Honey Maple Granola

November 30, 2011
Honey Maple Granola

I love granola and vanilla yogurt with a handful of frozen berries mixed in.  I try to keep granola around the house so that when the dessert cravings attack I can make myself a small parfait and feel good about my dessert choice.  This granola is easy and yummy.  I keep it in a big …

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Buttermilk Pumpkin Waffles

November 30, 2011
Buttermilk Pumpkin Waffles

Ever heard the song “Purple Haze” by Jimmy Hendricks? Well, lately I have that song stuck in my head but with slightly different lyrics. ::clears throat and taps wand on podium:: Pumpkin craze all in my brain 
Lately things just don’t seem the same Actin’ funny, but I don’t know why 
’Scuse me while I …

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Best Ever Baking Powder Biscuits

November 30, 2011
Best Ever Baking Powder Biscuits

I was always on the hunt for a good biscuit.  I mean a really good biscuit.  Well, I ended that hunt when I found an Alton Brown recipe for baking powder biscuits. They are in fact a really good biscuit.  Then one day, I happened upon this biscuit recipe that promised to be the “best …

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French Toast Casserole

November 29, 2011
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We had a casserole theme at the house on Friday so for dessert I made this French Toast Casserole.  It’s yummy and tastes exactly as you would imagine it to.  The best thing about this recipe is that you can assemble everything the night before, pop it into the fridge and then into the oven …

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Blueberry Coffee-cake Oatmeal

November 28, 2011
Blueberry Coffe Cake Oatmeal

Mike hates oatmeal. He feels unloved whenever I serve it. He calls it gruel. I’m thinking that the influence of Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” must have had something to do with it. The only difference between he and a poor ol’ kicked around orphan from Victorian England at Oatmeal time is that he will never …

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Buttermilk Syrup

November 28, 2011
Buttermilk Syrup

Move over maple there’s a new syrup in town!  I’ve made other syrups before but I usually return to good ol’ maple when it comes to pancakes and waffles.  Maple, it’s yummy, it’s dependable, it’s our go-to syrup… until today. This morning as I was waiting for the waffle batter to set up I decided …

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