Tailgating Tuesday: Brunch Options

It's Tailgating Tuesday again! Today I'm going to share one of my favorites for an early tailgate...brunch.

A brunch tailgate is pretty easy to set up and can run the gamut from donuts and coffee to mimosas and eggs benedict.  We usually go somewhere in the middle with breakfast casseroles, monkey bread, fruit,  and well, mimosas. I tested this recipe last weekend and it was a hit at our house!

3-ingredient Sausage Bites

• 1 lb. sausage (pork)
• 1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese
• 2 packages crescent rolls (save yourself some stress and get the seamless dough)

1. Brown and drain sausage. Blend in cream cheese until the cream cheese is melted.
2. Unroll one package of crescent rolls and place on a baking sheet. Leaving about a 1/2-inch border along the edges, add sausage and chees mixture.
3. Unroll the remaining package of crescent rolls and place on top of the sausage mixture. Press the edges together to seal.
4. Bake at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes, or until crescent roll dough is golden brown.
5. Cut into small squares and serve.  (A pizza cutter makes it easy!)

Some of my other favorites:

Monkey Bread
Sausage Biscuit Bites
Banana Bread Muffins

Foodie Friday-Banana Bread

I've been craving something homemade this week since I'm normally a grab a breakfast bar as I'm running out the door. This week, banana bread muffins made the menu....Patrick is always super supportive of this plan!

Bread:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 cup granulated sugar
½ cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
¼ cup of walnuts (optional)

3 ripe bananas, smashed
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 tablespoons milk

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan or 15 muffin tins. 

Combine flour (2 C), baking soda (1 tsp), and baking powder (½ tsp) in a small bowl, whisk.

Beat sugar (1 C) and oil (½ C) on medium. Add the eggs, one at a time, then add the bananas and vanilla extract (2 tsp); beat to combine. Begin adding the flour mixture and milk, alternating. Finally, add chopped walnuts (¼ C)Beat just until the flour is incorporated and finish mixing with a spatula.

Spread batter into the loaf pan or muffin tins. Bake until a toothpick comes out mostly clean, about 55 minutes for a loaf or 20 minutes for muffins.