Pigs in a Blanket on a Stick

Today I have a fun breakfast idea for you!  It is SUPER quick to make and I have a feeling kids would love it.  The kid in me sure did!  

 Start by mixing up a batch of your favorite pancake batter.

 Pour it into a large, tall glass

 Fry up a few sausages.  I used the pre-cooked turkey sausages.  Quick and easy, just the way I like it…wait…don't take that the wrong way.

 I always save chop sticks since I use them for random things around the house…here is one of them.  Skewer the sausages

 Dip each one of them into the pancake batter

 So they are fully coated

 Like so

 Place them into hot oil that has been preheated to 350 degrees.

 Just for a few minutes until it's golden brown

 Let them drain on paper towels.  They do stay warm for quite some time so don't be afraid to cook them in batches

 Serve with warm maple syrup

 Come on, how fun are these?

And I have to say…fried pancake batter--pretty unstoppable. 

 Andd….duuunnk.

 and devour.

Pigs in a Blanket on a Stick

1 batch of your favorite pancake mix, prepared
6 cooked sausage links
6 chop sticks
oil, for frying (I used canola)
Warm maple syrup, for serving

Start by preheating the oil on medium heat to 350 degrees.

Pour the pancake batter into a tall glass.  Insert the chop sticks into the end of each sausage link.  Dip each sausage into the pancake batter so it is fully covered.

Gently, slowly, lower the chop stick into the oil.  These will only cook for maybe 2 minutes so be sure to not crowd the oil or put them in too quickly, you don't want them to stick together.

Remove them from the oil and place on a plate lined with paper towels to drain.

Serve with warm maple syrup.

Enjoy!

Recipe by: Mrs. Schwartz

Breakfast Calzones AKA Homemade Breakfast Hot Pockets

By now you know I am a HUGE breakfast person...morning person?  Well I'm working on it.  About a year and a half ago we procured ourselves a dog, Rem.  He is "helping?" me become a morning person...that is when Mr. Schwartz isn't around to let him out in the morning.  

Our Saturday and Sunday mornings consist of this: 

5:30 am: Mr. Schwartz and Rem wake up

5:45-8...maybe 9:00: The boys hang out, watch hunting shows, sports and do other mysterious things that I probably don't want to know about

8:00-9:00ish: I gradually wake up, check my phone, go on Facebook, Instagram and finally Pinterest to see what I missed over night.  I think about the different things we have on hand for breakfast and I get dressed.  

9:00-10:00: I make breakfast and coffee while the boys hang out

10:00-noon: The boys take a nap I work on blog stuff....

And now you know exactly what I'm doing every Saturday and Sunday morning.  Is that weird? 

That is exactly what happened when I came up with these Breakfast Calzones or Homemade Breakfast Hot Pockets...whatever you want to call them, they are freaking tasty!  And worth the work--to be honest, they aren't that much work, especially if you buy already made pizza dough.  

Here's how to make them....

Start by frying up some bacon, I like to cut mine with a scissors and pop it in the pan.

Next add a few eggs, a splash of milk and some seasoned salt into a bowl.  Give it a quick mix.  Note, I'm OBSESSED with this Seasoned Salt from Tastefully Simple.  You need it in your life, I promise.

Pour your eggs into a skillet and cook until they are almost completely cooked but not dry.

While the eggs and bacon are cooking, flatten out your pizza dough.  Of course, I used my favorite recipe but you could always buy the refrigerated kind.

Once the eggs are cooked, spread out half of them on one side of the dough

Add a good amount of bacon on top of that

Then the cheese

And a little hot sauce, if you are into that sorta thing

Gently pull the other side of the dough over the top and seal using a fork

Cut a few slits in the top so the steam can escape.  Pop in the oven for about 15-20 minutes or until it starts to turn golden brown.

There you have it, you are a Susie Homemaker, makin' your own Breakfast Hot Pockets.

Go you! 

Now I'm hungry…

Breakfast Calzones AKA Homemade Breakfast Hot Pockets
(makes 2)

1/2 of this pizza dough recipe or a 1/2 pound pizza dough of your choice (Trader Joe's is awesome :)
Dusting of flour
4 slices of bacon
3 eggs
1 Splash of milk (2 tablespoons or so)
1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt, Tastefully Simple makes my favorite hands down
Cooking spray
2 slices American cheese
Hot sauce, optional
Country gravy, for serving (optional but awesome)

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Start by frying up your bacon.  It is easy to cut into pieces and cook, then you just stir rather than flip…but it's up to you.

While the bacon is cooking, crack your eggs into a bowl and add the milk and seasoned salt.  Give it a good whisk.  Pour into a small frying pan and cook on medium heat until almost all the way cooked but not dry.

While the eggs and bacon cook, take a large jelly roll pan** and flip it upside down.  Dust with a little flour and stretch out two rounds of dough.  Once the eggs are cooked, take 1/2 of them and place them on one side of each of the rounds of dough. Then add the bacon and cheese.  If you are a wild one, add the hot sauce as well.

Gently pull the other side of the dough over the egg, bacon and cheese mixture and press down with a fork to seal.  Take a knife and cut three small slits on top.

Pop in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until they start to turn golden brown.

Cut in half and serve with country gravy, if you would like.

Enjoy!

**If you do not have a jelly roll pan, you can use a regular baking sheet.  Using a jelly roll pan makes for a nice crust.**

Recipe by: Mrs. Schwartz

Bubble Up Breakfast Bake

On weekends that we are home, Mr. Schwartz and I typically eat a large breakfast later in the day and have a nice dinner.  This Bubble Up Breakfast Bake was the perfect example of this.  I whipped this hardy breakfast up in just a few minutes with what I had on hand.  You can easily do the same with whatever you have on hand.  

For mine, I started with browning up a pound of reduced fat breakfast sausage.  Once it was fully cooked (aka no longer pink in the middle) I drained it on a paper towel lined plate.

Then I cut up a few refrigerated biscuits

And tossed them into a baking dish that I sprayed with cooking spray

Tossed on the cooked sausage

Topped with cheese

And diced green chillis for some spice

Next I cracked a few eggs (6 not 4 as pictured) and seasoned them with salt and pepper.

A splash of milk and give them a good whisk

Pour the egg mixture over everything in the baking dish.  Into a 350 oven it goes for about 30 minutes

Oh yeah, it will come out all gooey and puffy like so.

There is some serious flavor in there

Breakfast perfection.

Bubble Up Breakfast Bake

1 pound of reduced fat breakfast sausage
1 tube of refrigerated biscuits
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1 small can of diced green chills
6 eggs
Salt and pepper to season
1/4 cup milk

Start by preheating the oven to 350 degrees.

Add the sausage to a medium skillet on medium high heat.  Cook until no longer pink in the middle.

While cooking the sausage, cut each biscuit into 8 pieces and place in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.  Add the sausage to the pan, on top of the uncooked biscuits.  Sprinkle cheese on top of that, along with the green chillis.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, salt and pepper and milk.  Pour the egg mixture over everything in the baking dish.

Place in the oven for 30 minutes or until a knife comes out clean in the middle of the dish.  Be careful, the cheese might make it seem like it's uncooked egg but it's just cheesy goodness.

Serve with hot sauce and enjoy!

Recipe by: Mrs. Schwartz