Gingerbread Waffles & Pancakes with Blueberry Syrup
A great thing about the food blogging experience has been the opportunity to bring the recipes I filed away for “another day” to life. Gingerbread pancakes, cut from a Real Simple magazine, is the...
View ArticleTropical Pound Cake French Toast
Using Bundt pans, or loaf pans for that matter, is just not my thing. Every time, I wait too long or not long enough before I try to remove whatever it is I baked from the pan. This inevitably leads to...
View ArticleMonday Muffins: French Toast
French toast runs a close second to Eggs Benedict in my personal ultimate Sunday brunch food contest. I love French toast made with thick-cut bread dipped in a batter lightly spiced with cinnamon and...
View ArticleA Secret Recipe: Coconut Bread
I walked into the house, and two thoughts competed for my attention. “Mmm, it smells like donuts.” vs. “Why does it smell like donuts?” It turns out that fresh-baked coconut bread left to sit on the...
View ArticleSecret Recipe: Banana Baked Oatmeal
Thank you to Sawsan at Chef in Disguise, my Secret Recipe Club pick this month, for breaking my breakfast slump with this banana baked oatmeal recipe. Typically, I eat a banana for breakfast because...
View ArticleChocolate Hazelnut Coffee Cake
Verbose is the opposite of how I feel this evening, so I’m going to cut to the chase and talk cake. In this case, coffee cake filled and topped with a layer of cinnamon and sugar, chocolate chips, and...
View ArticlePear and Feta Pastry Braid
The second Willow Bird Baking Challenge required bakers fill a pastry braid with any filling that met their heart’s desire. I had been thinking about whipping up some baked pears like those I made in...
View ArticleCoconut Grapefruit Brunch Bread
Baked grapefruit? I was skeptical, but I gave it a try. And I am quite pleased to report I loved this breakfast. Or desert. Which I ate for breakfast. While most of the blogs I enjoy reading have...
View ArticlePumpkin Breakfast Quinoa
Hello new year. I did not make any resolutions, and I did not intend to. I rang in the new year with friends, had a great couple of days, then promptly fell ill. I don’t have time to be sick! The...
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