Yo-Yo Cake Pops

My cousin, Bradley, is a huge yoyo fanatic, so for his birthday I made him some yoyo shaped cake pops. He wanted chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Some of the pops had peanut butter candy coating per his request. 

Chicken Chimichangas

Yield: 6 servings * Overall Price: ~$10 * Calories: 380

Ingredients:

2.5 cups shredded cooked skinless, boneless chicken breast
1 cup (4 ounces) crumbled queso fresco cheese
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1 garlic clove, minced
1 (4.5-ounce) can chopped green chiles, drained
1 (16-ounce) can fat-free refried beans
6 (8-inch) flour tortillas
cooking spray
1/2 cup bottled green salsa

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 500 degrees
2. Combine first 7 ingridients in a large bowl; toss well.
3. Spread 1/4 cup beans down center of each tortilla. Top each tortilla with 2/3 cup chicken mixture; roll up. Place rolls, seam sides down, on a large baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Coat tops of chimichangas with cooking spray. Bake at 500 for 7 minutes. Serve with salsa.

Thoughts:
These were really easy to make and were really good. Queso fresco wasn't available when I went to the store, but shredded Monterey Jack worked just fine.

Girl Baby Shower Cake Pops

I was so excited I got to make pink rattles for a baby shower! They wanted strawberry cake with cream cheese frosting. 

Sorry this picture doesn't have good contrast.

Steak Baguettes with Pesto Mayo

Yield: 4 servings * Overall Price: ~$13 * Calories: 346

Ingredients:

1 (12 ounce) boneless beef sirloin steak (about 1 inch thick), trimmed
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
2 tablespoons canola mayonnaise
2 tablespoons refrigerated pesto sauce
1 (12 ounce) piece white or whole-grain baguette, split in half horizontally
1 cup packed baby arugula (about 1 ounce)
3 (1/8-inch-thick) red onion slices
2 plum tomatoes, thinly sliced lengthwise

Directions:
1. Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Sprinkle steak with salt and pepper. Add steak to pan, and cook 2.5 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Remove the steak from pan, and let stand 5 minutes. Cut steak across grain into thin slices.
2. Combine mayonnaise and pesto, stirring until well blended. Spread mayonnaise mixture evenly over cut sides of bread. Layer bottom half of bread with arugula, red onion, steak, and tomato; top with half of bread. Cut sandwich diagonally into 4 equal pieces.

Thoughts:
This was soooo good! It was also easy to make. All the flavors just hit me and everyone else right. I can't wait to have this sandwich again!