When cooking during the winter months, the natural order of things is to decide on a dish and shop for whatever ingredients you might need to make it. Common sense, right? Whereas in late spring and summer when the farmer’s markets are in full force I like to buy what looks particularly great and then…
Tag: breakfast
Chloe’s Raspberry Buttermilk Pancakes
For Father’s Day I made one of my husband’s favorite breakfasts…buttermilk pancakes with a fresh berry sauce and a side of applewood smoked bacon. When my husband eats pancakes you will never find a drop of maple syrup on his plate. The fact that I love maple syrup, the real stuff that is, not the…
Pumpkin Bread
If it’s October it must be Pumpkin Bread! This is a delicious quick bread recipe my sister first made years ago, and I’ve been making ever since tasting my first slice. It’s a simple loaf to make… add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, fold in the raisins and walnuts, and into the loaf…
Italian Egg Sandwich
ItWhen you’re looking for a quick bite whether for breakfast, lunch, or dinner you can’t go wrong with this Italian Egg Sandwich from Everyday Italian by Giada De Laurentiis. It’s a good bet you have the ingredients for this in your pantry and fridge right now. So the next time you think you have nothing…
Breakfast Bread Pudding
Yesterday we had some family and friends over for Sunday brunch. The weather was perfect so we began by having a pitcher of Bloody Marys and some shrimp on the patio. I will share the shrimp dish with you on a future post. The rest of the menu included homemade waffles and Ina Garten’s Breakfast…
Blueberry Muffins And Blogs
This morning I woke up early, grabbed a cup of coffee, and started looking at food blogs, the number of which seems endless. Until I began this blog recently I had not spent much time searching them out. I found it quite inspiring. I would like to share with you two which I particularly enjoyed…smitten…
sauce What to do with just a little tzatziki, or yogurt /feta cheese sauce leftover from a souvlaki dinner? Make an omelet! oopa! Here’s a simple recipe for a FETA SAUCE from the June issue of Martha Stewart Living magazine. 3 ounces feta cheese, crumbled (1/2cup) 4 ounces Greek yogurt (½ cup) 2 garlic cloves,…