Tag: breakfast
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Mediterranean Frittata
On the weekend, I eat breakfast. Or brunch, as the case may be. I skip it all week, in favor of intermittent fasting. But on the weekend! My dear First Reader makes me amazing omelettes. They are a mainstay here at the Nut House for dinners, when I come in tired and we don’t…
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Dad’s Sticky Buns
So my Dad was never one to cook or clean (sorry, Dad, but it’s truth!) so when he did cook, I remember it well. This is one of the things he’d make when I was a kid, as a surprise breakfast. We loved it, but we definitely didn’t love cleaning up after it. Sticky isn’t…
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Parsnip Walnut Date Muffins
So the other day I bought parsnips. I love parsnips. Like carrots, they can be used in many ways, and for a root vegetable, are very versatile. I got enough to make parsnips three ways: I used some in beef stew, I’ll roast some, and I put one big one into this quick-and-easy recipe. Muffins…
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Vintage Kitchen: Bread Pudding
I grew up eating bread pudding. It’s a cheap, filling breakfast (or dessert, more on that later) that uses up things we usually had in abundance: bread, milk, and eggs. Since we were milking goats, kept chickens, and making homemade bread which stales if you look at it funny, it was a great option. Later…
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Vintage Kitchen: Eggs in Bacon Nests
“You have to make this,” the First Reader told me. “It’ll show that the bacon craze isn’t a new thing.” The recipe he was referring to comes from the 1929 International Cook Book, so yes, bacon has been popular for a long time, and yes, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen recipes very like this one…
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Date-Walnut Muffins
When you start out the day with a vista like this, cold, gray, and a layer of fresh snow on frozen ground, but not enough to be a glistening white blanket of winter wonderland… that’s when you need something special. I was standing in the kitchen contemplating what to do for breakfast when the First…
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Sunday Morning Bread Pudding
This takes a while to bake – perfect for a morning when you don’t have to run right out the door for work or school. It could be used as dessert, too, although I’d up the amount of sugar or drizzle caramel sauce over it if I were going to serve it that way! I…
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Eat This While you Read That: Kacey Ezell
I’m not sure where to start with Kacey Ezell. For one thing, I want to fangirl here, but I don’t want to embarrass her, either. It’s not for her writing – although that’s very good, and you’ll enjoy it – it’s for what she’s done. I knew about her for years before I got to…
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White Gravy
One of the things my First Reader loves to cook is a white milk gravy. No sausage, he insists, it’s better without it. His mother taught him to make it, his grandmother made it, and each generation has complained that their gravy was never as good as the one that came before it. How far…
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Cake For Breakfast
Back to school days tomorrow, and no time for special breakfasts. I hadn’t broken out the waffle maker this break, and I kept thinking about it, so today was the last chance for a while. We have this lovely thick bacon to serve alongside. But I didn’t want to just make a regular waffle. During…
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The Breakfast Blog
Well, hello there… It’s been a morning. Nothing bad just me running late and enjoying a leisurely breakfast, and then it occurred to me I’d better bake a blog. Wait… that ought to be make a blog post. How about one on breakfasts? We’re told it’s the most important meal of the day, but it’s…