Famished Fish, Finicky Shark

a food blog for healthy and finicky eaters by Saundra Contreras

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Celebrate All Things Garlic with a Giveaway and a Recipe; Part 2: Hungarian Beef Rouladen and Garlic Mashed Potatoes - #4theLoveofGarlic

Celebrate All Things Garlic with a Giveaway and a Recipe; Part 2: Hungarian Beef Rouladen and Garlic Mashed Potatoes - #4theLoveofGarlic #sponsor #recipe #hungarianrecipe

Hey welcome to part 2 of my garlic week post!  And Happy Birthday to me!  Yes, today is my birthday, so I thought what better way to celebrate garlic week than with one of my favorite family recipes!

I always loved the smell of my Oma’s beef rouladen.

Little rolls of beef pounded thin and filled with bacon and roasted bell peppers, with savory garlic baked into all the crannies.  They look so…

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Celebrate All Things Garlic with a Giveaway and a Recipe; Part 1: Black Garlic and Sun Dried Tomato Phyllo Bites - #4theLoveofGarlic

Celebrate All Things Garlic with a Giveaway and a Recipe; Part 1: Black Garlic and Sun Dried Tomato Phyllo Bites - #4theLoveofGarlic #sponsor

I’m beginning to think I need to rename my blog.  My kids aren’t so finicky anymore.  I mean, have you ever seen a 2 year-old, or a 10 year-old child with sensory issues, ever enjoy such grown up flavors like the bite of elephant garlic or the rich sweet molasses of black garlic?  I haven’t until I met my kids!  Lately they haven’t been afraid to try anything mommy has made in the kitchen.  I’m…

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Spring Garden Malted Milk Blondies - #FillTheCookieJar

Spring Garden Malted Milk Blondies - #FillTheCookieJar #cookies #recipe #marshmallowpeeps

Spring has sprung!  And so have my treats!  Yes, I’ve been a little quiet for awhile, adjusting to working remotely from home and accommodating the kiddos all day long.

I’ve also been on an awesome fitness journey and was trying to avoid treats like these.  But I do have many healthy ones to share and to come.  I’ve even been doing weekly meal preps!  You can check them out on my Instagram page!

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Maxed Out Monkey Bread

Maxed Out Monkey Bread | Famished Fish, Finicky Shark #breakfast #bread #kidfriendly #recipe

When you’re in a rush and want to get the kids to stop monkeying around, you distract them with Monkey Bread!

Did you know that if you use the flaky layer style biscuits, the sweet sticky syrup nestles into all the nooks and crannies?

So here’s a quick treat for you to make all your monkeys!

And it’s gone!

And as soon as I find my really good camera charger, we will be seeing these iPhone 7…

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Mango Spice Lemon Drop Martini - Spice Up Your New Year - Blogger Recipe Challenge #sponsor

Mango Spice Lemon Drop Martini - Spice Up Your New Year - Blogger Recipe Challenge #sponsor #drinkrecipe #recipe #NewYears

Another year and another drink.  Wait, what, I thought this was a finicky kid blog?  Hey, hey, hey now, parents get finicky too!  And cranky, and overwhelmed, and well, we are human too.

So why not reward our humanity with some sweet and tangy spice.  Heck yea, now we’re talking.

So hey, I’m sure you caught a glimpse (or two or three) of that delicious martini up there, no?  Well Stirrings®…

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Snowflake Sesame Sweet Bread with Savory Goat Cheese - Blogger Recipe Challenge #sponsor

Snowflake Sesame Sweet Bread with Savory Goat Cheese - Blogger Recipe Challenge #sponsor #starbread #snowflakebread #christmasbread #recipe #sesamebutter @simplysesame

I never thought I’d be able to bake a bread so fancy dancy and swirly dirly, let alone taste amazingly so!!!

Simply Sesame has this awesome recipe contest going on right now and would you believe it!? I entered this gorgeous bread.

Yes, this is what I have created to showcase the most decadent sesame butter I have ever tasted. And to boot-I created a savory goat cheese and Gorgonzola cranberry…

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St. Nick's Nightcap Cookies - #FillTheCookieJar

St. Nick’s Nightcap Cookies – #FillTheCookieJar

I must have a dang sweet tooth lately!!!  I have shared recipe after recipe of desserts!

You’re not complaining though right?

It’s another month to fill my cookie jar for our monthly Fill the Cookie Jar cookie exchange club.  Cynthia at Feeding Big is always so happy to help us get our recipes linked up.

I didn’t quite make last month’s posting at the beginning of the month, but I did finally…

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Gobble Gobble Cookies - Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Gobble Gobble Cookies – Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Thanksgiving fellow readers!!!

What are you all doing today to celebrate?

I started my morning with a bo. Cup of coffee and some cookie decorating while the family slept. Since we are going to families houses for the turkey, all I had to do was pop a mac n cheese in the oven. 

I made a few yummy Lemon Chiffon pies to bring along too. You can find that recipe on yesterday’s post!

I had a…

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Easy Four Ingredient Key Lime Pie

Easy Four Ingredient Key Lime Pie #holidaypie #pie #easypie #keylimepie #recipe #foodblogger

Last week I took two of my littles to the store to get some grocery shopping done.  I took my little baby girl and my finicky shark.  My finicky shark loves to help me shop for food and will even help with my lists and picking out what I need.

As we were passing through the baking aisle, he spotted a packaged graham cracker crust with a picture of a delicious key lime pie on the front.  He told…

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Blueberry Orange Brunch Salad with Orange Tea Vinaigrette and Blueberry Biscuits with Orange Tea Glaze #TastyParTea #InspiredByNature

Decisions, decisions.  Just yesterday I saw a friend trying to decide which picture of her kids she should copy for Christmas.  I mean, they were ALL cute!

I couldn’t even decide which delicious picture to choose from of these gorgeous brunch displays I get to share with you!

  And what kind of tea do make with these?

Do I do cardamom, or cinnamon, earl grey, or raspberry?  Loose leaf or tea…

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It's a Tasty ParTea Giveaway Inspired by Nature

It's a Tasty ParTea Giveaway Inspired by Nature #InspiredByNature #TastyParTea #sponsor #ad #giveaway #tea

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Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookie Cakes! - Fill the Cookie Jar | Famished Fish, Finicky Shark #fillthecookiejar #sweets #cookies #pumpkin #ontheblog #foodblogger #foodblog #instafood #foodporn #omnomnom

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Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookie Cakes! - Fill the Cookie Jar

Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookie Cakes! – Fill the Cookie Jar

Hi there!!!  Where in the world have you been?  I’ve been sitting here waiting for you!  Oh wait, no, I’m lying.  I actually have about 5 recipes I’ve photographed and written down, but have yet to get them to these pages.  What is the deal!?!

Hey at least I got something posted again, lol.  I’ve been…

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Peanut Butter Banana Honey Granola Blondies (topped with PB icing!) | Famished Fish, Finicky Shark #ontheblog #foodblog #foodblogger #sweets #recipe #dessert

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Peanut Butter Banana Honey Granola Blondies - Fill the Cookie Jar

Peanut Butter Banana Honey Granola Blondies #recipe #fillthecookiejar #sweets #dessert

Oh my gosh, is it almost fall???  And where the heck did summer go?  I spent most of my summer broken.  Literally.  I broke my little baby toe on a baby gate the morning of my oldest son’s 6th grade graduation!!!  I literally hobbled around on crutches with my toe buddy-taped until the ceremony was over so I could get to the doctors.

And then, wouldn’t you know, they just buddy taped it again. …

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Asian Infusion Strawberry Feta Cold Noodle Salad for JSL Foods, Inc. Blogger Recipe Challenge | Famished Fish, Finicky Shark #sponsor #ad #tookthechallenge #recipe #foodblog #foodblogger #ontheblog #instafood #udonnoodles #noodles

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Asian Infusion Strawberry Feta Cold Noodle Salad for JSL Foods, Inc. Blogger Recipe Challenge #sponsor

Asian Infusion Strawberry Feta Cold Noodle Salad @JSL_Foods #ad #sponsor #asianinfusion #noodles #recipe

If I could think of one style of food that never fails to deliver freshness, I would have to say Asian food.  I’ve been eating a 95% ovo-lacto-vegetarian diet, which means burgers are out of the question on weekly date nights.  I tend to lean towards fresh stir fried vegetables, savory plates of Thai noodles and steaming bowls of egg-topped ramen.

JSL Foods, Inc.®does not fail to deliver when…

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