Last weekend I had some friends over for brunch. I picked some goodies out of the garden and brunch began to unfold. I had been craving this carrot salad so I made some using the parsley. I sliced the radish and tossed it with some english cucumber and salt for another fresh treat, perhaps now [...]
Archive for the ‘Breakfast and Brunch’ Category
A Sunny Sunday
Posted in Breads and Doughs, Breakfast and Brunch, eggs, etc., From the Garden, Salads, Tunisian Food on May 3, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Egg decorating
Posted in eggs, etc., Holidays on March 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday morning, my friends and I decorated eggs for No-Rouz (Persian New Year.) We decided to try coloring them with onion skins. We collected red and yellow skins and soaked them separately in some water, so they were soft enough to wrap around the eggs. We also used some basil leaves for designs. We tightly [...]
Pig shaped Pancakes with Cranberry Pears
Posted in Breakfast and Brunch, crepes and pancakes, Fruit on October 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This morning I took a quick break from some serious knitting and made myself some pancakes. When I went into the cupboard to get a batter bowl I saw a pig cookie cutter and thought it would be fun to make pig shaped pancakes. I put some milk and an egg in the bowl and [...]
Missouri peach buckle
Posted in Baking, Breakfast and Brunch, cakes, Fruit on August 17, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I was introduced to buckles recently and I can’t seem to get enough of them! The idea behind a buckle is that you load the (coffee cake) batter with so much fruit that it buckles in on itself. My sister got a big box of Missouri peaches the other day so this morning I crept [...]
Orange-Rhubarb jam
Posted in Breakfast and Brunch, Fruit, Jams and Preserves on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s canning season again! The other day I sat down with a notebook and started to plan out all of the things I want to make this season, the first being orange-rhubarb jam. I love, love, love rhubarb! This was the first time I have made rhubarb jam so I decided to follow a recipe, [...]
Zucchini and Ricotta Quiche
Posted in Baking, Breakfast and Brunch, Cheese, eggs, etc. on May 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My friend just moved into a new apartment, in honor of her move we made some breakfast. I found this recipe on Heidi Swanson’s blog. She always has beautiful, tasty, and inspiring recipes to share. I collected some ingredients and headed over for breakfast. There was a lot of crumbling, grating, and mixing involved in [...]
Apfelstrudel
Posted in Baking, Breakfast and Brunch, Desserts, Fruit, pastry, pies, and tarts on May 21, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I was looking through one of my cookbooks today and I saw a recipe for apple strudel. I have always wanted to learn how to make it and this recipe looked very thorough. There are two components, the dough and the filling. The dough was really fun to make! It needs to be stretched out, [...]
A favorite amongst the books…
Posted in Breakfast and Brunch on April 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Flavors of India by Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff is a great cookbook. It has been my mom’s favorite for years so it only seemed natural to add it, as my first Indian cookbook, to my collection. Growing up, I loved when mom made things like fresh panir, dosa’s and coriander chutney! Last week I had some [...]
cornmeal crepes
Posted in Breakfast and Brunch, crepes and pancakes on April 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My friend and I have been doing a lot of crepe making recently. Our latest trial was a batch of cornmeal orange-butter crepes from The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern. I had to work a mini shift early in the morning so I made the batter the night before and let it rest [...]
