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Category Archives: Breakfast
Chai Nog Latte
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Am I stressed out about making a meal to impress? No, not really. I’ve got almost five cups of homemade cranberry apple pear sauce in the fridge. There’s a pan of scalloped yams in a sage béchamel … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Breakfast, Dessert
Tagged chai latte, chai nog, chai nog latte, chai tea, chainog, drinks, egg nog, eggnog, holiday drinks, homemade chai
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Cranberry Apple Pear Sauce
The first time I made homemade cranberry sauce after meeting my husband, he was very, very hesitant to try it. He said he’d never liked cranberry sauce before… I realized he was referring to the canned, jellied cranberry sauce you … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Breakfast, Dessert, Lunch, Sauces, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged apples, cranapple sauce, cranberries, fall cranberry recipes, fall recipes, pears, side dishes, Thanksgiving recipes, Thanksgiving sidedish
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Baked Lemon Poppy Seed Doughnuts with Lemon Glaze
Today my husband had to put in a full day’s work, despite it being Saturday. So Silas and I had a morning and early afternoon to ourselves. We started off with cinnamon apple oatmeal, orange juice that Silas insisted needed … Continue reading
Whole Wheat Applesauce Banana Doughnuts with Almond Butter Glaze
Sometimes I will be getting through my day and out of nowhere I’ll think of a recipe that needs my attention ASAP. Six loads of dirty laundry to get through? No bigs. Dogs that need brushing so I don’t need … Continue reading
Chai Spiced Homemade Applesauce
We have a Japanese maple tree that borders along our front yard and the neighbor’s house. It’s the tell-tale give away I depend on each year to determine fall’s arrival. The leaves transition from vibrant greens of every shade to … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Breakfast, Dessert, Gluten-Free, Kids, Lunch, Sauces, Sides, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged applesauce, bosc pear, brown sugar, ceylon cinnamon, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, gravenstein apple, Gravenstein apples, gravenstein applesauce, homemade applesauce, honey, nutmeg, orange peel, pears, spices, vanilla
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Baked Buttermilk Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze
I had been eyeing baked doughnut pans for a good year. It wasn’t that they’re overly expensive, or hard to find, or a complete irrational buy… It was merely a last resort effort at having self control, knowing that as … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Dessert, Life, Vegetarian
Tagged baked donut, baked doughnuts, bittersweet chocolate, buttermilk, buttermilk donut, buttermilk doughnut, chocolate glaze, chocolate glaze with coconut oil, chocolate glaze without powdered sugar, donut, honey, Kauai bakeries, nutmeg, vanilla
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Buttermilk Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Roasted Figs
Sometimes recipe inspiration hits me in weird places. And I don’t mean in my left elbow, or right pinkie-toe. I was running at the gym the other day… I used to despise the treadmill – I’d opt for the elliptical … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Dessert, Kids, Vegetarian
Tagged apple cake, apples, brown sugar figs, buttermilk, buttermilk cake, cake, dessert, fig cake, Gravenstein apples, roasted figs
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Homemade Glazed Pop Tarts
When I think of pop tarts, it’s very nostalgic. I remember funny things about growing up. Like obsessively listening to the radio on the weekend, waiting for Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 after looking up what was in the charts, cassette … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Kids, Life, Vegetarian
Tagged 90's kid, apple, apple ginger tart, baking, breakfast, candied lemon peel, crystallized ginger, dessert, early 90's, glazed pop tarts, homemade pop tarts, lemon peach tart, Nickelodeon, Paradise Fruit, Paradise Fruit Co, Paradise Fruit Company, peach, Penzey's Spices, Pop Tarts, treats, vanilla glaze
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Mini Blueberry Pies
Perhaps by now you’re aware that I do not consider myself much of a baker. Queen of the flop-cakes? Sure thang. Sunken-center baker extraordinaire? You know it. Not always, but enough to make me nervous about ever having to bake … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Dessert, Vegetarian
Tagged Babycakes, Babycakes pie maker, blueberries, cinnamon, cloves, dessert, lemon, lemon zest, novelty baking, pie maker, pies, sugar, vanilla
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Buttermilk Ginger Biscuits
While there isn’t a Whole Foods Market near us here in Ashland, whenever we’re near one while traveling, my husband has a semi-addiction. Ginger biscuits. It’s a 99% guarantee that they’ll be in the bakery section, next to the fresh … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Bread, Breakfast, Dessert, Vegetarian
Tagged biscuits, breakfast, butter, buttermilk, buttermilk biscuit, crystallized ginger, dessert, ginger, ground ginger, lemon zest, treat, vanilla, whole wheat
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Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
