breakfast

Andouille Sausage Breakfast Hash

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As you know I recently visited Heidi and she gave me some beautiful vegetables out of her garden. I used two of her gorgeous fresh tomatoes in my recent post Chicken Caprese and decided to make a hearty brunch using the potatoes, red onions & green peppers she added to the pile! This is a great Sunday Brunch Meal…Enjoy… Continue reading →

Raspberry Preserve French Toast Fingers

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Raspberry Preserve French Toast Fingers 2
French toast fingers are something I used to make on special occasions while my kids were growing up. I always tried to make every holiday a magical event. One year on Valentine’s Day my kiddo’s woke up to 50 red, pink and white helium balloons in the dining room. Then they were served peanut butter & jelly filled french toast fingers on china and champagne glasses filled with orange and sparkling juice. Well, my hubby and I are not big on peanut butter and jelly, but we do love raspberry preserves. I used a really good loaf of sourdough from my favorite artisan bakery, Carter’s to give these french toast fingers a little twist… Continue reading →

Super Simple Crust-less Bacon, Broccoli and Two Cheese Quiche

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Super Simple Crustless Bacon, Broccoli and Two Cheese Quiche

Weekends are the best! Monday through Friday I love making breakfast in bed for my hubby, but on the weekends we sleep a little longer, read and relax and enjoy a late breakfast. This morning I made a simple quiche that I discovered many many years ago from one of my mothers 1970’s cookbooks. After I made it about 20 times it dawned on me there was a little math breakdown that could be re-configured for more or less people. After that, I started really switching up what I put in it. Quiche is one of those things that you can add about anything to. This version is definitively lighter than a traditional quiche, yet flavorful and extremely versatile. I’ve served this dish with a salad at many women’s luncheons, and I’ve even made it with roasted garlic, English cheddar and crab meat… Continue reading →

Crazy Good Blueberry Pancakes

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This is one of those oops that turned out fantastic. One morning my youngest son Gabe wanted pancakes for breakfast and he wanted me to add the blueberries that he and his girlfriend had picked at a local farm. Only one problem…I didn’t have any milk left in the fridge. No cream, no half and half…all I had was Bailey’s French Vanilla Coffee Creamer that I use for my morning tea. I thought, well let’s just give that a try and see how it goes…and this is how it went! Keep in mind I was preparing these for one big guy so I used a small amount of ingredients. It made 8 medium sized pancakes…Crazy good!    Continue reading →

Moist Banana Bread & Fresh Amish Butter

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Banana Bread
Well, it’s that time of the year… fruit flies. It’s the time of year when if you leave a banana out you will be inviting every fruit fly within a ten mile radius. So this is the best time to grab those bananas, put them in the refrigerator until they are good and brown and then turn them into a moist and delicious banana bread… Continue reading →

Chocolate Chip Breakfast Bread Pudding

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I love to eat bread pudding. Usually I have it for dessert at Rode’s, one of our local restaurants, where they serve it with a vanilla sauce and I top it with vanilla ice cream (of course!) It’s so good!

On a recent trip to NYC I bought a loaf of Rustic Classico Orange specialty bread at Eataly. Although it was delicious toasted with a little butter on it, it ended up being a little too sweet for sandwiches, so I decided to make a breakfast bread pudding with the day-old leftover bread. I thought that chocolate would really complement the orange bits in the bread so decided to add chocolate chips in between the bread-cube layers. It ended up terrific! This is great for a weekend breakfast or brunch. It can be prepared the night before and baked in the oven first thing in the morning.   Continue reading →