We made way too much stuffing this Thanksgiving. Maybe because I love stuffing above all the other Thanksgiving foods, and I have no qualms about a bucketful of leftovers. (Honestly, I love everything in the “wet bread” genre – bread pudding, bread salad, you name it.) My family’s traditional stuffing includes breakfast sausage, so the…
Quick Eats: Creamy Banana Oatmeal
Before I started this blog, I did not believe I was obsessed with breakfast. Now I’m starting to wonder. Maybe I should see a therapist. I’ve tended to be on the fence about oatmeal. I liked it okay, but only with an abundance of cream and brown sugar, which made me feel that I was…
Peanut Butter and Jelly French Toast
I’m just going to say that again: Peanut Butter and Jelly French Toast. I don’t have to tell you how good it is, do I? Hot, eggy bread, fruity jelly, a drizzle of maple syrup – and best of all, the soothing, silky, over-the-top richness of warm peanut butter.And it is hardly any trouble at…
Alta Lodge Granola
I do not care for cereal. Cereal is boring. It’s what you eat on grumpy, hurried mornings when you can’t think of or don’t have time for anything else. It’s pale brown and lumpy, and poured out of a pasteboard box. If you don’t eat it fast enough, it gets soggy in its cold milk…
Homemade Ricotta Cheese
I made cheese! I always thought this was a complex process – and still have no doubt that this is true for hard cheeses – but this homemade ricotta was a snap. Better yet, it was delicious! I found it in the “Appetizers” chapter of Best American Recipes 2005 – 2006. They cookbook suggested mixing…
Perfect Buttermilk Pancakes
In Berkeley, California, there is a diner called Bette’s. Bette’s Oceanview Diner, in fact, though it is nowhere near the ocean. Perhaps there is a story there, though it’s not on the “All About Bette’s” page of their website. In any case, Bette’s is beloved, and not just by me. It’s a classic place –…
Butterscotch Pears with Breakfast Couscous
Another beautiful breakfast dish, on a very similar theme to yesterday’s post: fruit cooked in butter and brown sugar, finished with cream, and served over sweetened, milky grain (or close enough to it – couscous is actually a pasta, but is often treated like a grain).To be honest, I’ve never really liked pears. Their flavor…
Oatmeal Goes Luxe: Vanilla Oatmeal Pudding with Fostered Bananas
It seems like I’ve gotten into a rut with breakfast. I have a few go-to standards – scrambled eggs, sometimes with yummy stuff mixed in, bacon, and toast. Pancakes and sausage. Oatmeal with an array of simple toppings and mix-ins. All delicious – especially since I finally found the perfect buttermilk pancakes, which I’ll tell…