01/11/14

Banana Nut Beer Bread

When I woke up this morning, it was sunny outside. Now, as I get ready to make a recipe to photograph for the blog, the clouds start to move in. It happens every weekend. I get the worst lighting. How am I going to better my photography skills with gray skies?

I’m hoping, as the sun moves to the front of the house, the clouds will start to disappear, too. I do have a couple of recipes I made weeks/months ago, that I haven’t shared. I wanted to make them again and take better photos, but I don’t think that’s going to happen. As I turn around to check the weather, I noticed it’s currently pouring outside. Go Figure.

So, I decided today, I’d share this beauty.

Yes, I know everyone is “eating healthy” and trying to lose weight, and I’m sure a Banana Nut Bread recipe probably will not get many Pins on Pinterest right now, but this bread is amazing! And I used Greek Yogurt {I literally use it for everything now!} instead of all butter.

Plus Nuts and Bananas are good for you and a piece of warm Banana Bread is just good for the soul. I wasted no time cutting a slice of this bread and probably burned a few taste buds. You can’t beat fresh bread right out of the oven. Leftover bread is great toasted to crisp up the sides and warm the middle. Now, I need to remake this… Today!

The best part about this bread, is the Cinnamon Sugar swirl. It adds a little something extra to a normal banana bread.

Speaking of extras, I used Lazy Magnolia’s Southern Pecan Brown Ale in this recipe.

If you’re keeping count, that’s 5 recipes using their beer. I’m kind of obsessed.

If you can’t find Southern Pecan, you could use any brown ale that is low in bitterness or your favorite Stout or Porter. I’d stick to a drier beer, though. A really sweet Milk Stout may off balance the recipe.

Just another side note, Banana Bread always reminds me of my mommy! She makes it all the time. As I think about it, I can actually smell the bread cooking, and hear the smoke alarm going off! Love you Mommy!!

Banana Nut Beer Bread

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Serves	2 Loaf Pans
Website	Adapted From Betty Crocker Banana Bread Recipe

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Butter
1/4 cup Plain Greek Yogurt
2 large Eggs
2 large Bananas (Ripe and Mashed)
1/2 cup Brown Ale Beer (or Milk)
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Pecans (Chopped)
1/3 cup Brown Sugar
1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon

Directions


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combined Sugar, Butter, Eggs, Banana, Beer, and Vanilla in a large bowl. Mix Flour, Baking Soda, and Salt in a bowl. Add 1/2 of the dry ingredients into wet ingredients and combined. Then, add the rest of the dry ingredients and combine. Lastly, stir in the nuts. {Do not over mix batter.} In a separate bowl, combined the Brown Sugar and Cinnamon. Spray loaf pans with cooking spray and 1/2 of the batter. Evenly spread the Brown Sugar mixture on the batter and top with the other half of the batter. Insert a knife into the batter and move in a circular motion to swirl Cinnamon Sugar mixture through beer. Bake until cooked through and toothpick, inserted into center, comes out clean when inserted into center.

Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick is inserted into the center and comes out clean.

Serve warm.

01/7/14

Brussels Sprouts Gratin and Sailfish Brewery

Honestly, I can’t remember eating Brussels Sprouts growing up. The first time, I remember trying them, was a few years ago. I’ve been a lover every since, but the only way I ever make them is roasted or sautéed in a pan with Crumbed Bacon, Garlic, and Crushed Red Pepper.

A few weeks ago, Huck wanted Potatoes Gratin. I decided to change it up some. While searching through the freezer, I found a bag of Brussels Sprouts, and came up with a plan.

Brussels Sprouts Gratin with Beer, Bacon, and Cheese. Yummy!! I actually made this for Christmas dinner and everyone loved it. We’ll, I think everyone loved it. There wasn’t any left, and I got lots of compliments.

For this recipe, I used Cigar City’s Hotter Than Helles Lager. It’s not actually hot but a nice refreshing lager. Munich Helles Lagers are a style of beer. Helles is actually German for Bright. It’s a bright yellow, light refreshing beer. I ordered this beer a few weeks ago on a trip to Fort Peirce.

Fort Pierce and Sailfish Brewery

A few weeks ago, Huck and I were sitting around bored. We both wanted out of the house but couldn’t decided what to do. We finally decided to venture north to Sailfish Brewery. We’ve talked about going for a while and figured it was the perfect excuse to get out of the house. It’s a new Brewery in Fort Pierce, about and hour north of our house. Once we arrived, he had an early dinner at the Original Tiki Bar.

It was an open bar style restaurant right on the water.

I thought I took pictures of our food, but can’t find them. I ordered a Beer Battered Fish sandwich, that was amazing, and Huck ordered Chicken nachos that he really enjoyed as well. We were really surprised with how good the food was. Bars can be hit or miss when it comes to food.

After dinner, we stopped at P.P. Cobb General Store. Karl told Huck about their impressive craft beer selection. The owner told us he had over 500 different beers.

You can build your own six pack from any beers in the store, even if they’re in a case. Huck started pulling beers out of 6 pack boxes, and I told him you can’t just start pulling any beer out you want. He quickly informed me he could. He’d talked to the owner while I was gawking at the beer.

They also have craft or specialty sodas. They reminded me of the old fashion Coca Cola bottles. Everyone, in town we talked to, raved about the food there, too. They served lunch everyday. I’d like to plan a trip back just for lunch. The city of Fort Pierce is spending a bunch of money to revamp the Downtown area. It was a neat area with cute shops. I wish we had more time to wonder around. It was getting dark by the time we left P.P. Cobb.

Once we bought our beer and random general store stuff, we headed to Sailfish. Sailfish is location in a historical building in downtown Fort Pierce. Another fun fact, one of the girls in the Barley Doll’s, husband, is part owner of the brewery. I spoke with the head brewer a few months ago about possibly doing a brew class with a couple of BD’s and Sailfish. Which reminds me, I should work on that for an upcoming BD event.

They’re currently expanding the brewery, and were installing new equipment when we were there. The building to the right will be their new brew house. They had a nice outdoor patio, too.

I can’t remember exactly what beers we tried. I ordered a light beer, a wheat maybe. It was a good beer for what it was. I’ve noticed I don’t like wheat beers that much anymore. I like hops! Huck ordered a Brown that was really good.

We got a growler of the brown to go, so I could enjoy one when we got home.

It was a fun day. We explored a new area close to home and added another brewery to our list. If you’re ever near the Treasure Coast, I recommend a trip to Fort Pierce and Sailfish.

Brussels Sprouts Gratin

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Serves

This recipe is great for a cold day. I recommend using a Lager or American Wheat Beer. Strong flavors or bitter beers can over powered the dish. Serve with Roasted Poultry or Beef for a complete meal.

Ingredients

1/3 cup Milk
1/3 cup Beer (Lager, Pale Ale, Wheat)
1/4 teaspoon Garlic Powder
1/4 teaspoon Onion Powder
Pepper to Taste
1/2 cup Shredded Cheese (I used Vermont Sharp by Cabot)
3-4 pieces Bacon (Cooked and Crumbed)
1lb Brussels Sprouts (Thawed and Drained)
1/2 cup Panko Bread Crumbs (Regular Bread Crumbs will work too)
1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese (Fresh Grated is best)
2 tablespoons Melted Butter
Cooking Spray

Directions


Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Combined the Milk, Beer, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, and Pepper in a large bowl. Once fully combined add the Brussels Sprouts, Cheese, and Bacon.

In another bowl combined Bread Crumbs, Parmesan Cheese, and Melted Butter.

Spray a baking dish with Cooking Spray and add the Brussels Sprout mixture. Evenly cover the top with the Bread Crumbs and Cheese mixture.

Place baking dish in the preheated oven and cook for 25-30 minutes or until Brussels Sprouts are desired tenderness and top is golden brown.

01/2/14

New Year’s Eve

Can you believe it’s 2014? I still can’t believe Christmas is over. We still have our tree up. I’m assuming, since New Years was during the week, most people will wait until the weekend to take theirs down. Any excuse to enjoy it a little long. I’m kind of excited to have the house back in order, but always hate see our tree go!

NYE

We brought in the new year at our buddy Greg and Sam’s house in Delray.

Our host

Yes! Sam is wearing a bow tie with a polo!

My New Year’s Eve was definitely all about the food. Every time I walked into the kitchen, Sam was pulling more food out of the oven. We all agreed, he should start catering parties.

We had dips, egg rolls, mini pig in the blankets, stone crab (Greg said stone crab was a traditional NYE food for him. I told Huck we’re making it a new tradition too. Any excuse to eat crab!)

I brought Shrimp Ceviche and a Beer Cheese Ball without the Beer. Both were super easy and received great reviews. I plan to have both on the blog soon. And I’ll try to remember the beer this time.

After eating too much, we sampled some beers.

Heady Topper

The first beer Huck and Greg brewed together.

Bell’s Batch 10,000 Ale

After the beer, food, and football, we played Jenga. Every time we go somewhere people request Jenga. (If you’d like to make our own life size Jenga, check out my how to post <— Click Here). It’s really popular and fun to play and watch. While people play, there is always a group standing around watching.

Regular Jenga didn’t last long before the guys decided to start making the game interesting.

I guess the rules were you couldn’t touch the blocks with just your hands. It made for a very interesting game!

Huck won for most creative with the shop vac.

We ended the night around 3AM on the couch watching True Blood. I managed to make it until 4AM. I woke up early to start my New Year’s Day food.

I used my new triple crock pot to cook Black Eyed Peas, Collard Greens, and Pork. I have it every year!

Everything was great, and I love my crock pot.

I enjoyed my leftover for lunch at work yesterday, too.

And I have a bunch left. I see some Black Eyed Pea and Collard Green Soup in our future!

I also wanted to share my Christmas present from my sister.

This cup makes me happy. I’ll be working and look over and see all the people I love! It’s awesome!

How was your New Years? Did you make until midnight?

01/1/14

Christmas Vacation 2013

It’s been so long since I’ve blogged, I almost forgot how this works… Almost!

We arrived home Sunday from our 8 days in Georgia. It was 8 days of go here, go there, do this, do that. By day 8 (well maybe day 6), I was ready to come home and rest.

We did so much in those 8 days, and I thought I would share our trip and Christmas in picture form.

I got my Waffle House fix. Twice.

We had Sushi at Ru Sans is Athens with friends.

The Nabeyaki UDON soup was worth the drive!

I drink more wine than beer.

We spent lots of time with our families.

We played the coolest game ever, Apples to Apples. It’s our new favorite!! Thanks Lisa.

We took my Papa Mathis to a Korean restaurant, Dan Moo Ji, in Duluth.

We’re starting a new tradition. Last year, we went to an African restaurant.

I looked at old pictures.

That’s me, my parents, and my Papa Brooks.

We played with the twins.

Huck got his first Manicure.

He looks really excited about it as you can tell!

We celebrated Mackenzie’s 3rd Birthday.

It was a great trip, but I must admit, I was ready to go home. We spent so much time in the car, traveling, and visiting, it’s nice to just rest. I think It was easy leaving, but I’ll be back in February.

I promise I’ll be back soon with more post. I have so many recipes and activates to share with you guys!

Merry Christmas! And Happy New Year!

12/16/13

Gingerbread Waffles with Cinnamon Butter

Did you know Christmas is 9 days away? 9!! It’s crazy to think this year is almost over. With Christmas right around the corner, I’ve been feeling very festive lately. We’ve rode our bikes around looking at Christmas lights, I’ve done some Christmas shopping, and we went to a Christmas themed birthday party. This really is my favorite time of year! The best part will be going home in a few days to see my family. I can’t wait!

In my family, my sister and I were are always up early on Christmas morning. Even when we both moved out, we’d still head over to my parents house early in the morning to open presents and spend time together before everyone went their separate ways.

A good breakfast usually follows the presents at our house. My Gingerbread waffles will be a great addition this year. Served with a side of yummy bacon and we’ll have a meal. It is the holiday after all. Calories don’t count on Christmas… Right?

For this recipe, I used the new waffle iron I bought Huck, as a joke gift, for his birthday. They’re light and fluffy with lots of flavor, and they freeze well. I made a full batch of these and put the leftover in the freeze. In the morning, when I want more, I’ll just pop them in the toaster like the store bought waffles. These are way better, though.

I used Bison Brewing Co. Gingerbread Ale in this recipe. It’s a holiday Porter brewed with Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Ginger. If you can’t find a Gingerbread beer, look for a Stout or Porter with cinnamon or nutmeg. I’ve only seen two Gingerbread beers here in South Florida, and I cant remember the other ones name. If we can get Bison here, I’m sure you guys can find it easily.

You can also use Whole Wheat or half and half Flours for a healthier waffle. My baking supplies are low right now, so I just used regular AP Flour. King Arthur’s Flour is the best by the way.

The batter for this recipe isn’t very sweet, either. Once you add {Real} Maple Syrup and the Cinnamon Butter, they’re perfect. If the waffles themselves were sweeter, I think once the syrup was added, it would be to much. So, keep that in mind if you do not like syrup and want a sweeter waffle batter.

Christmas Card Photo

Yesterday, Huck and I went to the beach to take our Christmas Card Photo. We like rubbing in the fact it’s warm here and cold every where else! The best part is we’re wearing short and flip flops in the middle of December! LOVE IT!

I’ll be back soon to share our adventure to Fort Pierce and Sailfish Brewing Company.

What is your favorite Christmas morning meal?

Gingerbread Waffles with Cinnamon and Maple Butter

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Gingerbread Waffles with Cinnamon and Maple Butter

Serves

Ingredients

WAFFLE BATTER
1 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon Ground Allspice
1/4 teaspoon Ground Ginger
2 large Eggs (Separate the whites and yolks)
1 cup Beer (Stout or Porter {I used Bison Brewing Co. Gingerbread Beer})
1/4 cup Melted Butter
2 tablespoons Sugar
CINNAMON BUTTER
1/4 cup Soften Butter
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1-2 tablespoon Real Maple Syrup

Directions


Combined Flour, Baking Powder, and Salt together.

Add Egg Whites to a mixer with a wire whisk. Beat until they form stiff peaks about 1-3 minutes. {When you dip the whisk into the whites, they should stick to the whisk and form a peak.}

While the Egg are mixing, combined Beer, Melted Butter, and Sugar. Add wet ingredients to dry and stir.

Add the Egg Whites to the bowl. Carefully stir the White into the mix.

Prep heat Waffle Iron. Once preheat, add waffle batter. {I have a small/cheap waffle maker and it's 1/8 cup of batter per waffle. All waffle irons are different.}

For my waffle iron, it took 3-4 minutes. I like mine a little crunchy.

Combined Butter, Cinnamon, and Maple Syrup. Serve over warm Waffles.

12/8/13

Crock Pot Tomato Soup with Pizza Beer

Is it cold where you live? If so, I hate to say this, but I’m a little envious. It’s still in the 80’s here. It’s just really hard to get in the holiday spirit when you’re shopping for your Christmas tree in a sundress and flip flops, right? We’re going to Georgia in 2 weeks, though. I’m sure it will be super cold, and I’ll be running home to the warm temps.

There are not many things I miss about cold weather. Layers, heavy jackets, waiting for your car to warm up, freezing after getting out of the shower, frosted windshields, etc. I do miss reading by the fireplace, enjoying a hot bowl of soup on a cold day, drinking hot chocolate while looking at lights, and the possibility of a snow day. The fact that it’s still hot as hell outside doesn’t keep me from enjoying a bowl of warm soup, though. I made this recipe a few weeks ago. It was actually a little chilly that day. By chilly, I’m talking mid 70’s. I’m a sissy when it comes to the cold!

Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer was the star of this yummy Crockpot Tomato Soup. You may remember my recipe for Beer Bread a few weeks ago using this same beer. It really tastes just like Pizza. You can go to their website to see if this beer is available in your area. I’m sure if we get it in South Florida, everyone else should find it fairly easy.

This recipe makes enough soup for an army! I used some of the leftovers for stuffed shells {recipe to come soon} and had a quart leftover in the freezer.

I recommend serving this soup with my Beer Bread hot out of the oven.

In Other News

I’ve been a little MIA lately. This weeks been a little crazy.

Wednesday, we went to TBC for their Movember contest.

I had the pleasure of looking at this every day last month… Thanks TBC! Luckily, it was gone shortly after we arrived home. I love Huck’s beard… not a fan of the handlebar look!

Karl and Holly joined us at TBC for the event. Like Karl’s new haircut? Huck didn’t win this year, but did come in 2nd, and passed the crown on to the winner.

Thursday, I had the Barley Doll’s meet-up.

We started at Das Biergarten in Abacoa. Das has a good craft beer menu and the turn out was really good. We had a few newbies but most everyone was repeats. As people started leaving, some of the ladies decided to headed to Jumby Bay for wine. The Barley Dolls do not discriminate against alcohol. We do drink responsibly, though!

Friday was my company Christmas party.

We met at the owner of my companies house for drinks and our secret Santa exchange before heading to Morton’s Steakhouse in West Palm.

Doesn’t Huck look fancy with his sweater vest and red wine?

And Saturday, I worked on Christmas Crafts and watched Football.

For the ornament frame, I bought an 8×10 frame and ornaments from the Dollar Store and hot glued them together. Now, I just need a picture of us.

My other project was a tree skirt for our Christmas tree. Last year, I found directions for a DIY ruffle Tree Skirt on Pinterest {Are you following me on Pinterest?? You should!}. I had a box of leftover fabric from our wedding reception and thought this would be a perfect way to reuse the fabric and have a tree skirt with more meaning. It took me about 4 hours total from cutting the fabric into 2” pieces to hot gluing everything together. The other lady used an old tree skirt, but I just used my old skirt as a template and made one with plain white muslin fabric. I didn’t want to waste my original skirt if my project didn’t work out. I wish it was just a little bigger. I may go in and add one more layer to the end… Maybe. Hot gluing burlap SUCKS!

It doesn’t really match the tree, but it’s special and I like it! I still have a bunch of fabric left and plan to make matching stockings for us and the yahoos. That may tie everything together a little more.

Crock Pot Tomato Soup with Pizza Beer

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Serves	6+
Prep time	15 minutes

This is a thick tomato, pasta sauce, soup. Crusty bread or Beer Bread is a must with with soup.

Ingredients

4 cloves Garlic (Minced)
1/2 Red Onion (Small Diced)
2 large Carrots (Grated)
28oz cans Tomatoes (Crusted)
4 cups Chicken Stock
1 cup Pizza Beer (or a light lager)
1 teaspoon Dried Thyme
1/2 teaspoon Dried Oregano
1 large Bay Leaf
1 Parmesan Rind (Optional but I recommend it!)
teaspoon Salt and Pepper to Taste
Extras (Parmesan, Parsley, Crusty Bread)

Directions


Add all ingredient into a slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours. Serve with extra Parmesan and crusty bread for dipping.

12/1/13

Thanksgiving Vacation

Huck’s Birthday

My four day weekend started Wednesday at 2PM. I practically ran out of the office screaming “I’m free!!”.

Wednesday was Huck’s birthday, and I was happy to be off early to celebrate. We started the birthday celebration at TBC, of course!

Our celebration continued to downtown Abacoa for Food Trucks and drinks at Das Biergarten with some friends. We were home fairly early.

Turkey Day

For Thanksgiving, we went to our friends Nate and Sue’s house for dinner. Nate smoked a turkey while Sue whipped up so amazing sides.

I brought ~~Butter~~ Corn Casserole, Beer Bread Rolls, and Cranberry Cheesecake. The Cranberry Cheesecake turned out really good. I followed SkinnyTaste’s recipe for Strawberry Cheesecake, but substituted strawberries for leftover cranberry sauce.

EG and Laura’s visit- Friday and Saturday

Friday, EG and Laura drove over from Tampa to spend the night. We went to Square Grouper and Dive Bar for dinner. Saturday, we took them to Berry Fresh for breakfast and Loggerhead Marine Life Center to check out the sea turtles.

Did you know Juno Beach has one of the most active nesting beaches in the world? I didn’t either.

The turtle below was going for his weekly weigh-in.

Each turtle has a little information posted about his condition, treatment, size, and age. The turtle below was found floating on his left side, and he was very anemic and hypoglycemic. He had a large, old, scare on his back from a boat propeller. He’s doing better since he arrived at the center.

He also went to the Juno Beach Pier.

The wind and waves were crazy.

While walking on the pier, some “kids” caught a 5 foot shark.

And people wonder why I don’t go swimming in the ocean…

It made me very sad to see the way the people treated the shark. They were taking pictures holding it and flipping it off. While holding it, they keep dropping it, and the shark was trying his best to get away. I secretly wanted the shark to whip around and bite everyone of them. Nothing serious. Just an F U from the poor defenseless shark.

EG and Laura left around 2PM, and Huck and I left for his homebrew competition at Roxy’s in West Palm.

Huck entered two beers into the competition and came in 2nd and 3rd. He was beat by a Blueberry Porter. He wasn’t very happy about “being the first and second loser”. I’m super proud of him for placing, twice!

There were large TV’s setup outside Roxy’s playing the UF vs FSU. We were watching the end of the UGA vs Tech and Bama vs Auburn game at a local restaurant/bar. The place went crazy when Auburn scored at the very end of the game. It was AMAZING!!! Oh and UGA won too. It was a great day!

11/24/13

Sweet Potato Casserole and Friendsgiving

Growing up, Sweet Potato Casserole wasn’t a part of our Thanksgiving Day spread. Well, maybe it was, but it never made it on my plate. Two years ago, I decided to make a Sweet Potato Casserole for Friendsgiving, and it’s become a staple ever since.

Last year, Sue brought a casserole to Friendsgiving with just a sugar and pecan topping. It was so much better without the marshmallows, and I decided to make it like that again this year.

I added a special ingredient to my recipe this year, of course.

When I picked up Lazy Magnolia’s Sweet Potato Beer, I wasn’t sure about buying it. Sweet Potatoes in a Cream Stout? Weird! I bought it though, and it was surprising really good. I’m a huge fan of Sweet Stouts and Sweet Potatoes, and the two are great together. Huck said this was the best beer Lazy Magnolia has, and we fought over the leftover beer.

Friendsgiving

I made my Sweet Potato Casserole for Friendsgiving at our good friends Ty and Morgan’s house last night. These two did a great job preparing an awesome meal.

Everyone did a great good with the food.

We had Ham, Turkey, Stuffing, Broccoli Salad, Green Bean Casserole, Scallop Potatoes, 2 Sweet Potato Casseroles, Mashed Potatoes, Spinach Casserole, Mac and Cheese, Corn Casserole, Gravy, Rolls, Cranberry Sauce, and Deviled Eggs. I’m full just thinking about all of it!

I tried a scoop of everything, and I couldn’t tell you what was my favorite or least favorite. Everything was equally good.

Isabelle was the first one at the table!

Another couple, at the party, moved to South Florida a year ago from Georgia. They actually lived in the same area we did. During dinner we shared stories about horrible Atlanta traffic, and the snow storm that shut down the whole city. Eww, I don’t miss cold or traffic!

After dinner, we watched football, played Jenga, and complained about being full.

You know you’re in South Florida when people are wishing they brought sweaters when it’s in the low 70’s.

We left around midnight with lots of leftovers and bellies still full of food.

Being so far from my family sucks, but it’s nice to have friends here to spend the holidays with. On the way home, we talked about how lucky we are to have such great friends. It’s crazy to think when we first moved here, we didn’t know anyone.

Thank you Ty and Morgan for a great night.

Sweet Potato Casserole with Cream Stout

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Ingredients

POTATOES
4 large Sweet Potatoes
3/4 cups Sugar
1/4 cup Sweet Stout
3 tablespoons Butter (Melted)
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
2 large Eggs
TOPPING
1/3 cup AP Flour
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
2 tablespoons Butter (Melted)
3/4 cups Pecans (Chopped)

Directions


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

POTATOES: Pierce Potatoes with fork and Microwave for 10 minutes or until tender. Once Potatoes are tender, cut in half and scoop all inside of Sweet Potatoes.

Combined Sugar, Beer, Butter, Salt, Vanilla, and Eggs. Add Potatoes and mix until smooth. Spray a pie dish with cooking spray and add Sweet Potato mixture.

TOPPING: Combined Flour, Brown Sugar, Melted Butter, and Pecans in a separate bowl.

Sprinkle potatoes with Pecan mixture. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and serve.

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Banana Nut Beer Bread

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Fort Pierce and Sailfish Brewery

Brussels Sprouts Gratin

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NYE

Our host

How was your New Years? Did you make until midnight?

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I got my Waffle House fix. Twice.

We had Sushi at Ru Sans is Athens with friends.

I drink more wine than beer.

We spent lots of time with our families.

We played the coolest game ever, Apples to Apples. It’s our new favorite!! Thanks Lisa.

We took my Papa Mathis to a Korean restaurant, Dan Moo Ji, in Duluth.

I looked at old pictures.

We played with the twins.

Huck got his first Manicure.

We celebrated Mackenzie’s 3rd Birthday.

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Christmas Card Photo

What is your favorite Christmas morning meal?

Gingerbread Waffles with Cinnamon and Maple Butter

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In Other News

Wednesday, we went to TBC for their Movember contest.

Thursday, I had the Barley Doll’s meet-up.

Friday was my company Christmas party.

And Saturday, I worked on Christmas Crafts and watched Football.

Crock Pot Tomato Soup with Pizza Beer

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Huck’s Birthday

Turkey Day

EG and Laura’s visit- Friday and Saturday

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Friendsgiving

Sweet Potato Casserole with Cream Stout

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