Quantcast
Celebrating life around the table with food, faith and family....

Birthday, Affirmations and Cinnamon Sugar Waffles with Warm Peach Compote

cinnamon sugar waffles with warm peach compote

Today we are talking about Birthdays and one fun tradition is a special breakfast.  This Cinnamon Sugar Waffle with Warm Peach and Blackberry Compote will make the birthday person feel very treasured. I have many special birthday memories I could share with you.  In my 30′s there was one year that had been particularly difficult.  [...]

Follow Me on Pinterest

Caramelized Onion, Bacon and Gruyere Quiche

Two quiches

I made this Caramelized Onion, Bacon and Gruyere Quiche last weekend.  I had been meaning to make try this for months now.  The batter is from Bouchon’s recipe and then I adapted the crust and filling.  If you use pre made pie crust this is an easy recipe. The quiche tastes so good.  It is [...]

Follow Me on Pinterest

Cinnamon Sugar Blueberry Muffins with Streusel Topping & Orange Cinnamon Butter

cinnamon sugar blueberry muffins with streusel topping

When the fun folks at General Mills invited several bloggers to create something using Land O’ Lakes new Cinnamon Sugar Butter Spread I jumped at the chance. I was intrigued because who doesn’t love cinnamon sugar combined with butter. That combination reminds of a cafe that was at the end of the street when I [...]

Follow Me on Pinterest

Nana’s Banana Pancakes for Pancake Week

Stack of Banana pancakes

Where we came from often influences the food we make.  In many cultures recipes are passed down from generation to generation.  When they are in the right mood kids love to hear bits and pieces of family history and they have already chosen family favorites that they love us to make. Recipes are such a [...]

Follow Me on Pinterest

German Lemon Crepes

german lemon pancakes

Lately I have seen crepes pop up on many menus.  Crepes Bonaparte is a local food truck that competed in the Great Food Truck Race on the Food Network and they are super popular here in Orange County. Growing up I used to make crepes on the weekend for breakfast.  I loved German Pancakes, which [...]

Follow Me on Pinterest

Date Nut Bread and Hadley’s

Date Nut Bread

Growing up my family would often go to Palm Springs for a weekend.  On the way out there is a place called Hadley’s Date Farm.  It has been around since 1931, off Interstate 10.  They have a wide variety of dates including Medjool, Deglet Noor and Empress dates. We would stop on the way home [...]

Follow Me on Pinterest

Apple Cinnamon Sugar Pancake

Apple season is here.  One of my favorite fall breakfasts is an Apple Cinnamon Sugar Pancake.  It is an oven baked pancake full of apples and dusted with brown sugar cinnamon on top.  I first made this in 2008 but thought it was time to share it again. Growing up my family would go to [...]

Follow Me on Pinterest

Bacon and Cheddar Breakfast Casserole

breakfast casserole

Free Seo Tools It may be Wednesday but it’s not too early to start planning next weekends breakfast.  Weekends are about slowing down and reconnecting with family and friends. There is nothing better than a leisurely breakfast around the kitchen table.  The smell of hot coffee brewing and chatting with those you love. I first [...]

Follow Me on Pinterest

A Bridal Shower Tea and Strawberry Butter

If you are wondering why it has been so quiet here at Adventures in the Kitchen it is because my computer crashed and died.  Not just once, but three times in the last month.  It has now checked into the Apple repair, after a brief stay at another tech room and I hope to pick [...]

Follow Me on Pinterest

Oatmeal Blackberry Scones

This year we had a brunch theme for our family Easter dinner.  Though I ended up home sick I made these Oatmeal Blackberry Scones to send along.  I had blackberries at home so I decided add them to the scone recipe.  You could use raspberries as an alternative.  Frozen or fresh would work well in [...]

Follow Me on Pinterest