Restaurant Review - Giannis NY Pizza

Homemade Meatballs with Ricotta

A few weeks ago my Mom and I checked out Giannis NY Pizza in Bradenton. This was our first time there. We ordered the homemade meatballs and ricotta in sauce with garlic knots to share from their appetizer menu.

Garlic Knots

They came fairly quickly and steaming hot. The meatballs were okay, they weren't worth ordering again. The garlic knots were just soaked in butter, I thought they were pretty good but my Mom didn't like them as she said their was too much butter.

My food!!!

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 For our main dish my Mom and I decided to share their Meat Lovers Stromboli. Good thing we decided to share it as it was HUGE!!! See up there ^ that was just half of it! Again, it was piping hot when it arrived to the table, which is a good thing! My Mom hates food that isn't super duper hot.

The BIG OLE' Stromboli! - this is just one, people!

I would give it 4 out of 5 stars while my mom said it was 3 out of 5 stars. She said it lacked spices and was bland. While it was stuffed with meat and cheese it just didn't have much flavor. If we were to order here agian she would bring her own spices...LOL no not really. She said we probably wont come back here since the food was pretty bland. But hey, I ate my entire half, see! My mom ate about half of her half because she said she was full and took the left overs home with her.

Happy Birthday to me!!! * Restaurant Review - Culvers

My friends and I ended my birthday celebration at Culver's today. It was the first time we had all gone there. They just built two in our town. We all had a single butterburger with cheese and shared a fry. The burgers were yummy! All three of us, (Merari, Laura and I) gave it 5 out of 5 stars! While the burgers were on the greasy side they tasted really good. We also liked the fries, crinkle cut.

Before Culver's we had a party at my house and then went to a trampoline center. Here are some pics! We all had such a wonderful day together!

Quick Kitchen Tip - Wooden Spoon & Boiling Water

Here is just a quick kitchen tip my Mom gave me. I thought I would share with ya'll because it really works!

When ever you are boiling a pot of water lay a wooden spoon across the top of the pot. The water will never over boil. It's so cool!

Mini Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donuts Recipe

Yesterday I filmed a new cooking video. It was just uploaded to my YouTube channel so go check it out!

Here is the recipe for the Cinnamon Sugar Mini Donuts

 

Ingredients:

• 5 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla

• 2 tsp baking powder
• pinch salt
• 1½ cups all-purpose flour

Cinnamon sugar topping:

• ¼ cup butter, melted
• ¼ cup sugar
• ½ tsp cinnamon

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325ºF. Lightly oil mini donut pan and set aside (alternatively you can use mini muffin pans)
2. In a medium bowl with a hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the egg, milk, and vanilla and mix until just combined (mixture will look curdled).
3. Add in the baking powder and the salt and mix until just incorporated. Mix in the flour just until combined. You don't want to overmix this batter.
4. If using mini donut pan, transfer mixture into a piping bag fitted with a large round tip or into a ziplock baggie with the tip cut off. Pipe into the pan only filling ½ of the way fill. If using the mini muffin pan, fill each well ½ full
5. Bake at 325ºF for 8-10 minutes. *If using a mini donut maker, bake for 4-5 minutes. Allow to cool just slightly before dipping in topping.
6. Melt the butter for the topping and combine the cinnamon and sugar. Dip each donut lightly in butter then roll in cinnamon and sugar.