Caramelized pineapple french toast

On Sunday David wasn't feeling too hot, so I decided to make a combination of his favorite foods: pineapple and french toast. I went searching in our pantry for some different things, and voila! I came up with a scrumptious variation of french toast that we will continue to make for years to come! 

Caramelized Pineapple French Toast

French toast batter

4 eggs

1 tsp cinnamon

3 Tb milk

1 tsp honey

Mix all of them together and refrigerate until you are ready to dip and fry! You can use any kind of bread, we used a 9 grain honey oat that worked great! 

Caramel topping

2 cups fresh pineapple 

3 Tb honey

2 Tb white sugar

4 Tb brown sugar

2 Tb butter

1 tsp vanilla

1 Tb cream (or half and half) 

On the stove top add the butter, honey and pineapple and let it get warm. Once it starts bubbling, add the sugars, vanilla and cream-stir constantly and don't let it burn. It will boil and turn a light brown and smell delicious!!! Turn down the heat and let it simmer-it will get really gooey and when your french toast is ready-just add it to the top!! It is a wonderful-citrus and caramely twist to a classic breakfast meal. Enjoy! 

woof.

Seriously, I'm in love with the word 'woof.' It can describe anything and anyone will know what you mean once you say it. Earlier I described outfits of others, or groups of people, for example....

david: did you see what that girl was wearing?
me: no, where at?
david: over there...'points'
me: oh, woof.

david: ughhhh I have a ton of homework tonight
me: woof.
david: seriously

get the point? Well, I find myself slipping it into every day conversation, such as work today. (I work at a bank btw) After a very tiring morning, I get a 5 min break and this lady who is notorious for being difficult and rude comes up and throws me this 6 way transaction and has specific details and then just leaves. as she walks away, i just mumble, "woof." my coworker started laughing so hard, and was like "did you really just say woof?" and replied, yes-I felt that it was the only word that could actually describe the current situation." :)

So now, as you go along your day, and have those moments where nothing can describe it. Try 'woof' I promise that it will make everything better-and fit any frustrating experience.

Pork and broccoli

I forgot to take the picture before David started eating...the portions were bigger and the presentation was cleaner as well. haha

The other day David and I were at the store and got a GREAT deal on chicken and pork. Needless to say, I started thinking of different ways to make a fast and simple dish  (but still have it be delicious) out of something so common. On Thursday we were pressed for time and so I literally thew some ingredients together and it ended up being a new favorite of David's! While David loves food, it is sometimes a difficult feat to have him say, "we should have this again sometime soon." So when he said that about this dish, I knew I had a success!

Please remember that I made this on the fly from some basic ingredients from the pantry-and so I wasn't too concerned with measurements...feel free to add or subtract any amount if you feel it would be too overpowering for your liking.

Orange Pork with Broccoli

1/4 cup onion

1 tsp. minced garlic

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

2 tsp parsley

3 Tbs white wine vinegar 

1 tsp yellow mustard (can use a dijon if you want)

2 Tbs Worcestershire sauce

1 1/2 tsp orange zest

juice of 1/2 of a large orange

2 pork chops

I sauteed the onions in a pan, and while I was doing that, I added the rest of the ingredients together and let the pork marinade for about 5 min. I then took out the pork and put it  into the pan to sear it and get a good golden brown color-After searing both sides of the pork, I then added the marinade and let it simmer briefly. I then added 1 cup of water to the whole mixture and then covered the pan and let it simmer/cook for about 10-15 min until the pork was cooked through. 

After the pork is done, add the broccoli into the juice to cook for about 5 min or until bright green. Take out of the pan and serve! Enjoy!

Toothless turns one!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOTHLESS!!!!!

So today, Toothless turned 1. David got him for me last Mother's day, and we decided that he needed to have a proper birthday with an added celebration. Today, Toothless got extra food, sang to, his cage cleaned, and Meaty was nice to him all day. (Meaty is Toothless' pet/bff. He was supposed to be food, but Toothless wanted him as a pet instead) And at the end of the day, Toothless said that he wanted us to go out and celebrate so we did. :) We tried out the new Mandarin Chinese restaurant in town and it was actually quite good! (I'll talk about that later)

We stopped off at Walmart and David decided to surprise Toothless with a football and fitted gloves! He even said that I could use them at my football games! (what a great turtle!) We then ended the night with delicious snow cones from the Snow Shack, what a treat! When we came home, Toothless was just overwhelmed with all of his presents and surprises. We both sang him happy birthday and made sure that Toothless was settled for the night. Since he had such a big day, he wanted to retire to bed early.

David and I are just so grateful for Toothless-he has brought us so much joy over this last year and we are excited to spend many more with him! Happy birthday little guy!