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Crunchy Pumpkin French Toast

Happy Sunday! Pumpkin crunchy French toast with Buttermilk syrup: Use Texas toast or thickly sliced French bread. Make usual French toast mixture of eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, and milk. Add a can of pumpkin pie mix. Crush corn flakes and dip bread in egg mixture and then coat in corn flakes. Make sure to butter your griddle. Buttermilk syrup: 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup buttermilk 1 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp baking soda Mix first 3 ingredients until mixed together then add vanilla and baking soda.

Waffle with Candied Bacon

Breakfast for dinner is never a bad idea especially with this maple candied bacon crisped on the Traeger! Make your favorite waffles (my family loves Kodiak Cake’s Power cakes that are whole wheat with extra protein). Add bacon and an egg on top with kosher salt, ground pepper, and a lot of maple syrup. Serve with a fruit salad so you don’t feel so guilty. Maple candied bacon- buy extra thick cut bacon (a must). Throw the strips in a bowl with maple syrup and brown sugar and toss until all coated. Lay out on a rack over a cookie sheet and then grind pepper and cayenne pepper if you like spice with your sweet (you do). Grill or bake at 400 until you get it as crispy as you like. You may want to broil the bacon at the end if you like it extra crispy. Finally, a word of WARNING. My daughter was inhaling the bacon on her way to dance last night and started choking. We pulled over and I had to swipe down her throat to…

Lobster Roll and Homemade Fries

Cooking for people I love is one of my greatest loves! Steam, grill, or broil lobster. Add crab or langostino to add volume so you don’t have to use all lobster. Mix with mayonnaise, a dash of Dijon mustard, lemon juice, chopped chives, green onion, and s&p. Chill in fridge for a couple of hours before eating. Butter roll and put on a dash of seasoned salt then broil. Homemade baked French fries- slice russet potato and soak in water. Dry then drizzle on Evoo (more then you think) and seasoned salt (more then you think). Bake at 450-500 then broil to get crispness. Keep adding seasoned or kosher salt. Potatoes need more salt then you think.

Dessert Pancakes

A yummy late night Sunday night snack (dessert). Kodiak power cakes with chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and bananas. The syrup is maple syrup with melted Talenti coffee chip ice cream. These were amazing!

Hash Brown with Egg and Sriracha Cups

These are great for breakfast, lunch, or dinner and are great leftovers. Spray muffin tins very well with non stick spray. I used store bought pre-shredded hash browns and filled muffin tins 2/3 full making room in middle for filling and pushing potatoes up the sides of tin to make cup. Bake or Traeger at 400-425 for about 30 minutes or until crispy and golden brown. I filled my cups with leftover pulled pork and an egg. When I baked the egg on top it got pretty messy but still tasted great. If you’re making these for guests I would suggest cooking the egg separately and putting on top. Garnish with green onion and Sriracha. *You can use anything you want in these cups..ham, turkey, cheese, scrambled eggs. Whatever you have in your fridge!

Thanksgiving Benedict

Thanksgiving is one week away! As much as I can’t wait for the big day, I love the leftovers just as much. Here is a yummy idea for lunch the next day. Add an egg or two to your stuffing and mix it all together to form a patty. Sauté the stuffing cake until brown and cooked through on both sides. Top with turkey and a poached egg. Drizzle leftover gravy and cranberry sauce.

My Mom’s En Croute

I can’t go home for the holidays without having my Mom’s delicious En Croute. It’s a long standing family tradition that I’ve carried on with my own family. 2 eggs 1 T mustard 2 t lemon juice 1 pkg frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained 4 hard-cooked eggs, chopped 1 cup chopped ham 2 oz shredded Swiss cheese 1 sheet puff pastry In large bowl, beat 2 eggs well. Set aside 2 t. Blend in mustard and lemon juice. Stir in remaining ingredients until well combined. On lightly floured surface, roll puff pastry into a 15 x 9 inch rectangle. Brush lightly with some of the reserved beaten eggs. Spoon egg/spinach mixture down center of pastry. Fold both sides over to cover. Pinch to seal edges and ends of pastry. Place seam side down on lightly greased baking sheet. Brush top and sides with remaining beaten eggs. Cut 5 diagonal slashes in top. Bake at 425 until golden brown, about 20 minutes.

Avocado and Arugula Tartine

Oh my gosh. Christmas music and this Tartine for brunch today is making me so happy! Layer the following: Toasted wheat sourdough bread Smashed avocado with lemon juice s&p Arugula with shaved Parmesan and Maison dressing (evoo, lemon juice, garlic, s&p) Roasted Asparagus Pistachios Poached egg I’ll be eating this for lunch all week!

Toasted Coconut Granola Chocolate Chip Pancakes

I think we’ve started a new Christmas morning tradition! MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Use Trader Joes toasted coconut pancake mix (amazing) add in your favorite granola and chocolate chips. Top with maple syrup and extra shredded coconut and granola for crunch.

Orange, Grapefruit, and Pistachio Salad

Are you having a dinner party or guests over for the New Year? If so, there is so much you can do ahead of time. Plastic bags can be your best friend when entertaining. When I’m throwing a party or having friends over, my refrigerator is full of party food in plastic baggies. They’re disposable when it’s “go” time and keep things fresh and ready to go. This is one of my favorite salads lately: Mixture of spinach and arugula Orange sections Grapefruit sections Pistachios Feta cheese Avocado.