Early this morning, something crazy/exciting/awesome happened: Carrots ‘N’ Cake hit 1 million views in a single month!!! And there’s still a day to go! 
Of course, I am thrilled. I’m also a little shocked because I never thought I’d see the day. So, from the bottom of my heart,Ā thank you, readers. Obviously, this wouldn’t be possible without YOU.
To celebrate this accomplishment, Mal made homemade Grilled Banana Sandwiches for breakfast this morning. What a guy! š
The celebration wouldn’t be complete without friends, so we invited Dave and Marie over for breakfast this morning. Plus, we wanted to share the Grilled Banana Sandwich goodness!
HONEY BUTTER
1/2 cup honey
2Ā tablespoons ground cinnamon
Pinch salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1. In a medium bowl, combine honey, cinnamon, salt, and butter.
2. Set aside.
FILLING
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
8 slices firm white toasting bread
4 bananas, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch-thick rounds
Confectioners’ sugar (for sprinkling)
DIRECTIONS
1. In a large skillet over medium heat, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter. Arrange 4 slices of bread in a single layer, pouring a heaping tablespoon of cinnamon-honey butter into the center of each slice. Cook gently for 4 minutes or until the bottoms start to crisp. If necessary, lower the heat to medium-low.
2. Meanwhile, in another large skillet over medium heat, melt 1 tablespoon of butter. Saute the bananas for 3 minutes, turning once, or until just starting to brown.
3. Reserving 4 banana rounds, distribute half the remaining banana onto 2 slices of bread in the skillet. Using a spatula, carefully invert the remaining slices to form two sandwiches. Cook the sandwiches for 3 minutes more or until crisp and golden.
4. Cut sandwiches on the diagonal and garnish with reserved banana rounds. Sprinkle generously with confectioners’ sugar. Use the remaining butter, bread, and bananas to make 2 more sandwiches.
Adapted from Mike & Patty’s
The key to delicious Grilled Banana Sandwiches is timing. We burned the bread on the first batch because our bananas weren’t done yet. Be sure the bananas are fully sautĆĀ©ed before you start to grill the bread in the pan.
The second batch of Grilled Banana Sandwiches turned out perfectly! Holy yum!
Banana sandwich celebration!! š
We’re off to do some wine tasting this afternoon. See ya! š
70 Comments
Congrats on a million views! š
And that sandwich looks so good. Mmm. I love the picture of everything getting all mixed up.
Oh my gosh – HUGE congrats to you, that’s incredible! How many haver you had overall!?
That’s incredible! congrats š
Grilled Banana sandwich for breakfast trumps mine for sure!
Congrats Tina!!! š
Congratulations! You’re so awesome!
Over the years, I have shared your blog with SO many family and friends. I have watched you grow and have learned so many wonderful things from you. I am proud and excited to see this day for you; proof that this is what you’re meant to do! I can only hope that carrotsncake continues for many more years to come!
Congrats hun!
Congrats! Thank you for writing such a great blog!
Those sandwiches look amazing- I might need to make those very very soon. š
Wowza Tina!!! What a day/month for you! You are a rockstar blogger for sure. Id like to think I contributed to your feat this month with some clicking on my part š
Wow…what an awesome accompishment! Congrats!
Congratulations! Wow, 1 million hits… that’s amazing! I don’t think I’ve had even a thousand hits in the entire history of my blog; ah well, I guess there is such thing as experience š Those banana sandwiches look amazing!
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I’m responsible for at least 30 of those views. Where’s my damn sandwich? š
One million! Congrats! Love your blog!
Congrats! What a yummy breakfast!
Congrats on the visitors! That’s awesome. I hope someday to also be able to report that. I guess in the beginning it is hard to think you will ever get there. On another note, these breakfast sandwiches look amazing! Thank you for sharing. Yum!
Those banana sandwiches look to DIE for! Congrats on one million views! š
Congratulations! I know I certainly contribute to that number. š
Your breakfast looks amazing!!
how exciting, congratulations!
I seriously think Mal is so cute.
If he has a brother, box him up and ship him to Canada.
Please and thank you.
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Holy yum is right! Those sandwiches look amazing. I love banana in breakfasts.
Congrats on 1 million views in 1 month! That is great! Have fun wine tasting!
Congrats on 1 000 000, that’s a lot of 0’s!
CONGRATULATIONS š I love your blog.
Have fun at your wine tasting!!
Congrats on 1 million views. That banana sandwich looks yummy. I noticed on your table you had only 2 placemats. I guess the other two people are neat eaters! š We have a new dining room table at our house, and I’m always throwing placemats under diners. haha
Congrats! and the sandwichs look awesome š
Those look DELICIOUS!!! You should try it with nutella (I actually thought the honey butter was nutella at first) I bet it would be good š
Oh! And congratulations on 1 million hits!!
Wow! Congrats, Tina! Dedication pays off! I loveee reading your blog =)
Enjoy your Saturday…
oh holy toledo! that b-fast looks yumtastic!
congrats on 1M! that is insane! i get super stoked when i have 100 in a day! ;0)
Those look great!!! Good to know on the timing of it though.
And WOW! I couldn’t imagine ever seeing 1 million views at all, let alone a single month!
What an epic accomplishment! Congrats!!!
Congratulations, Tina–that is AMAZING! I love reading your blog and I understand COMPLETELY how you reached 1 million views! Enjoy your celebratory weekend! š
wow! congratz!!
Obviously..other then your stellar posts every day (!!) what do you think contributed to achieving that this month!?
Have a great day š
Contracts, Tina. You deserve it!!!! Thank you for being an inspiration.
holy moley that is insanity! congrats, tina!
We love you Tina! š You seem so genuinely happy and set such a real moderate example of real life, you admit your faults and what you need to work on, and you entertain me with your pictures of Murphy. š
Congrats and thanks for the sandwich tutorial. I’ve tried this on my own but haven’t got it quite right. Time to try again š
That is incredible! You should feel proud since you’ve worked so hard on the blog and all of your writing projects. I started reading about a year ago about the time of the Healthy Living Conference. So many good things have happened for you since then.
Have a great weekend.
Congratulations on 1 million hits in one month. That is simply amazing!!! Truly! But we should be thanking you for being willing to share your life with us! š
Congratulations!! I really enjoy reading your blog and it has become one of the websites that I make sure to check every single day. Seeing pics of Murphy is also an added bonus! Once again, congrats and much success to you!!
CONGRATS on hitting 1 million page views!!! So exciting! All the success with CnC in the future. š xo
Woooohoooo!!!! That’s so awesome, congrats!!! What an accomplishment!! And the celebratory breakfast looks amazing!
Congratulations Tina! Obviously, I love CnC and am so happy that it’s been such a success for you!! You totally deserve it.
Congratulations!!!! That’s really awesome..I can’t even imagine how that must feel š Maybe one day! lol
congratulations! i’m actually surprised you weren’t at this milestone a long time ago, but you have 100% earned it š so exciting!
Congratulations Tina! I am SO happy for you and SO proud of you with all of your extremely hard work. I wish you all the sucess in the world! Yay for 1 million!
Wow that’s a whole lotta people, that’s amazing and a great way to celebrate.
Congrats Tina! I am so happy for you and shocked that it’s the first time! Your blog is so fabulous I thought you were at a million long ago. š Have a great weekend!
Congrats!!!!:)
Congrats on all of the views!!! The grilled banana sandwiches look wonderful!!!
Wow, that’s a whole lot of views! Congrats Tina! š
Those grilled banana sandwiches look like the perfect way to celebrate!