Category: Breakfast

  • Bread Pudding

    Bread Pudding

    This would be best with slightly stale substantial bread I think, but it came out great with some not stale whole grain white bread too. If you like rice pudding, you’ll probably like this. It’s the same basic custard cooked with bread instead of rice. Some folks remove the crusts on the bread for stuff…

  • Goldenrod Eggs – Eggs in White Sauce on Toast

    Goldenrod Eggs – Eggs in White Sauce on Toast

    I’ve seen this recipe called several different things. It is essentially hard boiled eggs in a white sauce on top of toast. We like food on bread, two notables being Welsh Rarebit and tuna melts. This is the plain version, suitable for breakfast or dinner, especially when rounded out by a cup of vegetable soup…

  • Blender Hollandaise

    Blender Hollandaise

    My youngest discovered Eggs Benedict while going out for breakfast a while back. I’d promised I’d make them at home sometime, although I readily admit I’d never made Hollandaise Sauce and never poached an egg! The egg poaching turned out to be quite simple. I filled a skillet most of the way with water, adding…

  • Apple Butter

    Apple Butter

    I’ve been making fried apples, apple pies, and apple crisp, not to mention slicing an endless number of apples up for snacks and lunches. Over the weekend I decided to make apple butter. I was originally going to just make “a batch” and enjoy it, refrigerated. But somehow I started cleaning out the garage over…

  • Blueberry Coffeecake

    Blueberry Coffeecake

    This blueberry coffeecake can be baked the night before and makes a nice breakfast. My eldest has hit that point, which seems common, when breakfast is a problem. She doesn’t want eggs anymore. And the hot cereals that were a favorite for so many years don’t do it–other than hot cornmeal or fried mush. We’ve…