breakfast

• June 8, 2016

  How to Use those Chive Blossoms Before they Reseed!

  When we first moved into our house, I was excited, albeit surprised, to find chives growing underneath a pine tree in our front yard. As I was frantically trying to fill up the space that would become my perennial garden, I immediately transplanted them. They have grown happily there now for a number of years…until…

• May 13, 2015

  Making Things: Bagels, Cheese and Other Recipes

  Unintended though it was, this past weekend was a weekend of making things — mostly food. On Friday, after a delicious surf ‘n turf meal (in which I almost burnt the house down when the grill caught fire, but miraculously managed to keep the steaks from getting charred or overcooked), I decided to try the…

• April 7, 2015

  French Bread, Fried Egg and Feta Brunch

  Twas the day before Easter and I just had a hunch, that combining these ingredients would make a great brunch! Some freshly made feta, and freshly baked bread, a fried egg and fresh salad did rouse us from bed!  (Okay, enough of the rhyming.) Seriously, though. I’ve been on a homemade bread kick since a…

• March 16, 2015

  Two Twisted Taco Recipes

  I love tacos. That’s no secret. But I’ve been branching out recently and have tried some new variations on this household favorite…including one for breakfast and one with an Asian flair! I was dreaming of a delicious Saturday morning breakfast and taking into account the ingredients I had on hand (including a green pepper that…

• December 29, 2013

  Croissant French Toast

  I wanted to make a special Christmas breakfast this year. I was perusing Pinterest and saw a recipe for Cranberry French Toast Casserole (which sounded pretty good), when an even better idea hit me. There’s a restaurant in downtown Northville (Rebecca’s) that Tom and I love and used to frequent. Every time we went for…