{Sicky = Banana Bread}

Here in the Morris household we have been sick... the baby & myself that is. It's been awful. 

I can't sleep at night.. around 1am I realized I wasn't going to get to sleep anytime soon. Bring on  scrubbing the kitchen floor and counter. It felt pretty good. Hubby stayed up with K when she woke up around 2:30am (conveniently when I decided to climb in bed) after I made sure she was good and fed.
Then he was even such a nice guy to take her to church with him while I actually got uninterrupted and much needed I might add 3 hours of straight sleep. I also must add that our baby girl was so freakin' adorable in her little tutu dress. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture.. but trust me.. A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!
I was feeling pretty 'domestic' and put together a crockpot meal for dinner. AND I even made banana bread from scratch. 
I got the recipe here but I halved it because 
1) I will be alone all week & don't need to eat a whole loaf by myself 
2) We only had 1 cup of bananas
I also only baked my bread for about 30 mins & I may have gone a little heavy on the brown sugar :)

       {Banana Bread}

• 2 cups of all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups of mashed banana
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 9x5 loaf pan.
2. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Stir in the eggs, mashed banana,vanilla and cinnamon until well blended. Add the flour mixture and mix, by hand, until it's just moistened. Pour batter into pan.
3. Bake for 1 hour @350. Allow it to cool for about 10 minutes before removing from pan.
 

So try it and let me know what you think!
Do you have a yummy banana bread recipe?

{Recipe: Mountain Dew Apple Dumplings}

I first had these while visiting my Aunt Nadine on Easter.  
Did I mention she was camping? Of course her idea of camping is the same as mine... in a trailer, a nice trailer. We had them again last week and I knew that I was hooked. 

 INGREDIENTS (this is for serving size of 2-4)
- 1 can pillsbury crescent rolls
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 1-3 granny apples
- 1/2 cup of butter
- 1 can of mountain dew

1. Grease a small pan
2. Peel and cut up apples
3. Roll apples into crescents - Place in two rows on greased pan
4. Melt butter & mix in sugar and cinnamon
5. Pour butter mixture over crescents
6. Open Mountain Dew & pour over the top


Pop these bad boys in the oven for about 30-45 minutes at 350F
Enjoy over a scoop or two of vanilla ice cream.

I looked online & there are several variations of this dish. 
I felt a little guilty about the amount of sugar so I cut down on the amount a bit. Obviously, if you have a larger family you can double the recipe (although I would still only use 1 can of Mountain Dew).

Tasty Tuesday; Cheesy Potato Rounds

(picture via pinterest)

Like many of us I am completely addicted to Pinterest.

My problem is I have tons of pins but haven't attempted any of the 'pins'.
Yesterday.. for the first time.. I did.

Cheesy Potato Rounds
2-4 large potatoes
About 1/4 cup butter
Bacon (optional)
Cheese (optional)
Green onions (optional)

Super easy..
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Wash & clean potatoes.. cut into slices (thin or thick)
Melt butter in the microwave and coat each side of the potato
Cook for about 30-40mins
Remove potatoes
Add fixings
Return to oven for 3-5mins
Dab a side of sour cream on your plate
Enjoy!

I think this would be an easy side for a potluck (and cheap).