This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Heather, Diane, and Tracy, who all won a copy of the fabulous book The Whole Grain Promise. full disclosure: I was provided a complimentary copy of The Whole Grain Promise: More Than 100 Recipes to Jumpstart a Healthier Diet by its publisher, Running Press. As always, all opinions are… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Breakfast
Blood Orange-Ricotta Coffee Cake
This coffee cake has been many weeks in the works, tested first before Christmas using Navel oranges, then after the New Year as I worked on my restraint as it related to the crumb topping. It seems that a philosophy of more is better doesn’t really work for coffee cake crumb, and the cakes I… Continue Reading
Mushroom, Bacon, and Potato Frittata
For most of this year, we’ve been experiencing a bit of an egg drought. We’ve had hens since 2004, replacing them as needed – some have been lost to old age, others to neighborhood critters – chicken hawks, dogs, foxes, raccoons, and, we suspect, a fisher cat. Typically, we’re slightly ahead of the attrition, replenishing… Continue Reading
Scrambled Eggs with Edible Flowers
It’s been a busy spring and early summer here. A new flock of chicks arrived mid-May, just in time for JR to be injured at work (again, though this time less seriously than his car accident, thank goodness, however, he is quite lucky to still have his index and middle fingers on his right hand).… Continue Reading
Happy Campers Eat Savory Ricotta Pancakes with Slow-Roasted Tomato Sauce
That’s a somewhat misleading title. Perhaps I should have called this “Storm Stories: Moderately Disgruntled Campers Eat in the Dark for Five Nights”, but I’ll bet that The Weather Channel wouldn’t find that amusing or worthy of a half-hour long show. Camping really has never been my thing. Happy camping even less so. I was… Continue Reading