Pizza Muffins (and my baby!)

I'm still here! Oh what a wild ride I've been on since my last post in May. As I mentioned in that last post, I was 10 days away from my due date. Well, I ended up going a week overdue before finally having my sweet baby boy. Here I am, checking in to the hospital. Can you believe the size of that belly?!











After 30 hours of labor and failed epidural (oy vey), this new momma gave birth to a 9 lb 11 oz chubby bundle of perfection. Allow me to introduce Baby Rookie Chef, Lucas Jon:







Can you believe that sweet little baby is now 4 months old (and a whopping 19 pounds)?!







Okay just one more picture (hey, it's my blog I can brag if I want!):







So there you have it. He is my excuse (a cute excuse if I say so myself). He has stolen my heart and also a lot of my time in the kitchen! So unfortunately here at The Rookie Chef it's been a little quiet. But I'm going to make an effort to start cranking back out some of the new, fun creations I was experimenting with before. First up? Pizza Muffins! Let me add that this recipe is certainly not the epic comeback I was hoping for in my return to blogging. But hey, it's a start.



Ingredients:

• 1 container refridgerated buttermilk biscuits (8 oz can)


• Pizza sauce


• Italian seasonings


• Turkey pepperoni (regular is fine too, of course)


• Shredded cheese of your choice

Directions:

• Spray muffin pan with Pam (or other) nonstick spray.


• Unroll the biscuits and seperate each one out. Flatten until they are about 3" circles. Place flattened biscuits in your grease muffin pan and make sure you mold the dough up on the sides a bit.


• Mix about a cup of sauce with Italian seasoning, to taste.


• Add a half spoonful of sauce to each (in hindsight, I would have added a full spoonful, maybe more).


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• Drop in a few pepperoni, I used two in each.


• Sprinkle with cheese and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until golden brown.

See that? In true Rookie Chef fashion I managed to burn these little suckers. Ahh well, such is life. BUT they were still very good. And zero mess. I think I will pocket this recipe for when Luke gets a little older. I can see these being great lunchbox treats! They'd be perfect for an on-the-go meal.



Like I said, not quite the epic return I had hoped for... but it's something. It's good to be back!