Sausage Pancake Muffins

Here's a fast and easy recipe just right for a quick breakfast. I got this recipe from Mr. Food.

Sausage Pancake Muffins

2 c pancake and waffle mix
2 eggs
1 c milk
1/2 c club soda
1 tbsp vegetable oil
4 heat and serve sausages, cut into small pieces
1/4 c pancake syrup

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 12 cup muffin tin with cooking spray.
In a large bowl combine the first 5 ingredients, mix well and pour into muffin cups. Sprinkle the sausages over muffins. Bake for 20 - 25 mins or until wooden toothpick comes out clean. Remove from the oven and brush tops with pancake syrup. Serve warm with additional syrup.

Banana Carrot Bread

I was looking for some new recipes that used ripe bananas and I really didn't want to make the same old banana bread and then I came across this recipe and I did have some carrots that I needed to use up so I thought I'd give these a try. I did not make this into a loaf instead I made them into muffins and they were really good. I took them into work and everyone really liked them too!

Banana Carrot Bread

Ingredients

· 1/3 cup vegetable oil
· 1 cup sugar
· 2 eggs
· 2 cups all-purpose flour
· 1 teaspoon baking soda
· 1/2 teaspoon salt
· 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
· 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
· 1 cup grated carrots
· 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions
1. In a mixing bowl, combine oil and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Combine flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; gradually add to the creamed mixture alternately with bananas. Stir in carrots and pecans. Transfer to a greased 9-in. x 5-in. x 3-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

Mexican Breakfast Sandwiches

I found this idea on one of the blogs that I haunt and thought it sounded different so I tried it and I LOVED it! I am the kind of person that needs a variety of breakfast choices and can not just eat cereal or toast every morning. This is very easy and can be served warm or cold!

Mexican Breakfast Sandwiches

Eggs
Flour Tortillas
Re-fried Beans
Cheese
Butter
Sour Cream
Salsa

Butter one side of two tortillas and place one, butter side down, onto pan. Spread beans over the entire tortilla and top with cheese. Put pan on med heat and let start to cook. In another pan cook two eggs, breaking the yolks. When eggs are cooked slide them onto the bean and cheese topped tortilla and add just a little more cheese to the eggs and top with second tortilla butter side up. Flip so the top tortilla cooks. Cook until golden brown and crisp. Cut with a pizza cutter into wedges and serve with sour cream and salsa.

You can make these smaller by only using one tortilla and spread the beans over half and put the cheese on the other half. Cook add your egg and flip the tortilla in half just like you would an omelet.

These would be GREAT for a brunch, they can be made ahead of time and just warmed up in the oven or on top of the stove.

Chowmein Noodle Casserole

If you are like me and when you make rice you make enough for an army, this recipe is for you! I was looking for a recipe to use my left over rice and came across this. Now I didn't bake this in the oven I just served it over the chowmein noodles since it was way too hot to turn on the oven. Next time I make this I will try it in the oven!

Chowmein Noodle Casserole

1 lb ground beef
1 onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 c cooked rice
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 c water
3 tbsp soy sauce
5 ounces chow mein noodles

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large skillet over med high heat, saute the ground beef for 5 mins. Add the onion and celery and cook for 5 mins more. In a bowl combine the rice, soup water and soy sauce mix well. Add to the beef mixture. Pour this into a lightly greased 9x13 pan and top with chow mein noodles. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 mins.

Microwave Oatmeal Bars

Here's another Taste of Home recipe that is just way too easy! The hardest thing about this recipe was finding a 9" pan that was microwaveable!

Microwave Oatmeal Bars

2 c quick cooking oats
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 c melted butter
1/4 c corn syrup
1 c semi sweet chocolate chips

Mix oats and sugar, add butter and syrup. Mix and press into a 9" microwaveable square pan. Microwave uncovered on high for 2 mins. rotate and cook another 2 mins. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Microwave for 6 mins at 30% power or until chocolate is glossy. Spread chocolate evenly over bars and refrigerate 15-20 mins before cutting. Yield 8-10 servings.