A no shop dinner

Well it's almost the end of the month and I'm pushing it as far as keeping within our grocery budget (but we were still restocking our pantry from our move...at least that's one excuse!) So I'm trying to cook with what we have and do minimal grocery shopping. I will of course go get more milk and fruit and Dr. Pepper as needed, but otherwise I'm going to try not to buy a lot of new food items. I'm glad I chose a simple meal for dinner tonight because somehow I managed to get lost on my way home from work tonight. I thought I was taking a shortcut but it took me twice as long to get home, ugh. I should just stick with what I know! I swear Kansas drivers are so much worse than D.C. drivers though, I have seen some manuevers on the highway this week that literally made my jaw drop. But anyways, you're here to see what I made for dinner, so back to that :)



French Toast, originally from allrecipes.com

Ingredients

• 6 thick slices bread
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
• salt to taste

Directions

1. Beat together egg, milk, salt, desired spices and vanilla.
2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle of skillet over medium-high flame.
3. Dunk each slice of bread in egg mixture, soaking both sides. Place in pan, and cook on both sides until golden. Serve hot.
4. I like to sprinkle mine with powered sugar and drizzle with syrup.
   

Scrambled Eggs for Two (how I throw them together, by no means an exact science)

3-4 eggs
some salt
some pepper
a little bit of milk (maybe a 1/4 cup? I just eyeball it)
some cheese, usually I have Mexican blend on hand.

Whisk together eggs, salt, pepper, and milk. Pour into skillet over medium heat, stir constantly until eggs cook up and are the texture you desire. Sprinkle with cheese, allow it to melt over eggs and then serve. Eat promptly unless you like cold eggs!

Breakfast Anytime

Well now that we are settled into our new place and I am officially unemployed it is time to try out some new recipes in between job applications! I had definitely gotten into a rut and now that I've been unable to cook/bake for the last month due to our vacation and the move and I am just itching to get in the kitchen.

Cheddar, Bacon, and Green Onion Scones



I saw these scones on Confections of a Foodie Bride's blog awhile back and bookmarked them (click the link to the see the recipe, adapted from the book The Pastry Queen by Rebecca Rather ). What a fantastic recipe! Only change I made was to use turkey bacon, it was still very flavorful. Tyler made banana pancakes to go along with the scones. Probably a mistake since the scones are SO filling. Pancakes were a bit much on top of that! Whoops! Too bad we don't know our new neighbors, otherwise I'd have them over to share all this food with us! I'm sure I will enjoy the leftovers tomorrow morning.

Banana Pancakes (made by Tyler, first thing of his we've posted in ages!)




Directions:
Mash 2 ripe bananas and mix in with pancake batter. Cook pancakes as usual. Enjoy!

Expect more posts from me this week, I will stay busy in the kitchen!