Luau Bread

Once a week my youngest daughter and I make a bread.

Whether it be banana, blueberry, lemon, the list goes on.

It has become a great tradition for her and I. Love through

food. This bread has a ton of coconut flavor, almost like a

coconut macaroon in bread form... YUM. This recipe

makes two, so share one and have one for yourself. Perfect

for the holidays to hand out. I like to eat mine with pineapple

cream cheese. Enjoy!

Luau Bread

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons of baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups of sugar

1 cup of vegetable oil

4 eggs, lightly beaten

2 teaspoons of coconut extract

1 cup of buttermilk

1 cup of shredded coconut

1) Preheat oven to 325 degrees

2) Grease and flour 2 loaf pans

3) Do not use a mixer for this recipe

4) Use a spoon or spatula & stir by hand

5) In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder

baking soda and salt. Mix well.

6) In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, oil, beaten eggs,

and coconut extract. Mix well.

7) Alternately add flour mixture & buttermilk to sugar

mixture & stir until moist.

8) Stir in shredded coconut.

9) Pour batter into the two prepared loaf pans. Bake 1 hour.

Happy Friday!

Wishing everyone a wonderful and relaxing weekend.

Cheese Steak Mac & Cheese

Yum, Yum, Yum. Nothing like a stick to your ribs meal.

This dish is kid tested and man approved kinda dinner.

I served this with an Italian salad and crusty bread.

Cheese Steak Mac & Cheese

1 box of cavatappi pasta

2 tablespoons of olive oil

2 large onions, thinly sliced

2 garlic cloves, minced

salt and pepper

3 tablespoons of butter

3 tablespoons of all purpose flour

3 cups of milk

2 cups of shredded provolone cheese

1 cup of cheddar cheese

1/2 cup of beef stock

3/4 pound thinly sliced deli roast beef, chopped

1/4 cup of fresh parsley

Cook pasta in a large stock pot. Salt the water. Cook until

al dente. Drain and place back in pot.

At the same time the pasta is cooking. Heat the olive oil

in a large skillet, cook the onions, add salt and pepper and

cook about 12 to 15 min. Add the garlic.

While the onions are caramelizing, melt the butter in a

medium pot over medium heat. Sprinkle the flour over the

melted butter and cook mixture for about 1 minute. stirring

constantly. Whisk the milk into the flour/butter mixture

slowly and bring up to a bubble to thicken, about 5 minutes.

Remove the pot from the heat and stir in 1 1/2 cups of

provolone cheese, then season with salt and pepper and

reserve.

Preheat broiler.

To the skillet with the onions, add the beef stock and roast

beef. Stir over medium heat just to warm through.

Add the cheese sauce and onion-roastbeef mixture to the pot

with the drained pasta and toss everything to combine. Pour

the pasta mixture into a 9 by 13 baking and top with cheddar

and provolone cheeses. Place under broiler for 2 to 3 min.

Garnish with parsley. Adapted from RR.

Pizza Burgers

When it comes to burgers, I usually stick with my old

faithful recipe and that burger is a mock, In N Out burger.

It is my children's favorite and when I make something

else...they get pretty upset. It's that good. This is a grown

up burger. Your taste buds will be singing.

Pizza Burger

3 tablespoon olive oil

2 large onions, thinly sliced

salt and pepper

garlic powder

1 small can of tomato paste

3/4 beef broth or red wine

1/4 cup of fresh parsley

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon red pepper flakes

1/2 cup pepperoni, finely chopped

1 1/2 pounds ground sirloin or turkey

3/4 cups Parmigiano Reggiano, grated

8 deli slices provolone

Buns, toasted

Cook onions in 2 tablespoons of olive oil until soft.

Add the tomato paste to the onions and cook 3 min

more. Then add the broth to onions and paste and

cook until broth is evaporated. Turn heat off and

reserve.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground sirloin,

pepperoni, parsley, garlic powder, oregano and red

pepper flakes. Season with salt and pepper. Form

4 patties and cook in a skillet with one tablespoon of

olive oil.

Toast your buns. Place meat on your buns and top with

onions and grated parm and 2 slices of provolone and

place on a cookie sheet in the oven and melt the cheese

and top with the other bun. I served mine with marinara

on the side. Enjoy!

Peanut Butter Cup S'mores

Ladies, here is a ultimate way to use up those yummy

peanut butter cups. I made these last night for the big

World Series game. Oh, so good!

Peanut Butter Cup S'mores

Chocolate Chip Cookies, I made mine but bakery bought

will work out perfectly.

Peanut Butter Cups

Marshmallows

Heat your oven to broil and put your marshmallows on

foil. I put 2 marshmallows on each cookie. Place a peanut

butter cup on one cookie and then top with marshmallows

and the other cookie on top. Simple and Sinful!