Bringing "back in the day" back to today
One of the challenges when you start baking your own bread is that you sometimes end up with bread that isn’t going to get eaten and is about to go completely stale. This is where this french toast recipe comes in. All you need is eggs, milk and your favorite flavorings. Growing up, my mother …
Since we have banished store bought baked goods from our house, I have been left with the challenge of trying to feed my family breakfast every day. For the last few weeks we have gotten by with muffins. A few past their prime apples were marked for apple streusel muffins but at the last minute …
This spinach, ham and cheese quiche recipe is so easy and quickly became an unexpected family favorite. It’s so simple that my four year old makes the filling while I make the crust! This is a basic recipe that can be adapted to suit your individual tastes. Although the recipe calls for half and half, …
Since we have been doing this experiment of cooking everything from scratch I have found that weekend breakfasts can be a bit of a challenge. This morning we had a little time so I thought that I would make an actual breakfast. We had some ground sausage in the fridge that was going to be …
This cooking from scratch thing almost came to bite me in the butt this morning. It was 7:30 AM and I had four hungry people that needed to leave the house for three (yup, THREE) soccer games. The pantry was empty and we were in no position to eat greasy eggs for breakfast. Limited time, a collection …
Last week’s blueberry muffins disappeared rapidly and the recipe has been our most popular to date (driving tens of visitors per day to our infant website). I decided to whip up another batch for breakfast this week and while pawing through the cupboard, found some chocolate chips left over from my Christmas baking bonanza. Since …
OK, I don’t have much to say about this recipe other than I’ve been making these muffins since I was twelve years old. This recipe hails from some ancient version of the Betty Crocker cookbook and is still my favorite muffin recipe.
Living less than a half a mile from Dunkin Donuts means that my kids clamour for a greasy, nasty breakfast all too often. For the most part I’m a pretty mean mom, but there are days when a fresh banana nut muffin would really hit the spot. So when Eric pointed out that our …
We ended up with almost 2 pounds of left over chuck roast and root vegetables from our Christmas day meal, recipe can be found here. Roasts and vegetables don’t often reheat well in the microwave and it dries out in the oven. I am a big breakfast fan, I mean, I LOVE it! I love …