Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Aussie Bites

During the holidays, DJ's parents shared a box of Aussie Bites from Costco with us.  Both DJ and I fell in love with those tasty mini muffins almost immediately because they're loaded with super grains and dried fruit.  They're a wonderful not-too-sweet breakfast treat.  We don't have a Costco membership, so we were pretty bummed when we finished the container.  Mel realized we might not be the only people who faced such a conundrum, and figured it'd be worth a quick Google search to see if anyone came up with a copycat recipe.  And indeed - someone did!  

 "The Stay @ Home Chef" Best Homemade Aussie Bites taste just like the ones from the store and are super easy to make.  At first it seems like a lot of ingredients to gather, but the bags of each component are plenty to last for several rounds of making the muffins so it's worth it in the long run.


After making them a couple of times, there are two tweaks to the recipe that we prefer:

            1. leave out the granulated sugar
            2. use uncooked quinoa



Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Tex-Mex Beef and Sweet Potato Stew

Snow Day!  At least 2 feet.  Epic!

No better time for a new slow cooker recipe - come in from the cold to the warm smells of spicy stew all day.

The spice packs a punch and sneaks up on you a bit, but overall it's a nice hearty stew!  Very glad we could enjoy it during this chilly blizzard.