Breakfast Muffins

Ingredients

8 strips of bacon

1.5 fresh avocados

8 large eggs

1/4 cup milk (or half and half depending on how you're feeling that day)

1/2 tbsp vegetable oil

1/2 tsp baking powder

salt & pepper to taste

Freshly grated sharp cheddar cheese 

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 F.

2. In a large pan on the stove cook your bacon (or whatever meat you have) drain on paper towel, chop and set aside

3. Whisk together eggs, milk, oil and baking powder. Season with salt and pepper.

4. Lightly spray a cupcake pan (I use a big one with only 6 cupcake holes) with oil and set bacon down at the bottom following adding the avocado on top of bacon evenly in each cup.

5. Ladle the egg mixture over bacon and avocado.

6. Sprinkle with cheddar cheese.

7. Bake for 15-20 minutes. 

That's it!! So easy and fast and SOOOOOOOO good! I added some ketchup to my 2 year old daughters and some hot sauce or salsa with sour cream on my husband and I's. 

I hope you like my little twist on this recipe and let me know if you tried it and if you have and new versions!!!

I love you for reading! xoxo MDG

I'm no longer "pissed off"!

 I finally got my daughter potty trained a while back and we even graduated to the beloved princess potty that sits on top of the "real" toilet!!! I thought my days of dealing with piss and poop was over (until the arrival of our second child in July)

lame princess potty 

When we brought this home from our beloved Target we were both very excited!!! Until, Emma used it twice or so...

I found my self on my hands and knees on my bathroom floor sniffing the floor around the toilet like a freaking Blood Hound! "Where is this pee smell coming from?!?", I asked myself EVERY DAY!! Now, I would like to think that I keep a clean house and the fact that every time I went into the guest bathroom & it smelled like a damn urinal made me lose my mind a bit more and more every time I stepped foot into that room!

I cleaned, I scrubbed, I soaked, I blamed the dog and even blamed my husband (as if he hasn't been using a toilet for 30 years...) I was getting really pissed off! Until I took apart Emma's Potty... If you look at the picture above you can see there is plastic with a cushion seat on top that comes apart. Anyway, as I was getting this thing open I was shocked to see pee come spilling out of it!!! OMFG gross! There it was.... Old, nasty, smelly Emma pee. I finally found the smell I was looking for!

For whatever reason the way this amazing potty was designed let pee into the plastic tray below the seat. BRILLIANT!!! Now, I have now problem cleaning this potty say.... 2 times a week. But, nope! I found that every time my husband or I removed the seat to use the toilet pee would leak out onto our floor!!! EVERY TIME SHE USED THE DAMN THING PEE WOULD GET STUCK IN IT!!!! Now, I don't know about you but.... I sure as hell don't have the time or energy to go take apart a toilet, wash it, disinfect it, dry it, clean the floor and put it back together and back in the bathroom before little Miss. Piss a lot returns to her thrown!  

So... I guess you can say we "broke up" with that Princess Potty from Hell the day a great friend of my told me about this toilet she was getting to start her daughter on the great potty training adventure!! "A real toilet seat with a toddler seat built-in?" I asked. I could just see it now.... Life with out piss everywhere?!?! Maybe there was a god, I thought?! She took me to Lowes where they had only one left... I played it cool. (when I was really crying inside) Of course I let her get the last toilet seat but you better believe the second I got home I was on the phone looking for who else had this golden toilet she spoke of!!

well, HomeDepot had it!! We made it our first stop that Saturday morning! I asked my husband to put it in right away!! I was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen!!! No more lifting/removing a toddler seat full of piss, no more cleaning pee all day, It has a "no slam" feature so, no matter what part you put down it goes down nice a slow to keep those little fingers safe and has a little magnet to keep the toddler seat up and flush the the back of the seat but it easy enough for her to pull it down her self, it's easy to attach and they have round and long shapes to fit any toilet!! I would recommend this little gem to anyone who is ready to ditch the training potty and move to the "real toilet". 

Here are some pictures of our new addition along with a link on where to get it! If you choose to become piss free like me and get this lovely thing, I hope you like it as much as we do and PLEASE let me know too!!!

SEE! You cant even tell its anything less a normal toilet seat!

easy  easy easy

TA DA! 

Normal every day toilet view

Here is the link where you can find this perfect little guy:

http://www.lowes.com/pd_229596-1597-783EC+000_0__?productId=3505186&Ntt=toddler+toilet+seat&pl=1&currentURL=%2Fpl__0__s%3FNtt%3Dtoddler%2Btoilet%2Bseat&facetInfo= 

I Love you for reading!! Have a great day!!!

xoxo MDG

Easy NO BAKE cookies!!

So this is a family recipe that my grandmother made and my dad LOVES and always made for us when we were growing up!! Well, as the years went on we kinda forgot about this easy little gem of a recipe! I happen to be on Pinterest one day and saw a similar version!! It just so happened that the following day I was having my parents over for dinner to celebrate my dads birthday! Sooooo I wanted to make him his old favorite cookies that none of us had had in years!! I knew it would make his day to have me make them for him seems how last time he made them I was his littler helper standing on a chair trying to see over the counter! 

They turned out great and like the good blogging lady I am, I wanted to share them with you so you and your family can enjoy them just like mine has for years!! Not to mention it's the easiest thing EVER to make and takes like 10 min. MAX!!!

Happy Baking!

Ingredients:

• 1 stick of butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3 T. cocoa powder
• 1/2 t. salt
• 3 cups quick oats
• 1 cup shredded coconut (I used unsweetened) ((also, optional my family never used coconut))
• 1 t. vanilla
• 1/2 cup of peanut butter 

Directions: In a medium saucepan mix together the butter, sugar, milk, salt and cocoa. Bring to a full boil for about 1 min. Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients and mix well. Spoon cookies (1 Tablespoon) onto wax paper to cool. When the cookies are cool and set, ENJOY!

Let me know if you guys tried these and also like them as much as we do!!!

Love you for reading!!!

MDG

Where in the hell has that Modern Day Gal been?

HI!!! Remember me?! The Gal that talked about food, skin care, babies, etc....? Well, I am so happy to report that in fact I am still alive and not only am I alive I am cooking a new little Modern Day Gal to add to my little Modern Day Family! Family count: 1 husband, 1 mommy, 1 Emma, 2 boy dogs, 1 Girl cat and a little girl bun in the oven!

I am coming up on my 17 week of pregnancy now and I could not be happier!! Finally I can get my fat ass out of bed and do something!!! MY LORD this pregnancy has kicked my ass!! I am not sure if its due to having a 2.5 year old to chase around while being prego or what but, there was days I would lay in bed and cry cause of the exhaustion I felt! But Finally, I am back and feeling like my old self again!!! My house is clean, dinner's are being made, chores are getting done, make up is finally being put to use, husband finally got some and Emma has her mommy back vs that lame couch potato she had to hang around with for the last 3 months! All is back to normal here at the Strankowski house except my blog!!! My poor little blog has been left out to die while I bake this little bean.... But the time has come!! I AM BACK and I hope I am better then ever! I have so many things to share with you guys since I have been in hibernation !!  So buckle up and get ready cause I have a million things to say and share with you alll!!!

Buckle up and see you soon!!!

MDG

xoxo