This post is all about some great easy weeknight meals for a busy mom with a new baby!
Shelley from Franish Nonspeaker is expecting!! So a bunch of us a throwing her a "Virtual Baby Shower."
Fun huh?
The idea is for us all to share some time saver meals or things that can easily be frozen and thawed for a quick dinner.
With all three of my pregnancies I stocked up on freezer dinners. Boy do they come in handy... casseroles soups all that great stuff can be pulled out and easily re heated by hubby! They were a life saver for me.
Instead of a freezer recipe I thought I'd share this great side easy recipe with Shelly and anyone else who just likes easy peasy!
These are SO easy to make even my 5 yr old could do it... he did in fact 3 times in the past week. We even made a cinnamon sugar version (I will blog that one later next week!)
The great thing about these bread sicks is that they are only 4 ingredients! FOUR! Great with pasta, salads, soups and so on and so forth.
Garlic Bread Sticks
Recipe adapted from King Arthur Flour
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
4 cloves of garlic minced
2 1/4 cups self rising flour
2/3 cup butter milk
Directions:
Preheat oven to 450.
Place butter and garlic in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish and place in the oven until the butter is melted.
Mean while mix flour and milk together. Flatten and roll into a 10x8 rectangle (will be thin) cut 1 inch strips and place in your baking dish ontop of the melted butter and garlic.
Bake for 15-20 minutes.
Remove from oven and enjoy a buttery garlicy bread stick!
For some great meal ideas to go with your breadsticks... check out these recipes!
Roasted Garlic Baked Cheesy Spaghetti
Buffalo Chicken Mac n' Cheese
Toasted Pasta w/ Veggies
Lemon and Garlic Orzo with Mussels
Slow Cooker BBQ Baked Potato Soup
White Bean and Sausage Soup
Butt Kicking White Bean and Chicken Chili
Now go check out the other bloggers participating and their great time saver recipes for Shelley!
Anna, Keep It Luce
Christina, Girl Gone
Grits
Elaine, California Living
Esra, Irmik
Hanim
Ilke, Ilke’s Kitchen
Jenni, Pastry Chef
Online
Lana, Bibberche
Lisa, Lisa Is Cooking
Renee, Sweet Sugar Bean
Robin, A Chow Life
Sarah, Snippets of
These bread sticks look delicious! I'd love to dip them in some marinara sauce and go to town! Yum! The cinnamon and sugar version sounds wonderful too!! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Julia! They would be great with some marinara!
DeleteThis is the sweetest idea ever!!! I will have to remember all these great recipes for when I'm pregnant one day!
ReplyDeleteMake note now... a stocked freezer will be your best friend during the last weeks of pregnancy and first few weeks with a NB!
DeleteUmmm Yum! Love your blog and happy to meet you through this shower.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Looking forward to reading everyone's posts!
DeleteI love the bread sticks!! How super easy and ridiculously yummy--one of my favorite combinations! lol
ReplyDeleteThey'd be great dipped in your roasted tomato sauce! Our posts pair nicely!
DeleteI didn't know you knew Shelley! She mentioned at her in-person shower that this was happening but she didn't say who was involved. Virtual showers are so fun - and I'm sure you know how great those make-ahead meals are with a newborn!
ReplyDeleteI actually I'm a new follower of hers! I found her blog through Ilke when she first started planning this. I love the idea of easy meals so I jumped on board. Funny I knew about it at KAF and didn't make the Austin Connection with you!
Deleteexcellent! love garlic! loved your blog... and nice to meet you through RUBY!
ReplyDeleteSame to you Esra, looking forward to reading everyone's posts.
DeleteThese do look and sound terrific! How'd you know bread would appeal to a fellow baker? :-) It's so nice to get to know your blog through the recipe shower and thanks so much for participating!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to get to have "met" though your shower! What a great idea to share make ahead meals for you.... and other expecting moms! I know I would have loved this when I was pregnant with my 3 kiddos!
DeleteI didn't know garlic bread sticks could be this easy. Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! Oh, how I love breadsticks. Wow. I'd eat the whole batch, for sure.
ReplyDeleteOh, delicious! and they do look so easy peasy to make! Since she was supplied with ample recipes for soups, these would be the perfect accompaniment!!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely a guilty pleasure. Sounds dangerously easy :))
ReplyDeleteSeems like your bread sticks would pretty much go well with the sauces, soups and lasagna recipes in this shower.
Thank you again for participating. It is so nice to meet the others through a virtual event like this. If we cooked all this and brought it together for a real shower, I dont think I could move an inch after the shower:)
Carrie, I am going to make my girls make these bread sticks tomorrow! They look amazing and with only four ingredients, they have to be extra simple to make:)
ReplyDeleteI am so happy I have found your blog and I am looking forward to getting to know you better (I usually go all the way back to the beginnings when I encounter a new wonderful blog:)
And congrats on your blog anniversary!
XOXO
Garlic on bread, can't go wrong!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to make these, so stinken easy, quick, and they look scrumptious!
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