It’s winter break this week so things go moving slowly around here today. Instead of cooking breakfast for the kids, the boy and I made brunch.

We used our new silicon cups again….(these things are paying for themselves quickly)….to make some cute Ham and Cheddar Popovers. Super easy and according to the hubs and the boy ..super delicious. (Hubs did suggest we put an egg in next time to make it more breakfasty. He has a good idea once a while.)

Ingredients:

1 package cresent rolls

Sliced ham

Shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:

We rolled out the cresent rolls, layered on ham, and sprinkled with cheese.

I trimmed off the wide end of the cresent rolls a little bit before rolling  them up and putting them in the silicon cups.

Baked for 10 minutes at 425  degrees.

The girl tossed her green spoon at the boy (by accident I hope) just before I snapped the above picture

The boy had a blast with the cheese…in fact he made me refill the cheese bowl..as you can see below..and he ate it along with his popovers as a side dish.

So these were a big  hit and I will definitely make again, but next time I’ll make half without ham because the boy picked all his out and fed to the dogs anyway.

So remember the cute little silicon cups that I posted about the other day? Well that make AWESOME eggs!!!

Not only awesome but FAST. Crack the egg..pour in the cup…nuked for 30 seconds and you are eating breakfast!

I didn’t think this was going to work like the instructions said it would..but color me wrong…IT DID. A perfectly fluffy delicious, protein packed eggy in half of a minute. It’s little things like this that make me happy.

30 SECONDS people….even the busiest mom can handle a 30 second egg.

I cut open an english muffin and put one triangle of Laughing Cow cheese and viola! A delicious and healthy 200 calorie breakfast that can be eaten on the go!

I love these little cups..totally worth the $17 for the set that I’m sure can found at Amazon for half that but I had to have them right away. I told you I am not naturally frugal…but I try. Most of the time I fail, but just like I tell the boy…never give up.

Next up for me and the cups….mini lasagnes and ham and cheese cresent roll popovers! Pictures and recipes coming soon peeps!

I cooked mine in the silicon cup inside a plastic bowl..but that was really unnecessary. Not a drop of egg cooked over.

My delicious and fast 200 calorie breakfast

The hubs and I had to hit the local warehouse club this week for our monthly grocery/diaper/formula shopping. We almost always stick to our list these days when we grocery shop now that the girl is here…but we do always take a few minutes to look through the book section for interesting things for the boy. We don’t always let him get a toy but we do always let him have a book if he asks for it..and usually even if he doesn’t.

This week we bought him another Spongebob book that I wasn’t really too happy about it until he sat down and nearly read me the whole thing by himself. Yes! My book plan is working! And we found this cool little cookbook set that has already paid for itself in ‘quality boy and mommy time’.

We didn’t get a chance to use it yesterday after shopping, so the boy did the next best thing. We played ‘the rainbow cup game’ with the cute silicone cups for about 2 hours.  A few hours after I found them on the entertainment center and then later again on my nightstand. At this point even if we don’t ever cook with them they are getting more play time than most of his toys.

We decided to try the Rice Cup Recipe first. Well, I decided. The boy wanted to make the brownies, natch.

It was so simple and should have only taken about 30 minutes including cooking time, but since I was doing it with a four year old…it took a bit longer.

Ingredients per cup:

2 Tablespoons rice

1/4 cup water (or chicken stock)

Directions:

350 degrees for 20 minutes

This is the only rice I had in the house so we made due. In the book the picture shows plain white rice which of course ends up being sticky and looks cute when you turn the cup out on a plate. I was concerned ours might not hold it’s shape, but it did ok.

The boy did not want his work photographed.

Just out of the oven. Had to cook for 35 minutes instead of 20. Probably because this is pilaf.

And here’s what it looked like on the plate:

And here’s what we did while waiting on the rice to cook. We made a pretend solar system in a big pot with our red measuring bowls. Yeah solar system book!

The sweet baby foot on the left belongs to the girl. She just watched and made funny noises the entire hour.

These cups will get used in our house alot. Not only does the boy love anything he made and that comes in a cool shape on his plate, the cups are perfect for calorie and portion control. I’m going to try making some South Beach recipes in these this week too. Egg muffins and turkey meatloaf will cook beautifully in these cool cups. The even work in the microwave for a quick egg in the am.

Highly recommended product.