Weekend balance...

Hey, everyone!  Hope you guys had a great weekendJ  Ours turned into a nice mix of cozy family time and a fun night out of the house with some friends.  I think we wound down the weekend feeling relaxed and refreshed since it was a good mix of fun AND relaxingJ

ANYWAYS, I got a few fun things to show you from the weekend, including this guy who joined us for dinner on Friday night...

Yep...if nerdy 'shaped pizza' is wrong, I don't want to be rightJ  Our snow man pizza was made of a Trader Joe's Garlic & Herb crust topped with a few wedges of Laughing Cow cheese, shredded mozzarella, Italian herbs, a zillion gloves of crushed garlic (or about 8J) and a cute little olive smile, a carrot nose and some mini turkey pepperoni buttonsJ  Unfortunately, he didn't last very long since he was DELISH!

And on the side, since I love a green side dish with pasta & pizza (and MISS IT when I do not!), I roasted up some garlic & parmesan green beans right along with the snowman... 

Sunday morning brought some 'house special' banana bread... 

...and some BACON CHEESEBURGER EGGROLLS!

I had these floating around my brain for the last few days and I was SOEXCITED to finally actually make them!

First, I sauteed up a few strips of diced bacon (can use turkey bacon here) until crispy.  Then I tossed in a diced onion and sauteed everything together for about 5 minutes... 

Then I drained the grease from the pan before adding in 3/4 pound of turkey breast to cook up.  While it was cooking, I seasoned it up with salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder and about a tablespoon of Worchestire for good measureJ

Once the turkey was browned, I drained the meat again and added it to a bowl to cool for a bit. 

Finally I added about 1/2 cup of ketchup, 2 tablespoons of mustard and 2 diced pickles and gave it all a good stir.

Then it was time to ROCK & ROLL...well, at least ROLLJ  I lined an eggroll wrapper with a torn slice of American cheese (use whatever cheese you want or have on hand, but I LOVEEEE me a good cheeseburger with good ole American cheeseJ)... 

...then I added about 2 spoons of the filling... 

...then you moisten the edges of the wrapper with a bit of water before folding in the sides... 

...then the bottom corner... 

...and rolling em until they are sealed! 

Place seams side down on a baking dish and give em a quick spritz of olive oil before baking at 350 for 30 minutes or until crispy...

And BAM!  You've got Bacon cheeseburger rolls!   They were SUPER decadent from the crisp bacon, creamy cheese and all the meaty cheeseburger flavor...but kept a LITTTLE on the lighter side by using ground turkey...

...and, of course, served up with a salad on the sideJ  Balance, folks, BALANCEJ

And I ACTUALLY remembered my "I like to have homemade dessert on Sunday" fact in time for me to whip up a QUICK cinnamon roll topped apple pie for dessert! 

I liked this recipe because it used pre-made pie crust for the crust AND the cinnamon rolls.  (SIMPLE!)

ROLLS:

Into PIE CRUSTJ :

I made a HALF recipe and baked the pie in a bread pan, making just enough for 1-2 nights of dessert.  We CERTAINLY didn't need to kick off the week with a whole pie to polish offJ  Halving a recipe prevents those days of lingering desserts staring you in the face while STILL having all the funJ

Again = BALANCE!

And to add to the balance, some power yoga & boxing were tossed in for good measure.  Both classes totally knocked me out!  Phewwwwwwwwww...I think I'm still sweatingJ

Have a great MondayJ