Showing posts with label recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recipes. Show all posts

Saturday, September 13, 2014

Brunner = Breakfast Anytime.

Brunner...
"Br"eakfast, L"un"ch, and Din"ner"...Brunner.
Okay, that abbreviation is probably not going to catch on,
but I like the concept.
Breakfast at anytime.

Maybe it's just because it's the weekend,
or maybe it's because I need more hugs in my daily life,
but I keep thinking about breakfast.
My breakfast obsession is growing.
I want to add eggs into everything,
and dive into a warm meal with a side of coffee.
I really miss breakfast during the week,
so I've decided to make a list of breakfast meals that I can make at anytime.
Breakfast, Lunch, or my other favorite time...DINNER!
Well, I'll have to leave the coffee out of my dinner/breakfast.
Of course that will mean that I will need to find ways to pair wine or beer with it instead.
Oh man...this is going to make it extra fun and extra delicious.

So here are a few breakfast ideas that will make any mealtime better.





1. Breakfast Pizza from The Chic Site
If you enjoy everything that is breakfast, then this is it...and it sounds like serious deliciousness.  What isn't great about pizza, tator tots, eggs, cheese, and pretty much anything else that your heart desires?  See, it's serious and it's delicious.



2. Southwest Breakfast Stromboli from Bev Cooks
It's similar to a calzone, but jazzed up for Brunner.  Sounds and looks fabulous to me!





3. Potato Bacon Casserole from Nestle Kitchens
I think this recipe, like so many others is versatile and can be modified any way you choose.




4. Tortilla Espanola from Saveur
Otherwise known as a Spanish Potato Frittata, but all I needed to see was that it was topped with thick cut potato chips.  I'm going to use this as a lunch idea. It has the chips already, so in my world it totally works.




5. Baked Egg Boots by Spoon Fork Bacon
Though this the last recipe of this list it will probably be the first recipe that I make.  I love the idea of baking bread bowls for breakfast.  What not to love about it?
Now I hope that you are ready to dive into something delicious and enjoy it at any time of the day.  No matter when you make and at this, your tummy will be happy...that's a given.

Enjoy!

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Hot Date Night

It's Saturday Night...date night...
I've got a hot date.
The lights are low, the wine is poured and the movie has just started.
We've just settle down on the couch for the evening...
Me and my favorite cookbooks = Perfect Date.  :0) hehe
It's never a disappointing date....never.

Cookbooks...they live in random places in my house.
In the kitchen, well, that's normal...
...but they're also stacked by the couch, in front of the TV, and by the bed.
Flipping through these little gems is relaxing to me.
I wish that I could have a delivery from Amazon everyday, but then I would never have time to actually make anything from my cookbooks.
Hopefully, there will be a bookstore opening around me again soon...
I miss getting lost in the cookbook section.

Today I'm getting lost in my favorite cookbooks...half of them are old favorites, and half of them are new discoveries...soon to be favorites I'm sure.

Oldies, but goodies

#1~The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook~ Copyright 1980
 The copyright date is essential.  Newer additions of this cookbook do not have the important recipes or the classically cheesy pictures. Anytime that I find a copy of this cookbook, I snatch it up quickly.  Each time that I see a stack of old cookbooks in a thrift store, book store, or garage sale, I look earnestly through them to make sure I don't miss a copy. 

#2~The Corner House Cook Book~


This is a local cookbook that was created by a lovely group of woman that I have heard stories about, but don't remember meeting.  The Corner House is located in Sellwood, Oregon.  When I was a little girl, my mom took painting classes at that house with a group of older ladies in the Charlotte's Workshop classes. Up until last year, I didn't own a copy of this cookbook.  My mom had been using it for years and I was always jealous.  Then, at one garage sale, there it was...in a stack of books...a diamond in the rough. and it was mine. For the ladies that created this book, you might be gone, but your recipes live on...I hope that I can be that lucky one day.

#3~The Art of Preserving~
It's published by Williams Sonoma, so it has to be good, right?! Okay, not everything with a big name is great, but this one is. I love this canning guide because recipes are simply delicious and the pictures are beautiful.  You must have this book if you enjoy canning and need some new challenges.


#4~Ball Blue Book of Canning~

Basic, clear, precise instructions for the beginning canner and reminders for the experienced canner are found in the book.  Enough said....it's must for all.













#5~Hershey's Chocolate and Cocoa Cookbook


My mom loves chocolate, but she particularly loves Hershey's chocolate...this is a cookbook for her heart. Classic, simple delicious recipes.  There will be a post soon inspired from this book. 
Who knows, maybe it will be fondue?
Maybe not...Let's be honest, we're friends...
...it's probably going to be a cake or cookies.
New, Soon-to-be Favorites
Some of my favorite gifts include cookbooks...surprised? Yeah, I didn't think so.  Sometimes I gift myself, but thankfully, others gift me with divine books too. Here's just a little peek at some of my new books.  I haven't tried recipes yet, but soon...very soon.

#1~The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook~
Cheryl and Griffith Day, founded Back in the Day Bakery in Savannah, Georgia, in 2002.
#2~Joy the Baker~

Joy the Baker Cookbook: 100 Simple and Comforting Recipes~ Joy Wilson

#3~Vintage Cakes~
 Vintage Cakes: Timeless Recipes for Cupcakes, Flips, Rolls, Layer, Angel, Bundt, Chiffon, and Icebox Cakes for Today's Sweet Tooth [Hardcover]
Julie Richardson

#4~ Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts~

  These doughnuts will be the first ones made...just for Kristi...
I know that you miss these Seattle beauties.  :0)