Foodie Friday! S*P*R*I*N*G B*R*E*A*K S*T*Y*L*E

Today's 

Foodie Friday

is supposed to be about

Trainwrecks & Bloopers.

I don't have enough 

room in this post to show you guys  all of that....

We'll get on to that in a moment.

But before we begin,

I am just so  excited - I have to show 

you guys this.....

I received my package in the mail last Friday afternoon!

My trusty assistant opened it for me!!!

Remember I won that really cool cake stand 

from our own very Dear Gollum!

My Mom and I spent Saturday afternoon

baking a Banana Cake

to help show off this beauty!

Notice how pretty it looks when you look down on it.

Doesn't it look pretty from the side?

I got the recipe for this cake from Tastespotting.

If you want it - click here.

I will tell you that I added more banana.

It called for 1 cup of mashed banana and I added 

about a half cup more.

It also calls for lots of pecans

but I used walnuts.  

I'll admit here is my blooper - 

I only had about a cup in my freezer - oops!

My Dad thought it was delish!

But that doesn't say much-

He likes everything I bake.

Afterall, I am the apple of his eye.

But yes, it really was a good cake.

Very moist.  It has a cream cheese frosting 

and you can never go wrong with that!

For St. Patty's Day 

I thought I would try the 

Italian Sandwiches

posted on a previous 

Foodie Friday Potluck.

You know, the one where you add

a jar of pepperonchinis 

to a chuck roast and put it in the crock pot.

But, I can't leave a recipe alone.

I added a diced onion and garlic toes.

Also a palm of Italian Seasonings.

They were DELISH!

Very distinct pepperonchini taste,

but the aftertaste leaves you wanting more!

I had some leftover and they

were actually better the next day!

I served them on crusty rolls with

provolone cheese.

Jacob prepared these stylin' little snacks for me

the other day before we went to Cheapo Records.

Jacob got a turntable a while back

and is now infatuated with albums.

So we spent hours pouring over 

the new & used stacks of

Rock & Roll!

Boy, did that bring back memories!

We scarfed down the cake in a big hurry 

and the cookie jar was empty - so we had 

to bake some Oatmeal Craisin Walnut cookies.

And one last thing - 

I have to share this because.....

I Love you guys!

Robyn