Breakfasts

This morning. 5ish. The phone rings. Through my sleep, I mumble something about it being the school – perhaps a cancellation? Shawn answers the call. “There’s a 90-minute delay,” he …

In the summertime, we eat only fresh tomatoes — tiny ones that the kids pick directly from the vines on our backyard. Giant heirlooms from local organic farms. Red ones, …

When I order a breakfast sandwich, I want it to be messy. Back when I worked for a big publisher, the chef who did breakfast in the office cafeteria would …

When I went on vacation with my friend’s family as a teen, I was nervous. I wanted to be the model guest. So, I was well-behaved and had good manners, …

Fall, to me, ushers in the perfect weather for quick breads, coffee cakes and muffins … like these delicious ones. Lately, I have been thinking so much about making these …

This is not your grandmother’s apple (or pear!) sauce. This sassy, sweet concoction is enhanced with ginger and nutmeg — an unlikely combination that totally works. The creating of this …

It’s not unusual for breakfast in my house to be buttered cinnamon raisin toast and a banana or yogurt. Most days during the week, I like to keep things really, …

Lightened Up Raspberry Applesauce Pancakes are moist, light, fluffy pancakes dotted with tart, juicy raspberries and lightly sweetened with agave nectar. If you are what you eat, then my four-year-old …

Tender, lightly sweetened scones are dotted with juicy raspberries and sweet white chocolate chips in this recipe for Raspberry White Chocolate Scones. These are delightful with coffee. Saturday was going …

Flaky. Sweet. A little tart. Oh, so good. Somehow, I imagine that to most people apple turnovers are a dessert – a tasty, homey, delicious dessert. But for me? I …