Everyday Food for Busy People
I made these pancakes for dinner last night and they quickly bumped to the top of my “recipes to share” list. Please schedule a breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner or snack time to cook up a batch. You’ll thank me later.
The pancakes are sweetened with molasses and spiced with ginger, cinnamon and allspice. But it’s the Sweet Cider Syrup that steals the show.
Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]
I know it’s Monday and that usually means a new menu with grocery list. But today I’ve got something different for you and it includes a really cool giveaway!
Recently, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! contacted me, asking if I wanted to participate in their Holiday Bake-Off. Did I mention that it takes place in New York City this Friday?
I will join 9 other bloggers to take part in a friendly competition at the Unilever Test Kitchens. The fun starts today with a giveaway of baking equipment! But first, my recipe for Cranberry Muffins with Orange Marmalade Glaze. [Read more...]
I was going to call this Apple Pie Oatmeal, because it really does taste as good as apple pie. I’ve made it twice now. Once I used regular oatmeal (not quick cooking). The second time, I used steel cut oats. They were more expensive, but I thought they held up better in the slow cooker. Jim thought that the regular oats were just as good. They were good, but they were a little mushier than I would like.
The taste of both versions was delish! Apples, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar…all for breakfast! And the leftovers heat up great the next day. Just add extra milk and microwave. [Read more...]
I’m pretty sure my family eats more pancakes than the average household. We rarely ever have them for breakfast. My kids know if Jim is out of town, we’re probably having pancakes for dinner. Or if I need a super-quick meal, pancakes it is.
I served this stack for lunch after church, with ham and a fruit salad. I dressed up the whole wheat pancake recipe with apples, applesauce, cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar. Delicious appley goodness on an October afternoon.
Grab a few common pantry ingredients and you’re all set:
We needed a quick dinner one night (I feel like I say that all the time!), so breakfast for dinner worked great. I really wanted to make Scrambled Egg-wiches, but I didn’t have any English muffins.
Instead, I cooked the eggs and ham in the skillet and then placed Muenster cheese slices over the top. The cheese melted into the eggs and ham perfectly.
Super fast and it tasted great too.
How often do you have breakfast for dinner? How often do you cook this type of food for breakfast?
My mom calls these graham biscuits. They are a bit heartier than the white flour version and taste wonderful with honey. The ugly one in the picture is on purpose. Jim really likes the “mutt” – pieces of dough left over that I press gently together.
Biscuits are simple to make. The whole wheat version is made just like regular biscuits. [Read more...]
This may be one of the best things I’ve ever made. Warm, sweet and cinnamon-y. It made the house smell wonderful while it was cooking.
I altered the recipe on A Year of Slow Cooking. I used more apples, more brown sugar, more cinnamon. I also used apple juice instead of water. I will be making this again, it was so delicious.
This is more of a method than a recipe. We ate it for dinner, but if you like a big breakfast, this would be great in the morning.
I used red and yellow bell peppers, onions and Italian blend cheese. It paired up perfectly with biscuits.
Do you ever just get a hankering for something? I did the other day. I wanted blueberry muffins but I really felt the blueberries needed to be paired with a hint of orange.
Sounds sunny, doesn’t it? The muffins are perfect for breakfast, but we ate them for a snack. (Don’t tell anyone, but I prefer muffins to cupcakes. This tidbit of info could destroy my serious sweet tooth reputation.)
When my sister and I were teens, we used to make these crepes together. I’m not sure where we found the recipe. It could be that we brought it home from French class. If so, that’s about the only thing I brought home from French class. The language lessons didn’t stick nearly as well as the memory of these crepes!
I hadn’t made them in years, partly due to the fact that I didn’t own a non-stick skillet. I finally broke down and bought one last week. It’s just a basic 10.5” WearEver brand. The next day I picked up a copy of Kitchen Wisdom by Julia Child from the library. The book is excellent and it really made me happy to see her recommend a basic non-stick skillet from WearEver, “available in any hardware store” as she put it.
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