Hope everyone had a great Christmas/holidays! instead of putting up our usual christmas tree, paper crafts is the theme. found everything to decorate our construction paper trees lying around the house. now how is that for recession holiday fun!
the fam's all home and since it's a big holiday that means food! so we started off in the early morning making some monkey bread- not too bad, the brown sugar made the biscuits stick to the bundt pan. decreased the sugar and butter to make the "healthier" version. the brown sugar could be decreased even more. plus, some walnuts or something would add a nice touch.
then of course the main part of the christmas meal-simple baked tilapia (salt, pepper, olive oil, lemon, threw in a garlic clove while it baked) then a side of roasted parsley potatoes and butter roasted asparagus and brussel sprouts. first time trying brussel sprouts, not bad drowning in a garlicky butter sauce, however, if u can tell, we sort of forgot to check the vegetables and our green veggies sort of died...
of course there always needs to be dessert...it's a oreo cheesecake cupcake. it has an oreo at the bottom, then regular cheesecake with oreo crumble on top. the cookie doesn't really soften in the oven, so next time only putting in half the cookie might work out just as well
this is a big weekend for the fam. the D's birthday, valentine's day and the lunar new year! we made red velvet cake balls from bakerella! the color was perfect for valentine's day AND the new year. so best wishes for the new year and spend some time with your loved ones. 
when we made monkey bread for christmas morning the D really loved it so we tried a variation on it to decrease the crunchy part of the brown sugar and butter. we saw a recipe that used whipping cream instead, unfortunately with the blizzard the grocery store is a bit empty so we tried out whipped cream instead, except it didn't seem to work...
it tasted just like the biscuits but in a bundt pan:)
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