Breakfast
Recipes for everyday breakfast and for a special weekend breakfast meal.
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Strawberry Bread { #FLStrawberry + #SundaySupper }
The recipe for this fruit-swirled quick bread calls for fresh Florida Strawberries and is perfect for your holiday entertaining menu or a homemade holiday gift. Try a cream cheese spread as a delicious side for this Strawberry Bread Recipe. I must admit growing up in the Northeast I, like many living in the northern states, think of strawberries as a summer fruit only seasonally available in the warmer months. But did you know that American grown Florida Strawberries are available November through April. Makes you wonder why you would ever buy a strawberry not grown in the U.S. right? So now the question is – What tasty treats can we make year…
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Watermelon Blueberry Agua Fresca
ok… it’s official I am obsessed. Both with Blueberries AND Agua Fresca. My fridge is filled with them both and I LOVE it. Who knew Agua Fresca would be come my new favorite drink – perfect for a morning pick me up and as an refreshing spiked Agua Fresca cocktail on the weekends. Pure brilliance. Although the traditional Agua Fresca recipes are a simple combination of fruit, sugar and ice I have found that making a batch of herb infused simple syrup adds a tasty twist to the classic and allows the sweetness of the syrup to fully dissolve in the mixture. Plus you get the added kick of the…
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Chive, Leek + Cheese Quiche {#SundaySupper}
Brunch is my favorite meal to serve when hosting a Spring Gathering and it must feature a menu highlighting the best herbs of my Spring garden. Flowering chives and spring leeks are the perfect combination for a Chive, Leek and Cheese Quiche. Sure I liked chives, who doesn’t. They added color and flavor to baked potatoes right? But then it happened…. I fell in love with chives. At the time, I was working with a caterer in Bucks County, PA and had to stop at one of our local suppliers for micro greens – Blue Moon Acres in Buckingham, PA – on the way to the office. I had…
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Easy Green Smoothie With Mango + Banana #DoleRose
I was recently told by someone, whom I highly respect, in the food writing world that she loved my blog {blushing} but that I needed to put more of me into it. ACK!! Perhaps you think it might be easy since I already write on my blog several times a week to add more of my personality but believe me it is a talent not many can do well – add just enough of your own daily life while not sound like you are whining or bragging to your readers. You may wonder why I am writing this as an opening for an Easy Green Smoothie with Mango and Banana…
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Creamy Strawberry Chia Seed Avocado Smoothie {#FLStrawberry #SundaySupper}
The time has come … we had fun in October, November and December eating and drinking as we please and now it must happen. Time to get my body back to a healthy state in time for spring. Yes – January is DETOX time. Luckily my favorite breakfast is a cool smoothie so that part is a breeze but this year I have a shiny new Cuisinart blender and I plan to use all those blinking buttons to create some seriously tasty and nutritious smoothies for me and the MR. To kick off the detox I wanted to get a few recipes down to use as a base for the…
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Orange Zest French Toast Bread Pudding
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No excuses needed – eat what you like when you like. Figure it out in January! During the week I am a breakfast smoothie girl, but on the weekends, especially special days like Christmas and New Years Day I love a breakfast you can linger over. We frequently have savory waffles or poached eggs however I was looking to switch it up this Christmas day and have something semi made ahead that I can pop in the oven while we are opening gifts and then enjoy throughout the day. I started looking at French Toast recipes but they always seem to leave…
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Krayl’s Raspberry Swirl Sweet Rolls
“I have been dying to make this recipe for Raspberry Swirl Sweet Rolls.” Those were the words from my cousins girlfriend when ask – “What would you make first if you had a brand new Kitchen Aid stand mixer?” Little did I know that I would actually be doing the making… It started off innocently enough at my Aunt’s house last month while we were visiting, when her sister, another Aunt, brought her a brand new mixer as a hostess gift for staying at her house {yes I have absolutely invited her to my house anytime she wants}. It was my turn to head to the supermarket for groceries so…
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Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits {#SundaySupper}
I remember on rainy days after school in high school my older sister, older by 2.5 years and two grades in school, would make biscuits for us to eat as an after school snack. This memory is so infused into my childhood that I can almost taste the sweet and salty combination of warm biscuit, melting butter and preserves if I close my eyes and put myself back into our den {as it was called then} in Stamford, CT. Of course then it was a quick version whipped up made from Bisquick that was available in our cabinet. She has always been the baker between us – I would…
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Blueberry Waffle Recipe With Fresh Nectarines
This time of year summer farmers markets are filled with all the amazing produce of the season. Nectarines, blueberries and other fresh pick fruits fill little blue containers begging you to bring them home! My Blueberry waffle with Fresh Nectarines recipe is the perfect summer brunch recipe to celebrate the summer season. You have just returned from your local summer farmers market, your recycled burlap bags are filled with heirloom tomatoes, bunches of gloriously fragrant herbs, cute blue pints overflowing with fresh picked blueberries and a baker’s dozen of nectarines ripe and ready for eating. You pile them all in bowls on the kitchen island and step back thinking –…
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Looking for Some Extra Love in the Bedroom? Recipes Included.
I talk a lot about entertaining and designing spaces but when it all comes down to it, the reason we do all of this is to be able to share time with the ones we love. This Valentines Day let’s ensure your loved ones know it is all about them with special touches through out the day to show your love. Beginning of course with the most important meal of the day…Breakfast. Belgium Waffles topped with Blueberries and Raspberries, Coffee with Whipped Foam and a flute of Love Potion Champagne Cocktail all served on a tray in bed…. Sounds perfect to me! The famous Love Potion is a simple…
