The Fairy Hobmother has visited me!

 

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If you don’t already know who the Fairy Hobmother is, let me enlighten you. He is this awesome fairy guy that goes around the internet looking for really cool and interesting blogs to visit. Usually he gives the blogger a little something under the table *wink wink* to talk about the business of his fairy overlords. Oddly they are inappliances, who knew? Anyway, I was lucky enough to have the Fairy Hobmother “pay” me a visit. After spending a little time talking with him I started to get a real good idea of what he looks like in real life. I keep seeing these other posts about him and they always have him dressed in these silly fairy outfits, carrying a wand and stuff. But I know that isn’t true. I mean, he has overlords! Overlords do not allow their workers to carry wands and “twinkle” about.

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No, they have guys that look like this working for them.

They have mayhem. See, this Fairy Hobmother is one rough and tumble kind of guy. Think Michael Madsen. But he is smart and sexy and the kind of guy you want working for you, if you happen to be a fairy overlord. Or at least I would. So if you want the Fairy Hobmother to stop by and um “pay” you a visit, leave him a message in the comments. I heard, from a very good source, that he likes to keep track of things and reads all the comments. And don’t be surprised if his overlords take notice of you too!

 

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Friday Favorites Eye Shadow #FridayFavorites

Today we are talking about Eye Shadow on Friday Favorites #FridayFavorites. I have a couple of favorites I wanted to tell you about. When you are done go visit my friend Toni at Just Stop Screaming and check out all my other blogging friends.

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Gluten Free Bananas Foster Pizza featuring Udi’s Pizza Crust

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When I was younger I considered myself a bit of a foodie. I loved all the great powerhouse restaurants from New Orleans such as Antoine’s, The Court of Two Sisters, Brennan’s and of course Commander’s Palace. So when I took a quick trip to Las Vegas and found out there was a Commander’s Palace in one of the hotels I simply had to go. My then-best friend and I decided to try dinner there, and knowing what I do about Commander’s Palace, that it is a Brennan’s restaurant, I knew we had to order the Bananas Foster, if for no other reason than to say we had eaten it at a Brennan’s establishment. We also ordered the chocolate lava cake under the assumption that since we were both chocoholics that we would be fighting over the cake. Boy were we wrong! That bananas foster was the best dessert we had ever eaten. We were both vying for that dessert and shoving politely offering the other one the chocolate cake.

I do not believe anyone can improve on that quintessential dessert but I do enjoy playing around with the flavors, and that is why I decided to try to make a Bananas Foster Pizza. I wanted to make this a kid friendly dessert so I skipped the alcohol, but I’m sure if you wanted to add it to your adult version, it would be magical, just like the real dessert. I also wanted to keep it gluten free and dairy free for my boys, but I wanted to make it easy to eat. Gluten Free Bananas Foster Pizza was born.  I used Udi’s Gluten Free Pizza Crust which is a favorite in our family.

5.0 from 8 reviews
Gluten Free Bananas Foster Pizza featuring Udi's Pizza Crust
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Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 8
 
Ingredients
  • 2 Udi's Gluten Free Pizza crusts
  • ⅛ cup butter, ghee or Earth Balance dairy free spread (do NOT use coconut oil)
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon + additional for garnish
  • ⅛ cup banana liquor (optional and may not be gluten free)
  • ⅛ cup run (optional and may not be gluten free)
  • 2 ripe bananas, sliced into rounds
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk of choice
  • dash of vanilla
  • dash of cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Preheat an oven to 375 and pre-bake the Udi's Pizza Crusts.
  2. In a large saute pan melt the butter and sugar over medium heat until the sugar dissolves.
  3. Add the cinnamon and stir.
  4. Add the banana liquor and rum.
  5. Flambe is desired to cook off alcohol if using.
  6. Spead the sugar mixture over the pizza crusts.
  7. Top with sliced bananas
  8. Mix the powdered sugar, milk, vanilla and cinnamon in a small container until a drizzle if formed.
  9. Drizzle the icing mixture over the pizzas and dust with additional cinnamon.
  10. Cut and serve immediately.

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I was provided with samples to help facilitate this review and recipe. All opinions are my own.

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NuNaturals Chocolate Stevia Egg Cream Soda Recipe & Giveaway

 

Dairy Free Sugar Free Egg Cream Soda Recipe

After running errands and going to swimming lessons, we often like to stop by Cheeburger Cheeburger for lunch on Saturdays. Cheeburger Cheeburger is modeled after a 1950’s diner and they offer such novelties as vanilla cokes and egg cream sodas. Every time we are there my boys want to know what an egg cream is. I sort of knew, but I ended up looking it up on Google to make sure. An Egg Cream soda recipe is made from carbonated soda water, cream and vanilla or chocolate syrup, and not an ounce of egg. When I got the NuNaturals Chocolate Stevia liquid I knew I wanted to turn it into a sugar free, dairy free Egg Cream soda recipe. Yes, it can be done! And I have to say, with NuNaturals Chocolate Stevia it can be done well.

The Egg Cream Soda Recipe

I have been using So Delicious Coconut Creamer in my coffee and have really enjoyed it, so I knew it would be perfect with the NuNaturals Chocolate Stevia. You can certainly make this egg cream soda recipe with half and half if you prefer, but it is so delicious with the coconut creamer. (OK, I couldn’t help myself with that one.)

5.0 from 3 reviews
NuNaturals Chocolate Stevia Egg Cream Soda Recipe
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Recipe type: Beverage
Serves: 1
 
Ingredients
  • ¼ cup So Delicious Coconut Milk Creamer Original flavor
  • ¾ cup San Pellegrino sparkling water
  • 3 to 5 droppers NuNaturals Liquid Chocolate Stevia
  • ½ teaspoon chocolate extract
Instructions
  1. In a glass mix the all ingredients.
  2. Adjust stevia and extract if necessary to achieve the desired sweetness and chocolate intensity.
  3. You can serve over ice or straight up in a glass.

 

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Dairy Free Sugar Free Egg Cream Soda Recipe

I was provided with samples of NuNaturals products to facilitate my review. All opinions are my own.

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