Chocolate Cake in a Mug

Yes you read it right.  I said it. It is:

1. Chocolate

2. Cake

and

3. Can be made in a mug

Chicken Cheese Ranch Pockets - Easy Hot Kid Lunch

Here is a fun little lunch idea for the kiddos. I think it will be great for lunch boxes too.  These little sandwiches definitely got my kids stamp of approval.

Here's What You Need:

• 1 can of crescent roll dough
• approximately 2 cups of cubed chicken (I was lazy and bought precooked kind)
• approximately 1 cup of shredded cheese
• couple tablespoons of ranch

Here's What You Do:

Take two crescent roll triangles and press them together to form a rectangle.

Drizzle a bit of ranch dressing down the middle.

Add in a spoonful or two of cheese and chicken.

Fold the sides over so the chicken and cheese is wrapped up.

Pinch the ends to close.

Bake at 375 for 13-17 minutes.

Enjoy!!

I may double this next time so I can freeze some.  So warm and yummy on a cold rainy winter day.

Baked Doughnuts - Need I Say More?

So I found this cute little doughnut pan at the store and I just had to try it out.  I had a great friend bring some healthy doughnuts to a play date one time and they were delicious. So I called her up and tested our her recipe.

These little things were a hit right out of the oven. Elli helped me bake them up and both kids helped me eat them.  No  questions asked.  We made chocolate chip baked doughnuts but you could add fruit or cinnamon or anything your heart desired (but you know my heart desired chocolate).

Peanut Butter Granola - Only 4 Ingredients

Granola is something I love. Seriously.  I probably love it too much.  I love the satisfying crunch and the sweetness.  I have seen countless recipes for making my own granola but it always seemed "out of my league."  I'm not a great baker or chef so trying something like granola just seemed like too much. Until I stumbled across the recipe for 4 ingredient peanut butter granola. Well this got my attention because:

1.  it involved peanut butter

2:  it had less than 5 ingredients.

I decided to give it a try and man am I glad I did. So if you are like me and scared to check this out - DON'T BE. I promise you can make this. If I can bake it, you certainly can too.

Pumpkin Pudding in a Bowl

This may be the last pumpkin for breakfast recipe (although I'm not making any promises).

This idea of pumpkin pudding made from bran cereal intrigued me.  I will admit it is a bit more in the prep work than the other two pumpkin recipes posted this week. Don't worry -  it isn't super labor intensive unless you consider pushing the button on a blender labor intensive.

What do you do with the left over pumpkin you have after making the pumpkin parfaits from our previous post? Well, you make pumpkin pudding in a bowl!

This comes from one of my favorite food blogs. Seriously, I haven't been disappointed on her blog yet.  See the link at the bottom to check out more of her stuff.