I love this recipe for summer – not because it makes use of the fresh from the farmers market produce, or it’s cold or really light – but because it is so practical. It can be made ahead, it can be frozen and it can be easily transported. It’s a great thing to have on hand for breakfast on a fun, busy summer weekend. Maybe if family is visiting or the kids have a … [Read more...] about Sausage Breakfast Quiche
Breakfast And Brunch
Brown Butter Cinnamon Streusel Swirl Loaf
I circle back to baking in the fall. Sure, I make some cakes and bakes in the summer with the freshest seasonal produce, but when a chill enters the air, I always feel like it’s time for fresh baked goods, the smell of spices wafting through the air. I wanted something redolent with cinnamon and perfect for breakfast or as a snack, even dessert. I started to make a cinnamon … [Read more...] about Brown Butter Cinnamon Streusel Swirl Loaf
New Fashioned Dilly Bread
People of a certain age will have fond memories of Casserole Dilly bread, a round loaf of bread redolent with dill and tender with cottage cheese. My mother says it was the only bread she ever successfully made. And it is such a good, simple bread. And at the time this was in fashion, cottage cheese was pretty much used for dilly bread or served as a “diet” food with canned … [Read more...] about New Fashioned Dilly Bread
Baked Blintz Casserole with Peach Basil Compote
Summer weekends. At the lake, at the beach, in the mountains, at home. It’s a great time for a leisurely breakfast or brunch. Actually at a table, not in the car or at your desk. But that doesn’t have to mean a ton of cooking at the crack of dawn. This make-ahead blintz casserole is a perfect summer morning meal. Creamy and airy and just sweet enough. Add to it a peak season … [Read more...] about Baked Blintz Casserole with Peach Basil Compote
Lemon Dill Shrimp Pasta Salad
A good, hearty cold salad on a hot summer day is the perfect remedy for the heat. Fills you up without weighing you down. And it’s so refreshing coming off the lake or the beach or the pool. It’s also nice to have something like this in the fridge to snack on over a weekend. Shrimp and pasta paired with a zesty lemon, dill and yogurt dressing is summer in a bowl. Don’t skip the … [Read more...] about Lemon Dill Shrimp Pasta Salad
