I spied this yummy Blueberry Muffin Loaf over at Smitten Kitchen.  This bread is loaded with blueberries and I especially love the crunchy top with turbinado sugar. I noticed others talking about other sweet bread recipes that she has shared.  As I was leaving the house this morning, I noticed Chris had sliced a big piece, spread it with butter and was toasting it in the toaster oven - yum!  This is an easy, one bowl recipe.  I used fresh blueberries but you can use frozen too.  Enjoy!

Blueberry Muffin Loaf  - adapted from Smitten Kitchen

8 Tbsp butter, melted

3/4 cup granulated sugar

lemon zest from one lemon

1 cup plain unsweetened Greek-style yogurt

2 large eggs

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

3/4 tsp kosher salt

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 1/4 cups fresh or frozen blueberries

3 Tbsp turbinado sugar 

Preheat oven to 375.  Line a large loaf pan (9 x 5) with parchment paper, pushing into the corners. Melt butter in a large bowl then whisk in granulated sugar and lemon zest.  Add yogurt, eggs and whisk to combine.  Add in baking powder, baking soda and salt whisking to combine.  Add flour and berries and fold in until all pockets of flour are incorporated. Batter will be very thick.  Spoon into prepared pan.  Drop it several times on the counter to make sure all air bubbles are out of the bottom. Sprinkle the top with all 3 Tbsp of turbinado sugar.  Bake for 60 - 70 minutes or until a toothpick comes at clean.  Use parchment handles to lift out of the pan to cook on a cooling rack. 

Honey Mustard Marinated Grilled Chicken

 I think my favorite food in the summer is done on the grill!  I have a few favorites - Lemon Caesar Grilled Chicken from my friend, Kathy and Lemon- Basil Grilled Chicken from my friend, Pat.  Kathy is a current neighbor and Pat is a former neighbor - I love good neighbors! I also highly recommend Mexican Flank Steak from my dear friend Lya!  

This past weekend, we tried a new one from Two Peas and Their Pod.  I have followed them for years on Ingram and Maria has amazing recipes.  Her Honey Mustard Chicken was fabulous.  I marinated it for several hours.  Chris grilled it.  It does have honey in it so you want to grill on a clean grill and watch for it not to get too hot and stick to the grill.  This chicken had amazing flavor... but we like mustard.  Visit Maria over at Two Peas and Their Pod for more details. 

Happy Grilling! 

Serve the Honey Mustard Chicken with fresh Corn on the Cob and this yummy Asparagus Pasta Salad!

Honey Mustard Chicken - adapted from Two Peas and Their Pod

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts

Marinade - Reserve 1/4 cup for basting chicken

1/4 cup whole grain mustard

1/4 cup Dijon mustard

1/3 cup honey

2 Tbsp olive oil

juice of one lemon (I used 1 Tbsp of lemon juice from fridge)

3 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp dried thyme

Mix all of the ingredients together in a large measuring cup.  Salt and paper the chicken and add the chicken to a large gallon ziplock bag. Pour over the marinade.  Seal the bag and marinate for at least 30 minutes or up to 8 hours.  Grill the chicken, covered for 5 - 7 minutes and then flip and baste the chicken with the reserved marinade. Girl another 5 - 9 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.  Remove from grill and let chicken rest for about 5 minutes.  

Asparagus Pasta

 Happy Summer!  Chris and I grilled out this weekend and I wanted a new summer side dish.  Love all of the recipes from Krista at Stay Fit Mom.  Her Asparagus Pasta was perfect.  I stored the extra in the fridge and we heated it up and enjoyed it for several days. Visit her fun page.  She has great meal-prep recipes, Ninja Creams Recipes, Sourdough recipes, etc. 

Cheeseburger Garbage Bread by "Brunch with Babs"

 I follow Babs on Instagram.  I love her and her husband is great too.  She has the best personality and SO much energy at 75.  She has great ideas for home, etiquette and great recipes.  You should follow Babs - any Brunch with Babs. 

Babs mentioned this Cheeseburger Garbage Bread recently before the Super Bowl.  I never make things like this so I decided to try.  We loved it - easy and so much flavor.  I got my pizza dough from Aldi but you could make your own, get the Pillsbury canned pizza dough or get the yummy dough from Trader Joes. Check out her video

I goofed and just put my meat in the middle of the dough instead of spreading it all out and making it spiral when rolling it up.  It was still fabulous.  I did make her yummy sauce.  I served it with a Caesar Salad and sweet potato fries. 

                                           my picture isn't great - Babs is much better :)

Cheeseburger Garbage Bread - Adapted from Brunch with Babs

1/2 lb chopped bacon (I browned the bacon in advance)

1 cup chopped onion

1 lb lean ground beef

1 Tbsp steak seasoning

1  13.8 pizza dough

1 1/2 cups grated cheddar jack cheese

1 cup grated cheddar cheese

Ingredients for the dipping sauce

1/2 cup mayonnaise

2 Tbsp ketchup

2 tsp yellow mustard

1 tsp white vinegar

2 Tbsp pickle relish

1 Tbsp finely minced onion

1/2 tsp paprika

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp onion powder

Make sauce and store in refrigerator in a covered container.  I made mine in advance. 

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.  In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the bacon until nice and crispy.  Remove the bacon from the pan and set aside. Drain most of the bacon drippings.  In the same pan, cook your onions and ground beef.  Drain and add back the bacon, add the steak seasoning and cheddar jack cheese.  Stir to combine. Spread your pizza dough out to form a large 11 x 17 rectangle.  Gently spread your meat mixture over the top of the dough - leaving at least a one inch edge.  Sprinkle with the cheddar cheese.  Gently roll up starting on one large side and pinch the ends.  You can brush with egg wash (I did't) and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake seam side down and back for 20 - 25 minutes.  Allow to cool 5 - 10 mixture before serving. 

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