Treat yourself to an indulgent breakfast: rich French toast topped with blackberry sauce! Garnish with a dollop of whipped cream or a sprinkling of confectioners sugar. Child-free mornings are meant for indulging: extra sleep, and leisurely, "grown-up" breakfasts. What's a grown-up breakfast? Pretty much anything that takes longer than 30 seconds in a microwave to …
Breakfast Recipes
Low-fat baked peach donuts: vanilla batter studded with diced fresh peaches! Using coconut milk and dairy-free butter substitute make these an indulgent treat for those with milk allergies! It's Snack Share Wednesday again! Even though I'm temporarily unemployed, Liam still attends daycare three days a week, for a couple of reasons. The first is that we …
Dark chocolate morsels and fresh cherries sweeten up hearty whole grain muffins for a delicious breakfast or snack! It's What's Baking time again, and this time our host, Yudith of Blissfully Delicious, has chosen baking with summer produce. I've chosen to bake with fresh sweet cherries. Cherries were never on my "favorite fruits" list. That …
Baked blueberry oatmeal bars are delicious and filling, making them a great option for breakfast or a mid-day snack. When my son was in daycare, the school encouraged families to contribute to snack share, to give the kids an opportunity to share their favorite healthy home snacks. My son shared some whole grain cinnamon chips, …
Chances are, if you're not living under a rock, you see Irish soda bread popping up after Valentine's Day. What is soda bread? No, it's not made with a carbonated beverage. It's a quick bread, and uses baking soda as a leavener. Yes, just about all quick breads you see these days use baking soda, …
Dear Winter: What's up with you? The past few years, you've been pretty mild, sometimes a little chilly, but that never lasted long. This year? Let's just say, I don't remember moving to Antarctica. The cold shoulder is getting old. Let's move on and try again next year, okay? Signed, The Redhead Baker. Spring can't …
To be perfectly honest, I'm lazy. I get my showers at night, so I can sleep a little later in the morning. I will skip a recipe that sounds great if it will involve washing too many dishes. I often eat cold cereal or a bagel in the morning because it's faster. I definitely feel better …
So, did you enjoy the Pepper Party? I enjoyed finding so many new ways to cook with bell peppers! Our family also enjoyed an extended Columbus Day weekend. I had an "early out" from work on Friday (I got out at 2 p.m. instead of 5 p.m.), and had Monday off. We visited with family …
I'm a bad blogger. I haven't been posting as much as usual, and I promise, I have a good reason. I hope to be able to tell you next week. I'm also a bad blogger, because the latest recipe swap (hosted by A Taste of Home Cooking) due date totally snuck up on me, mostly …
I was so excited when I went to the farmers market the last Saturday in August — honeycrisp apples were back! If you've never had this newer variety of apple, you're really missing out. They are both tart, and sweet with a honey-like flavor. Aside from eating them out-of-hand, honeycrisps are also excellent baking apples! …
Monday morning again, huh? Are you as "thrilled" about it as I am? The past weekend was BEAUTIFUL, in every way. The weather, the food, taking Liam out for a fun adventure ... After nearly a month of temperatures in the high 90s plus humidity, the mid-80s over the weekend was just gorgeous. The food? …
It's Blogger's Choice Recipe Swap time again, hosted by A Taste of Home Cooking. In a blogger's choice swap, we're assigned another blog, and we can choose any recipe we want from it. I was assigned Amy's Kitchen Creations. Amy has a lot of delicious-sounding recipes, but once I saw the cinnamon-roll pancakes, I knew …
This blog has been very quiet lately, and for that, I apologize. As I announced in an earlier post, I am pregnant, and my morning sickness is much worse this time around than with my first child. I'm (finally) in my second trimester, so I'm hoping my appetite will pick up and I'll feel like …
Our What's Baking host this month, Beantown Baker, chose sprinkles as our theme! We could either bake something that had sprinkles in it, or decorate a baked good with sprinkles. March also happens to be my birthday month! Actually, today is my birthday. No, I'm not telling you how old I am. Now, I don't …
Happy Mardi Gras! Happy Day to Indulge in All Your Favorite Fattening Foods! How did this day come about? Well, tomorrow marks the first day of Lent, a season of 40 days observed by most denominations of Christians, when they repent and atone for their sins. When I was growing up, my parents asked my …
It's A Taste of Home Cooking's Recipe Swap time again — Blogger's Choice Edition! I was assigned Jaida's blog, Sweet Beginnings. I've made a few of her recipes before, including Buffalo Chicken Bites and Chicken Shawarma sandwiches. We received our blog assignments on the same day I usually sit down to make my two-week meal plan. I …
I love eggnog. My family buys at least a gallon of it every Christmas. I used to leave cookies and eggnog (plus a carrot for Rudolph) for Santa when I was a child. I loved racing downstairs on Christmas morning to see the note he'd leave for me along with my presents (until I observed …
I never get to host holiday dinners anymore, seeing as 1) my apartment is too small, 2) my mother is allergic to my dogs, and 3) I don't own a table (we eat meals at our breakfast bar). To make up for that, I cook a special breakfast in the morning. It's also partly carrying …
I really try to make an effort to meal-plan a week in advance, and to remember to defrost whatever protein is needed for dinner that night. But sometimes, such as when Daylight Savings Time ends and a certain 11-month-old baby wakes up at 3:30 a.m., things slip my mind (can't imagine why). And so I'm …
It's been several weeks since I made my first batch of donuts. Far, far too long. I wanted another seasonal flavor, and have seen several mentions of apple cider donuts on Facebook. I had cider in the refrigerator, but after writing yesterday's blog post about homemade mulling spice sachets for Christmas gifts, I had a …
If I asked you, "What is the most dangerous piece of kitchen equipment?", what would be your response? Knives? A mandoline? A kitchen torch? You'd be wrong. It's a doughnut pan. Doughnuts are one of my weaknesses. I could eat a healthy, filling breakfast, but if I drive by a doughnut shop 10 minutes later, …
In various online polls, I've seen the question "What is your favorite season?" It's a question I can't answer. I love them all, which is why I'm glad to live in an area that (usually) has four distinct seasons. I love sitting in warm, fuzzy pajamas, watching the snow fall while sipping hot chocolate in …
The Mister insisted that he did not want a gift for his first Father's Day. I wanted to do something special for him, so I decided to make him his favorite breakfast: steak and eggs. I searched around online, not necessarily for a recipe, but for tips on what cut of steak to use, how …
Today's recipe comes from the production manual of the culinary school I attended. The school has its own pastry shop, and every morning, pastry students take a "production" class, where they make the items that are sold to the public in the pastry shop: cakes, eclairs, cookies, brioche, baguettes, croissants, muffins, and more. The muffin …
Recipe #2 from our Mother's Day brunch buffet is cinnamon rolls. I've blogged about them before, but decided to use a different recipe this time. My other recipe is meant for large-volume baking, and I didn't want to take the time to scale it down. The other recipe is meant to be completed in one …
Dish #1 from our Mother's Day brunch buffet: French toast casserole. French toast is one of my favorite brunch dishes, but I wanted to spend time with our families rather than stand in the kitchen cooking French toast to order. I came across a "French Toast Souffle" on CookingLight.com. It's more like bread pudding than a …
This round of the What's Cooking swap was fruit-themed. I eat most of my fruit raw; I rarely cook with it and only occasionally bake with it. Our submitted recipes could be sweet or savory, as long as it contained fruit in some way. I received a Cooking Light recipe from Jenna's Cooking Journey that …
I've been seeing a lot of recipes lately that call for browning butter. It's not a new technique by any means; the French have been doing it for a long time, and call it "beurre noisette." When you brown butter, you're essentially cooking the milk solids and the salt particles in the butter, and cooking …
Sorry for the long delay in posting. Had a bit of a stomach bug lately. But thankfully, I felt better just in time for Easter brunch. Having family dinner later tonight, so S/O and I had brunch for two this morning. Very small, nothing too fancy. Just this quiche and some Pillsbury cinnamon rolls. I …
This makes a LOT of dough. You'll need at least a KitchenAid Pro 6 quart mixer to make this recipe. Cinnamon Buns with Sweetened Cream Cheese IcingSource: Chef Meg IngredientsDough 2 cups whole milk 4 ½ teaspoon salt 3.5 oz sugar 4 oz butter 2 pounds AP flour, divided ½ oz dry yeast 1 egg …
These are absolutely my favorite scones of all time. The recipe was provided to me by one of my chef-instructors at The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA. They are not as dry as scones typically are. They are fantastic with the addition of cinnamon, dried fruit, or chocolate chips — or …