Summer Salads: Recipes for Homemade Croutons
Posted on July 1, 2009 - Filed Under bread, salad | 2 Comments
One of the great joys of summer is salad made with local greens. It’s vibrant, green and refreshing. It tastes of cool breezes on hot days and warm paperback pages read on a sunny porch. It’s something that you really start to appreciate the older you get …
Today, the kids and I scored a few [...]
Extra Easy Cheese Croutons
Posted on June 8, 2009 - Filed Under bread, salad | 3 Comments
Today started out as one of those ethereal days where the sky is impossibly blue and the clouds are a fluffy jungle kingdom. You just want to be outside on a day like today, and we made sure to spend a lot of time outdoors.
The kids and I rose later than usual, which is a [...]
Laid Back Sunday Recipe: Banana-Stuffed French Toast
Posted on May 24, 2009 - Filed Under bread, breakfasts | 4 Comments
As I type this, thunder is roaring outside my office window and ominous clouds are dumping rain everywhere. It sounds vicious outside, the kind of rolling booms that make you want to curl up under a favorite quilt and huddle until it passes. Meanwhile, less than 20 minutes ago, I was outside planting and watching [...]
Read More..>>Sweet/Tart: Cranberry Coffeecake
Posted on December 24, 2008 - Filed Under bread, breakfasts | 4 Comments
Christmas is two days away. My presents aren’t wrapped, my house isn’t clean enough yet. I have scores of baking left to do too. It’s going to be a frantic Wednesday, I will tell you that much.
Are you making any cranberry sauce or conserve this week? If so, keep this in mind when you do [...]
Go-To Recipes: Raspberry White Chocolate Muffins
Posted on June 10, 2008 - Filed Under bread, breakfasts, muffins | 2 Comments
The longer I cook, the more I find that I have certain go-to recipes that are as ingrained in my repertoire as number 2 pencils in a school child’s pencil bag. They are my tried and trues, my favorites, my without-thinking creations. My tried and trues can be made without fuss or muss, because they’ve [...]
Read More..>>The Best Garlic Bread EVER
Posted on April 14, 2008 - Filed Under bread | Leave a Comment
It’s taken me WEEKS to get this post up. See, I made some garlic bread on the fly one night. It came out perfectly. I wrote down the recipe. The problem? I didn’t take a photo. So, I made it again. However, I got distracted and burned the heck out of it. We ate it [...]
Read More..>>Homemade Gifts: No Knead Cheddar Beer Bread
Posted on December 17, 2007 - Filed Under Gifting Goodies, bread | 1 Comment
After giving birth to my daughter last month, I was in the hospital for several days. Thank goodness for magazines because I would have been bored out of my head – I only had a temperamental television and a newborn to keep me company over the long days (and sleepless nights). And yes, she is [...]
Read More..>>A Comedy of Errors: Making Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
Posted on October 16, 2007 - Filed Under Sundays, bread, breakfasts | 3 Comments
I’ve had my eye on the chocolate chip coffee cake that Madeline wrote about a few weeks back. It sounded so good. And although I HATE sour cream with a passion, I decided to give it a try on Sunday. The few recipes that have caught my eye on Everything Rachael Ray have been really [...]
Read More..>>Sunday Breakfasts #4: Banana Blueberry Muffins
Posted on June 26, 2007 - Filed Under Sundays, bread, breakfasts, muffins | 1 Comment
Okay, yes. I was supposed to post this two days ago . . . but things got busy. My apologies. The good news is that this week’s Sunday Breakfasts will appear early — on Saturday instead.
I knew this Sunday would be a busy one so I wanted a good “on the go” breakfast. These muffins [...]
Sunday Breakfasts #2: 30-minute feast
Posted on June 10, 2007 - Filed Under Sundays, bread, breakfasts | 5 Comments
I was much more daring this week with my breakfast. We had Ina Garten’s Maple Roasted Bacon, hash browns, a cheddar omelet split between Will and Shawn, and French toast. Talk about carb overload.
Secret of making good breakfast #1: Lower the temperature on the burner!You would think I already knew this, but the truth is [...]
