Breakfast

Build a Better Breakfast with Eggs: Healthy Sweet Potato Quiche Cups

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Sweet Potato Quiche Cups Makes 12 quiche cups (2 quiche cups per serving) 1 large orange-flesh sweet potato (approximately 16 ounces) 6 large eggs, beaten, 1 cup part skim ricotta cheese, 1 tablespoon fresh basil, julienned 1 teaspoon kosher salt dash of nutmeg 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1. In a large pot of water, […]

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Steamed Peanut Butter and Jelly Buns—aka, PB&J Man

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So now that I’ve opened up the steamed bun floodgate, I can’t help myself!  Today I’m sharing a recipe for Steamed Peanut Butter and Jelly Buns (aka, PB&J Man) over on The Family Kitchen.  These steamed buns are a fun new twist on the classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and would make a fantastic […]

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Quail Eggs Benedict Pagodas

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Quail Eggs Benedict Pagodas Makes 8 “Pagodas” Yaki-onigiri: 1 cup cooked Japanese rice salt 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1. Cut a large square of plastic wrap and rest it over a measuring cup.  Lightly spray the plastic wrap with the water, and then sprinkle it with a bit of salt (the water helps the salt […]

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Simple Cheesy Æbleskivers + A Giveaway!

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I LOVE LOVE LOVE æbleskivers (little round Danish pancake-like pastries–read more about them here).  Last month I told you about my favorite food finds from the Foodbuzz Bloggers Festival, which included æbleskivers  from Aunt Else's Æbleskiver.  Chad Gillard, the president of Aunt Else's, and his wife were at the Foodbuzz bloggers festival making æbleskivers with their […]

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Chipotle Pork Quichelettes

Add this recipe to ZipList! Chipotle Pork Quichelettes Makes 20 quichelettes For the Tart Crust: 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted 11 tablespoons (5.5 ounces) butter, softened 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon salt For the Filling: 6 ounces lean ground pork 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon ground chipotle chili 1/2 teaspoon table salt 1/2 cup finely shredded […]

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Cardamom Honey Grapefruit Galettes

Halves of juicy ruby red grapefruit, drizzled with honey and vanilla, sprinkled with ground cardamom, and then broiled until the juices of the grapefruit are bubbling and the edges of the rind start to blacken in places.  Sound different? It did to me in October of last year when I stumbled across the recipe in […]

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Famous Pumpkin Scones–just what the doctor ordered.

For my last pumpkin recipe of Pumpkin Palooza, I had a totally different recipe in mind. Then at the beginning of the week I received a comment from a Melanie, a fellow blogger and friend (that I actually had the pleasure of meeting last May!), asking if I had ever tried pumpkin scones. She explained […]

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Aebleskiver Enabler—Simple Aebleskivers

Some mornings call for special breakfasts, don’tchya think? We just had one of those mornings, so I broke out my aebleskiver pan. I’ve been dying to use it, as it was one of the items in storage while we were living in Japan. If you don’t already know, aebleskivers are little Danish pancakes (they kind […]

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