Saturday, September 29, 2012

Happy National Coffee Day ~ 4 Easy, Yummy Coffee Recipes

Happy National Coffee Day!

If you follow my blog, you know how much I love coffee.

I think my heart is still in Anchorage, Alaska, where

there is a coffee shop on almost every single corner!

You can go here to read my Alaska Coffee post!

To celebrate this fun day and my love of coffee,
I'm sharing 4 of my favorite coffee recipes:

Baileys & Kahlua Iced Coffee

Ingredients

1 oz Baileys Irish Creme

1 oz Kahlua

4 to 5 oz strong coffee (you can use flavored coffee, vanilla, hazelnut)

Directions
Fill glass with ice. Fill 3/4 of the glass with coffee. Next, add Baileys and Kahlua, stir. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle with cocoa powder. Mmm, mmm, good!

Easy Iced Mocha Recipe

Ingredients

4 to 5 oz of Strong Coffee (flavored like vanilla is great)

Splash of Vanilla Creamer (fat free, sugar free or reg)

1 oz Milk (skim, 2% or whole)

Little Squeeze of Chocolate Syrup (Hershey's)

Whipped Cream

Cocoa Powder

Directions

Fill glass with ice, pour 3/4 of glass with coffee. Add vanilla creamer, chocolate syrup and milk, stir. Top with whipped cream and cocoa powder. Enjoy!

Coffee with Sweetened Condensed Milk = DELICIOUS

Ingredients
Strong Coffee
Sweetened Condensed Milk

Directions
Mix a cup of strong coffee with 2-3 Tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk. That's it! Serve hot or cold. YUM!

Alaskan Sludge Recipe (my favorite)
Ingredients
1-2 Shots Espresso
Strong Coffee
Cream and Sugar *optional

Directions Add 1-2 shots of espresso to your cup of coffee. Add cream and sugar if you like. This is my most favorite way to have coffee! So. Darn. Good.

Enjoy National Coffee Day...I sure will!

Cheers!

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Bacon, Egg & Cheese Muffins On The Go...

Last night, while going through my news feed on Facebook, Food.com posted a picture of a Bacon and Egg Tart - click here to see the recipe. I have come across similar recipes using a muffin tin on Pinterest. This morning I woke up and decided to try it myself...

Wowzers,

I love these little things!!!

So easy, so good!!!

You can make them skinny using egg whites...

Click here for Food.com's Egg & Bacon Tart recipe.

Bacon, Egg & Cheese Muffins Recipe

Ingredients

Bread - I used classic white sandwich bread

Butter

Large Eggs

Bacon

Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Non-Stick Cooking Spray

Salt & Pepper to taste

Toppings - have fun!

*For skinny version, use egg whites and butter alternative (I can't believe it's Not Butter Spray). These muffins are small, so the portion is controlled. You can use a light bread and tofu or turkey bacon.

*Tips

~For toppings, use anything you like. I used tomato and green onion for the skinny

version.

~I only have a standard size muffin tin and used one egg for two muffins. I made one with egg yolk and whites and the other with just egg whites. If you have a deeper/larger than standard muffin tin, you should be able to use one whole egg for each muffin.

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray your muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray. Make circles with your bread. I used my sandwich press and seal ~ you can use a round 3 1/2 inch cookie cutter or just use a knife to cut away the crust. Brush one side of bread with butter. Place the bread, butter facing down in a muffin tin. Lightly press the bread to the bottom and sides forming the crust. Next, crack an egg and fill your bread crust. For a standard size muffin tin, one large egg will fill two muffins. *You can scramble your eggs and then fill the muffins. Last, top your eggs with cheese, bacon and anything else you like. Place in oven on middle rack and bake for 15-20 minutes. My muffins only took 15 minutes. If you are using a larger muffin tin and a whole egg for each, cooking time may take longer, closer to 20 minutes. Once done, remove from oven, salt & pepper to taste! Enjoy!

There are no rule for this easy recipe. Add whatever toppings you like. You can even scramble the eggs before filling the bread crust. You can make a few at a time or a dozen! I love the idea of making these ahead of time for an easy breakfast in the morning. Just pop them in the microwave and go...

Yum!!!

Thanks for stopping by!
Cheers!

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Tried & True Tuesday ~ Adorable DIY Fall Decor in Minutes

I don't have a recipe to share today, but I do have a great tip! If you are new to Sweet Little Bluebird, you may have missed one of my favorite tricks for easy holiday decor. I had a light bulb moment in Marshall's last December...you can read about that here and see what I made. I have been doing the same trick for every single holiday since...

Framing scrapbooking and card making stickers for easy holiday decor!

So easy, inexpensive...I just love them!