Best of the Month March 2014

A recap of my most popular recipes in March 2014

I didn't make any big changes this month.  I made some minor changes to make my blog look nicer.  I put my profile picture and about me blurb front and center and I changed the style and color of my social media follow buttons.

I'm still making 2 posts a week on Monday and Friday and co-hosting Great Idea Thursdays on Wednesday/Thursday.  I have started going back and updating a few of my earlier blog posts.  My Chocolate Chip Cookies are one of those.  I'm taking new and hopefully better pictures of recipes that I make frequently and then I update the old post with the new pictures and a more current layout.

Here are my best of March:

Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Soft and chewy cookies studded with semisweet chocolate chips.  My husband's favorite cookie.  195 views and 34  +1s.

Egg and Cheese Crepes

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Protein packed crepes filled with more protein of eggs and cheese. A very filling breakfast.  172 views and 18 +1s.

Guacamole Black Bean Tuna Salad

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Canned tuna mixed with black beans and guacamole served on top of a green salad. That's right, a tuna salad with no mayonnaise.  140 views and 65 +1s.

Bean and Barley Stew

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A healthy, meatless, one pot meal stew with beans, barley, and veggies.  138 views and 29 +1s.

Avocado B.L.T. Salad

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Crisp green lettuce tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette and topped with crispy bacon, juicy tomatoes, and creamy avocado.  The avocado isn't the prettiest perfectly ripe avocado that I would like in a picture, but when over ripe avocados are 3 for $1 I can't pass by them.  This is how a real person eats, not just a perfectly staged photograph.  131 views and 21 +1s.

Thanks to all of my viewers.  

Enjoy.

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Egg and Cheese Crepes

Protein packed crepes filled with more protein of eggs and cheese

Crepes are surprisingly simple to make and, no, you don't need special equipment.  A regular 8-10 inch nonstick frying pan works just fine.  I was hungry for breakfast but hadn't gotten groceries in a while so my fridge was pretty bare. I had eggs, American cheese, and milk. I have mentioned before that I don't really like eggs unless they are hidden by other flavors so I decided to use them in crepes and smother them in cheese. This turned out to be a very eggy breakfast because crepes are mostly eggs and then my filling was also eggs but I loved it. It was very tasty and very filling.  This was a meatless and protein packed breakfast.

Egg and Cheese Crepes

Ingredients:

Sourdough crepes batter or your regular crepe batter
3-4 eggs
American cheese slices or shredded cheese of your choice
Milk
Salt & pepper
1 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed (optional)
Hot sauce (optional)
Assorted spices (optional)

Mix together the crepe batter and set aside.

In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and some milk (about 1/4-1/2 cup) until thoroughly mixed.  Season with salt and pepper and add any optional ingredients you like.  (I always add hot sauce to my scrambled eggs, and onion and garlic powder. The spinach gives this a little more nutrition but it's fine without.  If you have left over ham or chicken you can add that too.) Set aside.

Heat a non stick frying pan over medium heat and rub with butter or oil.  Pour one ladle full of the crepe batter on to the center of the hot pan.

Pick up the pan and rotate it spreading the batter into a wider circle until the batter no longer moves.  A great picture tutorial, from About.com, is here.  Place the pan back on the burner.

Gently run a spatula along the edges of the crepe to loosen.  When the batter is set and no longer shiny lift and flip the crepe.

Once crepe is flipped, pour about 1/4 cup of the egg mixture on to the crepe and top with some cheese.  Wait for the egg mixture to get mostly set and the cheese to slightly melt, then, fold the crepe in half.  Slide out of the pan onto a plate and fold in half again.

Repeat the process until all of the batter and egg mixture is used.  Makes about 5-6 crepes.

Enjoy.

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