Red Velvet Goodness



Picture via recipegirl.com

 Friday, I was searching Pinterst for ideas for an upcoming potluck at work. I wanted to make something delicious, as well as something I'd never made before. I finally decided on one of my old standbys, pasta salad.

Before I could click away from Pinterest, something caught me eye. Someone had repinned @Recipegirl's recipe of a red velvet cheese cake. Instead of cream cheese frosting between the two layers of cake, it's an actual cheesecake! How deliciously decadent is that?!

I wanted to leave work to get started making that cake right away! I told my coworkers about the cake, posted the link on Facebook, and shared with everyone else I came into contact with the rest of the day. I even showed them the picture of it.

My intentions were to make that scrumptious cake over the weekend, but time just didn't permit.  All the ingredients are waiting, and it's only a matter of time and opportunity.

After I make the cake I'm going to have one slice. What ever is left by the end of the evening CAN NOT spend the night in my house! I don't know where it's going, but I do know it has to go somewhere! If permitted to stay I will surely find the two pounds I lost last week.

Pray for me!

Scrambled Omelet Pita

When I write about food, it's generally about dinner, but today, it's all about breakfast.

Because my kids are usually running to catch the bus, this school year I started making their breakfast-to-go. I wanted breakfast to be more than a bar of something they'd inhale in one bite, and hold them longer than an hour.

I think it's safe to say, I've burned them out on pancake sandwiches, and they're really close to burnout with the sausage/bacon biscuit... and breakfast burritos. I'm tired of making them if they're not tired of eating them. Sort of like dinner, I'd like a little more variety to breakfast.

Recently, I saw a picture and recipe for Scrambled Egg in a Pita, and I set out to make my own.

Ingredients:

Chopped ham (or meat of your choosing)
Red onion
Bell pepper
Black olives
Shredded cheese
6 eggs (beaten)
6 Pita halves
(or any fixings your family likes in omelets)

After browning ham, onion, bell pepper, and olives together, add beaten eggs, stir until done. While still in the skillet, top with shredded cheese, and allow to stand for a couple of minutes, until cheese melts. Spoon eggs into pita bread. Devour!

I don't know why I didn't think of this before, my family loves omelets. This is simple, but with all the omelet flavors they love.