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RECIPE: Oh-So-Easy-and-Delicious Breakfast Pizza


RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

When I lived in Richmond, Virginia, there was this grocery store called “Ukrop’s.” Ukrop’s was famous for a few things: being closed on Sundays, not selling alcohol or cigarettes, their delicious cakes, and their delicious breakfast pizzas.

I used to stop by Ukrop’s 3-4 times a week on my way to work to pick up a slice. It was so ridiculously good. And for YEARS since leaving Richmond, I have tried to duplicate and find a recipe that rivals the Ukrop’s breakfast pizza.

And then, after many times of trial and error in the past, ENTER THIS RECIPE.

Seriously. Oh my goodness. I made this breakfast pizza on Tuesday night (because breakfast for dinner is the BEST!) and it was so ridiculously good my mouth is watering as I type this and look over the pictures of it. And, while it took me a little longer at first to make this (because I was totally making it up as I went along), it was SO easy. I am fairly certain I’m going to make it again… probably tonight. And then twice more this weekend.

Enough dilly-dallying. Here are the recipe and instructions:

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 prepared pizza crust (yes, I know you could do homemade crust, but I wasn’t that adventurous, so I didn’t in this case)
  • 6 tablespoons (approximately) of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! buttery spread, divided
  • 1/2 pound of ground sausage (I used turkey sausage)
  • 3-4 pieces of bacon (I used turkey bacon)
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon of milk
  • 2 russet potatoes, shredded (for the hash browns!) :)
  • 1-2 cups of shredded sharp cheddar cheese (depending on how cheesy you want it)
  • Salt, pepper, paprika, and cayenne pepper

INSTRUCTIONS:

Gather your ingredients and get them ready.  Preheat your over to 350 degrees.

RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

Properly wash and clean your potatoes. Grab a medium bowl and fill it with COLD water. Shred your potatoes over the bowl.

RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

This is the key to the hash browns… once you’re done shredding the potatoes, stir them in the cold water until the water is cloudy. Then, drain the potatoes, put them BACK in the bowl and cover them with cold water AGAIN. Stir the potatoes AGAIN until the water is cloudy (this removes a lot of the starch), then drain again and pat dry with a paper towel removing all the excess water.

RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

In a skillet, add 3 tablespoons of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter (ICBINB) buttery spread and melt. I am being totally honest when I say this buttery spread is SUPER delicious and made cooking all the pizza toppings a BREEEEEEEZE.

RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

Put your shredded potatoes in the skillet on top of ICBINB. Add salt, pepper, paprika, and cayenne pepper to taste. Mix the spices in. Then, cook the potatoes over medium heat until brown on both sides. Brown, not burnt.

RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

In a separate skillet, add ONE tablespoon of ICBINB and cook your bacon.

RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

In ANOTHER skillet, add another tablespoon of ICBINB and brown your sausage.

RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

In a medium bowl, prepare your eggs for scrambling! I add approx. one tablespoon of milk to my eggs and blend well. This makes the eggs FLUFFIER! RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

While all those toppings are cooking, melt one tablespoon of ICBINB in a small bowl. Then, with a pastry brush, brush the melted ICBINB all over your prepared pizza crust.

RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

When your hashbrowns (and other toppings) are done! Put them aside on bowls or plates.

RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

Now’s the time to scramble your eggs (do this last). It is KEY to leave your scrambled eggs running. DO NOT COOK THEM ALL THE WAY.

RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

Remove your runny scrambled eggs from the stove, and then spread on your prepared pizza crust.

RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

Add your toppings. Hash browns, bacon, and sausage. RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

Once those are spread evenly, add your cheese. It totally depends on how cheesy you want it. I love cheese, so I added a lot. :)

Then… toss that puppy in the oven! (NOTE: I did put my crust on a pizza stone, but you could certainly place it directly on the rack).RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

Bake your pizza in the oven at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes (or until cheese is brown and melty).

RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

VOILA! You are ready to eat!RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

SO. GOOD. My mouth is watering. For real.RECIPE: Delicious "Breakfast After Dark" Breakfast Pizza using I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

Yes, it is as good as it looks. But, I guess you can’t really go wrong with things like cheese, eggs, sausage, bacon, and hash browns all on top of a pizza crust that’s been prepped with delicious buttery spread and then baked in an oven. :)

Now, I made up this recipe totally on my own, but the fabulous people at I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! have a bunch of AWESOME breakfast-for-dinner recipes on their “Breakfast After Dark” site. There’s even another breakfast pizza recipe! You can check out some of their webisodes here.

So yeah, deeeeeeeelish!

Are you a breakfast-for-dinner fan? Are you going to try this recipe? Do you have a favorite breakfast-for-dinner recipe? Share it in the comments below!

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[RECIPE] Easy Creamy Orzo Pasta with Chicken and Broccoli

RECIPE: Easy Creamy Orzo Pasta with Chicken and Broccoli Dinner RECIPE: Easy Creamy Orzo Pasta with Chicken and Broccoli Dinner RECIPE: Easy Creamy Orzo Pasta with Chicken and Broccoli Dinner

I have really learned to LOVE cooking. I’m no professional chef. I’m no Paula Deen or Rachel Ray, but I’m not half bad. I have a few specialties, but I won’t be writing any cookbooks anytime soon (although that is secretly something I’d love to do one day).

Well, ever since I became pregnant, I’ve still loved cooking, BUT I need it to be simple. I need it to be easy. I don’t want to spend a ton of time in the kitchen.

I’ve recently discovered the GLORIOUSNESS that are the Philadelphia Cooking Cremes you can get at the grocery store (no, this is not a sponsored post, Philadelphia has no idea who I am). I had a coupon for a free one a few months ago and now I’m hooked. There are a ton of coupons out there for these cooking cremes and that makes them only like $1 or $2 each and they really add SO MUCH to a simple, plain dish.

Anywho, I threw this dinner together earlier this week and it was SO good so I thought I’d share it with y’all.

Have any of y’all ever tried the Philadelphia Cooking Cremes?

Ingredients:

  • 1 tub of Philadelphia Italian Cheese & Herb Cooking Creme
  • 1.5-2 pounds of boneless, skinless, chicken breast
  • 1 cup of orzo pasta
  • 1 12oz. can of diced tomatoes, drained
  • 2 cups of frozen broccoli
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Garlic Bread (as a delicious side)

Directions:

In a large skillet, cook the chicken breast and season with salt and pepper. Cut into cubes. In a separate pot, bring water to a boil and cook the orzo pasta according to the directions on the box or bag.

In the large skillet, combine cooked chicken with frozen broccoli and your tub of Philadelphia Cooking Creme (I used Italian Cheese & Herb this time, but I’ve also used the Creamy Garlic before which is SUPER yummy).

Once the pasta is cooked, drain it and add it to the skillet. Add your can of drained, diced tomatoes. Then mix thoroughly until everything is cooked through and you have a nice creamy consistency.

Serve with a piece of garlic bread and a glass of milk and enjoy!

[RECIPE] Easy + Delicious Breakfast Casserole

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I’ve been wanting to share this recipe with y’all for a while. A friend of mine passed it on to me a few years ago and it’s actually the first breakfast dish I ever made for John!

It’s SO easy and it is perfect for covering in tinfoil and keeping in the fridge and eating off of for a few days. I often make it for dinner and we’ll eat the leftovers all week. It’s SO good.

So yeah, here’s a little Tuesday recipe for you. :)

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb. of ground turkey or 1 lb. of sausage
  • 6 pieces of old white bread (or sourdough – also, now is the time to use the heels of the bread or the “ends” of the bread)
  • 1 cup of shredded cheese
  • 6 eggs
  • 2 cups of milk, heavy cream, or half-and-half (I used skim milk)
  • Salt and pepper (to taste)
  • 1-2 tsp of dill (honestly, to taste)

Directions:

Preheat the over to 325 degrees.

First, brown your turkey or sausage in a skillet. In a casserole dish, break up your six pieces of bread and line the bottom of the dish with the broken pieces of bread. Sprinkle the cooked meat (sausage or turkey) over the bread. Next, sprinkle some shredded cheese over the bread / meat mix.

In a medium bowl, mix the six eggs, salt, pepper, dill, and milk or cream. Then pour the mix over the bread / meat / cheese mix.

Place the casserole dish in the over for about 45 minutes or until a fork in the middle comes out clean.

Remove and serve. I, personally, LOVE mine with some ranch and hot sauce!

Enjoy!

[FASHION + DIY Gifts] Mother’s Day Weekend Adventures

You guys. I am tired. My weekend was SO fun, but I am tired. Now, I’m not complaining, I’m merely making a statement of my tiredness.

I had the day off of work on Friday and I felt like such a rebel. I consciously didn’t make my bed. WHAT?!  I am a bit OCD about making our bed every day. And Friday, I was heading to Burlington to meet my sister and nephew for lunch and I took one look at the bed and said, “Nope. I’m not making you.”

As my husband so appropriately said, “You’re so metal.”

He’s so sweet.

Anywho. Saturday was JAM PACKED. I helped to throw my friend’s baby shower and it was A-W-E-S-O-M-E. Seriously. It was so awesome. I had a blast. And the girls who helped me put it all together were amaaaazing. I’m gonna blog the whole thing this week. You can bet your boots das right.

Saturday afternoon, hubs and I headed to Newton to spend time with his parents. Dinner, visiting, and whatnot. Sunday (Mother’s Day) we got up – went to church, bible study, and then came back to the house for some grilled chicken and corn-on-the-cob. Nom. Nom. Nom.

My mother-in-law (or mother-in-love, as the card I gave her stated) wanted some impromptu family photos – so these are my only “Sunday / Mother’s Day / Church FASHION” photos from the weekend:

[this is me, my MIL, and hubs. my FIL was the photographer - hence why he wasn't in the photo]

[me and hubs]

[in case you were curious - my dress was $13 from Old Navy last fall, cardigan is from JCrew, belt is from Target, and necklace is from JCrew via eBay via Hong Kong.

husband is sporting: a shirt from Old Navy, Jeans from Old Navy, and Old Gringo Cowboy Boots - those were his "wedding boots" as he likes to call them.]

[below is husband and his mama. aren't they adorbs?]

[this is random, i'm aware, but this lonely magnolia was blooming on the magnolia tree at his parents house and i just thought it was so gorgeous]

now, what did we do for mother’s day gifts? well, we did a couple little things – but we knew we wanted to make her something nice – and what’s more nice and sentimental than wedding photos? oh yeah. so, i did a little remix of my DIY wooden photo boards.

If you wanna see how I did the other photo boards, you can check them out here.

Now, here’s my DIY photo gift board remix.

I wanted to do stacked frames. So, I got plain wood cuts from Hobby Lobby.

I got SIX total – THREE 7×9 cuts, ONE 11×9 cut, TWO 5×7 cuts.

I printed ONE horizontal 5×7 photo and TWO vertical 4×6 photos at Walgreens. That way they’d match up. Now, I did print them in color cause I liked these shots better in color than in black and white.

[I got spray paint. Now, I have now used both Krylon and Rust-oleum spray paint. I will NEVER get Krylon again. It is horrible. I've had bad experiences with Krylon dripping and getting watery and pooling before but I thought it was a fluke. Nope. No fluke. Rustoleum just goes on so much smoother and takes a lot less coats to get the job done. Krylon takes SO many coats and it doesn't even fully cover. Blech. Anyway. This is was I used, and I just dealt.]

[Spray paints your boards. And if you're using Krylon, like I did, it will take you all day to let it dry and repaint. Let it dry. And repaint.]

[Once your boards are dry 17190281098 hours later after using Krylon (haha!) get your Mod Podge and photos ready]

[Put a coat of Mod Podge on the wood itself, on the back of the photo, lay the photo down and get it centered, then coat the whole photo on top and get it nice and covered. Now, remember, the Mod Podge goes on cloudy but dries clear.

Also, I learned this, BE CAREFUL when doing this to color photos (especially glossy color photos) - I started to notice the Mod Podge turning a hint of pink and was taking some of the color off the photo. Thankfully I caught it in time, but just be careful.]

[After your Mod Podge is totally dry (the length of a movie - i.e. a movie hubs and I watched) you can either use Polyurethane or Gloss Sealant to seal your photo boards. For my previous project, I'd used Polyurethane. For this I tried the sealant. I'm not sure which one I like better yet. They both work just fine. Anyway, seal that photo board!]

[Now, let it dry completely (preferably overnight). Now is the time to get ready to get your stackable frames, well, stacked. I had hubs help me with this part getting the frames centered and marked.]

[Because I am a BEAST with a hot glue gun, I took over this part. Now, you could probably use Gorilla Wood Glue for this, but I love hot glue. So I used hot glue. And I hot glued that mess RIGHT ON.]

[Now you gotta get it so you can hang your photos up. This time I didn't wanna risk them being flimsy, so I opted NOT to get the hammer-in ones, so husband helped me get these on and centered.]

[And voila! Now, obviously they're not hanging on a wall cause the in-laws weren't sure where to hang them yet. But I thought they came out great! What do you think?]

Anyway. Sorry, I know that was a long Mother’s Day recap post. I hope you had a great weekend. What did you do? Did you do anything fun? Post your links in the Comment Luv section of the comments with a recap of your weekend. Or you can just tell me about it. Anyways.

xoxo, all for now.

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