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When you want to make a quick muffin for breakfast or brunch, and you don’t have fresh fruit on hand to make Strawberry Muffins or Blueberry Muffins, here’s your solution – make muffins filled with jam!
It seems I always have lots of jars of jam on hand that need to be used, so when I discovered this recipe, it enabled me to put the excess to good use!
Continue reading “Jam-filled Muffins”Breakfast is not often drooled over, but oh my goodness, I recently made a breakfast sandwich that is worthy! I have a Cooking Light Cookbook where I found this delicious sounding breakfast sandwich and knew I wanted to give it a try. It starts with Cinnamon bread as the base. That’s a great beginning, and I love making it with my sour dough bread starter. This Cinnamon Swirl Bread would be another wonderful bread to use for this sandwich!
Continue reading “Honey Goat Cheese and Fig Preserves Breakfast Sandwich”I recently had the blessing of having my daughters over for a leisure Saturday breakfast. We are all “foodies.” Google defines a foodie as “one who has refined interest in food!” Our belief is that we don’t want to just eat something – we want it to be delicious. Mealtime is an event! I wanted to make it a little special!
I looked through my recipe index here on my blog, and when I saw this Buttermilk Blueberry Breakfast Cake recipe, I knew it would be the perfect addition to the rest of the meal. I wanted savory and sweet, and this was a nice addition to the egg dish I was making. This cake is fluffy, moist and full of flavor.
Here was my menu:
Baked Quiche
Grits
Buttermilk Blueberry Coffee Cake
Fresh Fruit with yogurt and Peanut Butter Granola
When our daughter Whitney and her husband, Paul knew the Lord was leading them to adopt, I wondered about how myself and others could help provide for their needs. We all know what happens at a birth – a shower is given where the parents are, well, showered with all the necessities.
But what about a couple who’s been married 12 years and are adopting older children? I went searching the Internet looking for ideas, and came up with little help.
We are traditionalists on most holidays. The same foods are usually served each year on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. But you know what? Sometimes it’s really fun to break out of that “mold” and do something completely different! That’s what happened this year.
My daughter hosted us for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and she and her sister did all the food. Not only did I not contribute to the meal, I wasn’t allowed to lift a finger. That was a gift in itself. They are the sweetest.
Here are the meals they planned and prepared.
Christmas Eve night, they had all appetizers. (BTW, This would make a great menu for New Year’s Eve, too!)
From Monte Cristo Sliders, Chicken sliders (something like these), Cocktail Wieners and Pizza Dip it was a delicious spread.
We had a mid-morning brunch on Christmas morning. The egg casserole Whitney made was a.maz.ing! It had all the brunchy feels to it and balanced out the sweetness of the Pioneer Woman Cinnamon Rolls that Alli and her husband made! What a way to start the day!
Here was the menu for supper
Steak with Texas Roadhouse seasoning, and Crispy Onion Straws
Roasted potatoes with Blue Cheese
Caesar Salad
Learn from a 5-year old how to eat a cookie. Fill your plate with your favorites. Look carefully at the cookie to decide which corner to attack first. Then go in and nibble away until completely devoured!
After church yesterday we were blessed to host everyone for Sunday dinner. It was very impromptu, but I made a simple meal everyone loves – Soup beans and cornbread. I used the simple recipe I’ve shared here. This is such a great meal for ease and for comfort. I served it with roasted potatoes, cornbread, and cooked apples. Even our little guys love this meal.
All these meals were great, yes, but the best part was sitting around the table as a family, thanking the Lord, chatting, laughing, listening, watching, loving, caring and serving. That’s what mealtime is all about.
Plan something simple this week and invite others to join around your table. Eat slowly. Make conversation. Serve them. Love them. There’s nothing that tastes any better!
What kind of foods did your family share over Chrismtas?
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