tortillas on top of each other and cut into 8 pieces 4) Place on Baking Sheet and cook for 10 minutes on lowest rac...

Since visiting Irena and Sheenan in Arizona after our honeymoon me and Eddie have been obsessed with BAR CHIPS!!! We stopped at a restaurant while we were out there visiting and this restaurant served what they called "bar chips" during happy hour. They were a mix between chips and french fries and gone quickly after hitting our side of the bar. When we got home it was my mission to re-create the bar chips. Originally they are fried but since I am deathly afraid of frying ANYTHING!!! mine are "oven fried" and last night I think we FINALLY perfected them!!! Sabrina's Oven "Fried" Bar Chips  Ingredients: -4-6 Small Potatoes -Olive Oil -Minced Garlic -Seasoned Salt Directions : 1) Pre-heat Oven to 425 degrees 2) Completely Cover the bottom of a high walled baking sheet with oil 3) Spoon a few spoonfuls of garlic directly into the oil and spread around until evenly throughout the whole baking sheet 4) Sprinkle seasoned salt on to...