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German Ham and Cheese Garlic Toast // GIVEAWAY

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This post brought to you by the Panasonic FlashXpress™ Toaster Oven// A few years ago, our family traveled to Germany and one of the first meals I had there was a simple ham & cheese toast from one of the local bakeries. We had stopped at the Rhine Neckar Zentrum (Mall) in Viernhiem for dinner, my husband and the girls decided to eat at KFC and I just couldn’t swallow the idea of eating American food while in Germany. I mean really?

I set out on a hunt for a more “German” quick bite to eat while the family was eating their “American” chicken. I found a little bakery inside the mall there and had the most interesting, simple meal. It was a loaf a good German bread cut in half with some type of garlic spread, diced ham and lots of  sharp melted cheese. It was simple and boy was it tasty!

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 Recently, the folks at Panasonic asked it I would be interested in trying out their FlashXpress™ Toaster Oven and to develop a quick, in a flash meal with the FlashXpress™ and I immediately thought of my first German meal. It would be perfect in a toaster oven! Of course I said yes, and set out to recreate one of my favorite quick German meals.

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 Once I found a good garlic spread it was super simple to recreate. I used Mezzetta’s Savory Garlic Everything Spread which is SUPER tasty.  I spread that on some good bread that I found in the bakery at Super Target, topped that with some diced ham that I sautéed in a little bit of butter, shredded sharp cheddar cheese and a little parmesan cheese.

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 Popped it into the Panasonic FlashXpress™ Toaster oven and within 10 minutes I had a perfect quick meal for the family, in a flash!

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The nice thing… I didn’t have to heat up my oven and my kitchen at all and the ham and cheese garlic toast turned out perfect!

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I will have to admit, when I was approached by Panasonic to do this post I was going to turn it down. I didn’t want one more thing cluttering up my counter tops. I mentioned it to my husband and he flipped… He’s been wanted to get a toaster oven for some time and I just wouldn’t jump on board. I have never had a toaster oven and I just didn’t understand the magic that you can create in this little toasting machine.

This one especially is compact, it doesn’t take up much space, you can get it in white or silver and it has some of the best infrared technology around. I especially love that the rack is designed to pull out when you open the door, making retrieving your food easier and safer.  It has several presets or you can just use the temperature and time controls. It’s super easy to use and clean and I will have to admit… I use it ALL THE TIME now! I hardly ever use my microwave anymore. I’ve been making homemade croutons, baking cookies and of course making toast of all kinds. I have been TOTALLY converted!

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Maple Apple Bacon Waffle Recipe

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// Maple Apple Bacon Waffle Recipe //

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My Husband LOVES waffles! He loves them so much for Christmas this last year I bought him an All-Clad Waffle Maker as his big WOW present and he was giddy when he opened it.  It’s like when I receive my Kitchenaid Mixer… a BIG deal!! Because of that, we have a waffle night each week and we’re getting pretty good and coming up with fun new waffle ideas. This one has been my favorite so far, a Maple Apple Bacon Waffle! Yep, it’s as good as it sounds!!

This recipe is actually easier than it sounds. You just need FOUR ingredients for the waffles because we use our favorite waffle mix, Hungry Jack®.  You will need bacon, Hungry Jack® Complete Buttermilk Pancake and Waffle Mix and your favorite apple pie filling… Super simple!

For the maple part of the recipe, you can use your basic maple syrup like Hungry Jack® Syrup or you can make your own. My husband’s Mother used to make her own syrup and he LOVES that kind of syrup so for special occasions we make our own and that’s super easy as well. It’s just white sugar, brown sugar, water, maple extract and butter extract. It only takes about 15 minutes to make and is TOTALLY worth it!

Here is how to make our Maple Apple Bacon Waffles…

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Maple Apple Bacon Waffle Recipe
 
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This scrumptious waffle recipe is perfect for breakfast, brunch or even dinner. Your family will be WOW'd with your amazing waffle making skills, they won't even know how easy they really are to make!
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Serves: 5-6
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Instructions
  1. Waffle Instructions
  2. Before we start the waffles, I put a pound of bacon into a preheated 375˚ oven on a wire rack over a baking sheet. I spray the wire rack with Crisco® Non-Stick Cooking Spray before I place the bacon on the rack. I cook the bacon for 10 minutes on one side and then turn the bacon and bake for an additional 10 minutes on the other side. Keep an eye on the bacon, you don't want it to become to crisp. You want it to still be a little pliable so that you can place it in the waffle iron with out it crumbling. Remove from oven and set aside.
  3. To start the waffles, pour your apple pie filling into a large bowl and using an immersion blender break down the apples. If you don't have an immersion blender, you can put the pie filling into a food processor, blender or even a food mill to break down the apples. Any option works fine.
  4. Add the waffle mix to the apples and stir. The package directions for the waffle mix calls for water, you will still add water, but it will be less than the normal amount because of the apples. Slowly add the water to the waffle and apple mixture until you achieve the desired waffle consistency.
  5. Preheat your waffle iron. Depending on the size of your waffle iron, you typically put about ¾ cup of waffle mix into the iron for one waffle. To add the bacon into the waffle, pour half of the waffle mix into the waffle iron and then lay your bacon onto of the mix in an "X" and then pour the remaining mix ontop of the bacon. Close the waffle iron and cook for 3-4 minutes or until you achieve your desired waffle color. I like mine pretty light, my husband like them darker and crispier.
  6. Top with a little more warmed apple pie filling, some warm maple syrup and a dollop of Cool Whip or fresh whipped cream and enjoy!
  7. Homemade Maple Syrup
  8. In a small sauce pan, combine sugars and water and place of medium high heat. Bring to a boil and lower the temperature to medium and let simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add maple and butter extracts. Let cool for a few minutes and then serve with your waffles.

Disclaimer // This is not a sponsored post, however I am a member of the Amazon Affiliate program and I do have some affiliate links included in the post.

Tropical Green Smoothie Recipe

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Hello Whipperberry readers!  Jenn here again from Clean and Scentsible.  Easter is just a few days away, and if you are anything like me, you have already been digging into all of that Easter chocolate.  I thought that a green smoothie recipe would be the perfect way to balance out all those sweets and provide you with a little energy boost for all of your holiday festivities.  I’m sure we could all use a little detoxing after this weekend!

Tropical green smoothie - healthy and delicious!

I have really been trying to eat more fruits and veggies lately and have found that smoothies are the best way for me to fit them all in!  This tropical green smoothie recipe provides lots of healthy nutrients while still tasting delicious.  Even my kiddos give it the thumbs up!

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 cup mango
  • 1/2 cup sliced pineapple
  • 1/2 banana { I like using frozen bananas but you don’t have to}
  • 1/2 cup orange juice {or any other juice, almond milk, soy milk, etc.}
  • large handful of kale leaves
  • 1 tbsp sprouted chia and flax seeds {optional}

Tropical green smoothie recipe.
Just blend everything up and add a little pineapple for garnish.  If it is too thick, add a little water and if you like it thicker, add an ice cube or two.  And then just enjoy! 🙂

Tropical green smoothie recipe - healthy and delicious!

  If you are looking for other smoothie recipes, you may also like this blueberry lemon smoothie.

Blueberry Lemon Smoothie
I hope you all have a wonderful Easter with your friends and families!

Hot Cross Scones

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 Hello Whipperberry friends!  I’m thrilled to be back here to share another post with you!  Since Easter is just a few weeks away, I thought I’d share a festive recipe.  Tis’ the season!

I don’t know about you, but we love hot cross buns.  They’re really the best aren’t they?  I love them so much I was trying to think of other ways to enjoy the flavour.  Then I thought, what about scones?  So I did some digging and found a recipe for inspiration and came up with this delicious twist.

Hot Cross Scones with a Buttermilk Sugar Glaze.

Yum.

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Now I realize technically these should have the icing added in a cross shape to more resemble a hot cross bun, but I just could not resist getting all drizzly.  I just drizzled like it was going out of style!  Looks yummy, no?

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Serve them up with a big glass of milk and you have the perfect snack!

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Scone Ingredients:
  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp cloves
  • 4½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • zest from 1 lemon
  • ½ cup currants
  • ¾ cup butter, cold and cut into small cubes
  • 1 egg
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
Icing Ingredients:
  • 1 cup icing sugar (confectioners sugar)
  • 1 - 2 tbsp buttermilk
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg cloves, baking powder and salt.
  4. Stir in the lemon zest.
  5. Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse sand with a few pea-sized pieces.
  6. Whisk in the currants.
  7. In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and egg.
  8. Add the buttermilk/egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just combined.
  9. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until a loosely formed ball of dough is formed. Then gently work the dough into a 1 inch thick disk.
  10. You can use a 3 inch biscuit cutter to cut out the scones, or I like to use a pizza cutter and cut the disk into 12 equal sized pieces.
  11. Transfer the scones to your parchment paper lined baking sheet, and brush with a little buttermilk.
  12. Bake for 12 - 15 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.
  13. Transfer the scones to a rack to cool completely before applying the glaze.
  14. To make the glaze, stir together the buttermilk and icing sugar until the desired consistency.
  15. Transfer the glaze into a ziplock bag, cut a corner of the bag off, and pipe the icing onto the cooled scones.
  16. Enjoy!

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These Hot Cross Scones would make a perfect addition to your Easter Brunch!

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I hope you enjoy this recipe!

Have a delicious day!
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Greek Baked Eggs and Potatoes

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I said it before and I’ll say it again… I LOVE eggs! I especially love the combination of eggs & potatoes. There is just something lovely about the rustic pairing. Both ingredients are wonderful on their own and yet they can both be blank canvases as well. They are just waiting to be dressed up with simple, yet fancy new flavors. Together they make the perfect pair and you can dress them up however you like. As a matter of fact, you can create a recipe of your very own out of your black slate, head over to Food.com and enter to win $3000 from Simply Potatoes®. All you need to do is come up with a 5 ingredient fix and submit it to the contest and you could have and extra $3000 to play around with this summer!

The folks at Simply Potatoes® challenged me to come up with a 5 ingredient fix and this is what I came up with…

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Greek Baked Eggs & Potatoes! I am always looking for a quick weeknight meal for the family and this one couldn’t be easier. Now technically, this recipe does have 5 ingredients but that only if you count the salt & pepper as separate ingredients. But don’t be fooled… This recipe is packed full with flavor and some hidden ingredients as well.

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I started with Simply Potatoes® O’Brien Hash Browns’ as my base for my baked eggs. Here’s where the magic happens… First of all, these potatoes are fresh potatoes that you will find in your refrigerated section, generally by the eggs at your market. You won’t find them in the freezer section or dehydrated because Simply Potatoes are always fresh with simple ingredients.

Next, these O’Brien Hash Browns also have onions and peppers in the mix. Two hidden ingredients that I didn’t have to purchase or prepare. They are already in the hash browns. SCORE!

I used a jumbo muffin tin, sprayed it with cooking spray and then placed two heaping tablespoons of the hash brown mixture in the muffin tins and then created a hash brown nest…

I topped the potatoes off with some salt & pepper and some more cooking spray. I placed it into a 400˚ oven for 18-20 minutes to cook the potato mixture. After the potatoes are baked and slightly brown, I remove the pan from the oven and add the…

You guessed it… My eggs. All you need to do is crack them right into the hash brown nests and top with a little more salt & pepper.

Return them to the oven for an additional 15 minutes to bake the eggs. Keep a close eye on them and remove them from the oven as soon as the eggs have set. You don’t want to over cook your eggs. You still want that yolky gold running through your egg & potato nest.

Let your eggs cool for a few minutes and then top with one of my favorite new ingredients, a prepared olive tempenade. It’s basically Greek olives that are chopped up fine with a little bit of olive oil to tie the olive caviar together. It’s tasty on bread or with veggies and hummus. It tastes GREAT on top of these baked eggs. Just top the eggs & potatoes with a small teaspoon of tempenade and then serve immediately.

Serve with a lovely Greek salad and you have the perfect SIMPLE week night meal.

What’s your favorite way to cook with potatoes? Remember, you can enter to win the Simply Potato 5 Ingredient Fix Contest and win $3000 with your simple, but inventive recipe!

For rules on how to enter the Sweepstakes click here.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Simply Potatoes. The opinions and text are all mine.