Tag Archives: Eggs

Egg Bites – Not Starbucks

I guess I’m the last person in the world to discover that Starbucks serves a breakfast-on-the-way-to-work dish that is taking the country by storm.  From what I read, they are prepared sous vide and then reheated at the time of … Continue reading

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How Do I Love Thee, Almond Milk

I’ve been making the tapioca pudding lately with half almond milk and half whole milk.  At this concentration, it is indistinguishable, at least to me, from having used all whole milk.  Even when using ALL almond milk, there is not … Continue reading

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Platelet Celebration

While waiting patiently to have its cataract removed, NOLA Boy’s right eye was able to help with eating this delicious lunch.  We had to cancel the scheduled time last week because of low blood counts, but we were more than … Continue reading

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The Twenty-Five Cent Breakfast

Hard to believe, I know, but twenty-five cents may be more than the actual cost.  The eggs were $.99 a dozen (so sixteen cents for two); a couple of leftover Tater Tots, and the last two inches of a loaf … Continue reading

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Cranberry Cornbread

We always have plenty of dried cranberries on hand, so today I whipped up a new taste treat to go with the Cream of Potato/Onion/Mushroom/Cabbage/Pepper Soup for our lunch. This cornbread was just perfect.  I used all purpose flour and … Continue reading

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Eggs a la Fox Point

There is an RV friend (waving to Diane – ;-> ) who provides a photo on Facebook of her “Daily Egg”.  It is fun to see her various iterations, which usually involve appealing perfect avocado slices.  The world conspired this morning … Continue reading

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Homemade Buttermilk

  Homemade Buttermilk gives a huge flavor boost to pancakes.  These have dried cranberries and sliced almonds and went down real easy.   I was shocked to find that commercial buttermilk is the same price as half and half., i.e. … Continue reading

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Blueberry Pancakes

  We had blueberry pancakes, cheesy polenta, bacon, and poached eggs for our Sunday brunch today.  These were the prettiest part of the meal.

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A Penne for Your Thoughts

Remember the Eggplant Ragout and the Mini Penne?  Well, of course there was leftover penne (so handy to have at the ready), so a quick lunch was available by sautéing some pasilla and red peppers, and scallions – then adding … Continue reading

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Steam Fried Eggs

Versatility, thy name is “egg”. When I am busy with a lot of other dishes on Sundays’ special brunches, I sometimes just steam fry the eggs. When you think about it, all methods that keep the egg whole produce something … Continue reading

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Alouette

  Alouette, gentille alouette . . . https://www.google.com/search?q=aloutte+gentille&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-ab Every time I get this box of Brie out, the above song starts up in my head.  I had no idea what it is about, but now I do. Remember that loaf … Continue reading

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Sampler Plate

I have acquired a holder and a small tripod with a ball head for my iPad, so now I can take pictures of our food without trying to hold the pad steady.  I have been mostly using the iPhone, but … Continue reading

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Persimmon Foo Young

  There were four lovely Egg Foo Young patties left, so this was our lunch the next day.  I added some cooked shredded carrots to the leftover sauce, and topped it all with cilantro and sliced scallions.  The little crescents … Continue reading

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Egg Foo Young

I took my own advice – this was our very late supper last night! I found the recipe on Pickled Plum, but didn’t have all of the suggested ingredients. It came out great anyway.  DH is anxious for a repeat … Continue reading

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Two for Two

I know . . . this looks almost the same as my last post, but even though this is going to end up looking different from the last dish, it is the same easy method. Two for Two?  What does … Continue reading

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Eggs – Not Just for Breakfast

So often I show you only the finished dish, and just use words to describe the procedure, so today I am bombarding you with a lot more pixels – FIVE photos. Here goes: Chop up the desired amount of any … Continue reading

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Overnight Boule

Boule, from the French for “ball”, is a traditional shape of French bread, resembling a squashed ball. It is a rustic loaf shape that can be made of any type of flour. A boule can be leavened with commercial yeast, … Continue reading

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How to Make Your Tastebuds Sing with Delight

  If you have a large, good quality frying pan, this meal goes together in minutes. Leftover cooked noodles from Stroganoff Leftover spinach Fresh sliced mushrooms, diced onions, diced red pepper The raw veggies will cook up appropriately in the … Continue reading

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Christmas Persimmon

  About a week ago, I bought two Hachiya persimmons and put them on the kitchen windowsill.  They were patient models for my camera snapping in their faces all week, but one of them came into its own this morning when it adorned … Continue reading

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Omelette Pizza

  Isn’t this gorgeous?  It tasted just as good!!! Last night was the Tenth Anniversary of the opening of the Cochise Oncology Clinic here.  Little did we expect as we watched it being built that we would be going there on … Continue reading

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