Breakfast

Maple Bacon Cornbread Cupcakes with Maple Frosting Garnished with Bacon

Happy Birthday! No, not mine, but it’s the one year anniversary of the Recipe Swap, a group put together by Christianna Burwell. Started as a way to build community and create a challenge for all of us, we are assigned a recipe from an old cookbook that Christianna found at the Tanque Verde Swap Meet. [...]

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Maple Bourbon Bacon, Grits and Eggs – #Charcutepalooza meets #PennyPalooza

Maple Bourbon Bacon with some southern grits and a fried egg - #Charcutepalooza

Bacon! Bacon! Bacon! You know that commercial where the dog is going crazy for some artificial bacon strips? Well, I found myself saying those three words with the same level of excitement recently. Last weekend I planned to do two things. Make something with the Maple Bourbon Bacon that I had cured the week before as [...]

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Omelet with Chobani Honey Yogurt, Pomegranate Arils and Blackberries

I’m sure I’m not alone in this; the notion that I am constantly surrounded by food but the reality being anything but. I now cook for one and that often means I will eat the same thing several times during the course of the week, so I have to be careful about not making so [...]

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Blueberry Cornmeal Cake

I’ve been a subscriber to Bon Appetit magazine for more than 30 years. The recent demise of Gourmet magazine has seen my good friend receive constant thrashing at the hands of fervent Gourmet magazine lovers who feel a need to take out their hurt against my beloved companion!

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Creamed Eggs on Toast Points

My children are both grown up and beyond the years of me hiding baskets or hunting for eggs (OK, I still put up this adorable little Easter tree with ornaments and yes, they are not so old they don’t expect a chocolate treat from Mom!). However, some traditions remain and this dish is a standard [...]

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Blueberry Ricotta Pancakes

I’ve been watching the new series on Food Network titled ‘The Best Thing I Ever Ate’ and it’s fun. Each one about a different topic with hosts and chefs from the network telling us their favorites and they are always restaurant foods. Last night I watched one titled ‘Wake Up Call’ that aired last week [...]

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