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Grilled Corn Summer Breakfast Hash.

Grilled Corn Summer Breakfast Hash serves 3-4 4 slices of bacon, chopped 4 medium yukon gold potatoes, chopped into cubes 1/2 red onion, chopped 1 medium zucchini squash, chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 red pepper, chopped 2-3 ears grilled corn on the cob, cut off the cob 1 teaspoon olive oil (you may not need this) 2 green onions, chopped 3-4 large eggs smoked sea salt + pepper Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Once hot, add chopped bacon and cook until crispy and fat is rendered – about 4-5 minutes. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel. Add potatoes with a sprinkle of salt and pepper to the bacon fat and cook for 8-10 minutes, stirring and tossing every few minutes. While potatoes are cooking, heat another skillet on medium high and cook your eggs as desired, then set aside over low heat. Add peppers and onions (and another little sprinkle of salt and pepper) to potatoes and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring. At this time you may need to add the additional teaspoon of olive oil depending on how much bacon fat is left. After 5 minutes, add in the [...]

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Caprese Baked Egg Cups.

Caprese Baked Egg Cups makes 4 cups [2 x 3 1/2 in ramekins] 4 or 8 eggs (depending on if you want 1 or 2) 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved 3-4 ounces mozzarella cheese, chopped (I used marinated mozz from Trader Joe’s, hence the seasoning) 8-10 fresh basil leaves 2 teaspoons cream or milk salt and pepper softened butter Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter each ramekin and fill with a few pieces of tomato, cheese and basil. Crack one or two eggs into each and season with salt and pepper, then add 1/2 teaspoon of cream to each egg to prevent them from drying [used this tip from Ina Garten]. Add a few tomatoes, cheese and basil on top and set on a baking sheet. Bake for 5-8 minutes, then turn on the broiler and bake for about 5 minutes more [this resulted in slightly firm yolks for me, broil less if you them runny]. Watch carefully to determine how runny/firm you want your yolks. Serve hot with toasted, crusty bread.

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Blackberry Cobbler Waffles.

Waffles are totally underrated. They get a bad rap as pancakes’ not-quite-as-fluffy and not-quite-as-simple ugly cousin, with nooks and crannies just deep enough that the glob of butter won’t melt and a front left quarter that frequently hogs all the syrup. I mean, really. Waffle irons are kind of a pain. As if I don’t have enough pots, pants, mixers, bowls, lids, quesadilla makers, toasters, platters and other necessary items that I use twice a year, you’re telling me that I need to find a uniquely shaped space, somewhere between my cupcake-shaped cake pan and my never used must-have All Clad asparagus pot, for a 13-pound waffle maker that I might drag out on occasion? Yes. I am. If only to make these waffles. Go buy one. I’ll take the blame. I listen well. Just try me. You can scream and yell and holler all you want at your screen and I will just… sit here and listen. I would’ve been positively devastated if I didn’t get that asparagus pot, by the way. Pancakes were much more accessible and commonplace when I was younger, so when it came time to register for wedding gifts, I was over [...]

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Cake Batter Cinnamon Rolls.

So… I didn’t just make one outrageous cinnamon roll last weekend. I clearly made two. I think this is the end of the cake batter era. Unless I come up with something even more ridiculous to create with a cake batter flavor, I’m pretty cake battered out. Even the glaze is a cake batter glaze! These are just as simple as the regular cinnamon rolls, and perhaps simpler than the cookie dough stuffed version. I layered a good amount of cake mix on the dough along with the sugar and cinnamon mixture. It worked perfectly. They mix dissolved, leaving the rolls with the cake batter flavor. In all of this cake batter madness I’ve had going on lately, there is one thing I haven’t been able to master: the cake batter flavor without the actual cake mix! I have tried trial after trial of sugar + vanilla combination and just can’t get it. I can’t even find anything on google… and google usually answers everything. Every other “cake batter” recipe I find uses the actual cake mix, hence my usage of the mix. I don’t mind – I’m still using the same box from the cake batter chocolate bark – [...]

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Whole Wheat Cherry Vanilla Bean Pancakes.

Happy National Pancake Day! Usually I attempt to stay away from trends, but I think we can all agree that I have a thing for pancakes. I practically need pancake rehab. Just call me the Charlie Sheen of pancakes. I can’t stay away. This is quite obvious considering I’ve shared red velvet pancakes, cake batter pancakes, chocolate french silk pancakes, white chocolate coconut pancakes, whole wheat chocolate peanut butter pancakes, peanut butter and jelly pancakes, apple bacon pancakes… just to name a few. Somebody stop me! But really… don’t. Perhaps I just should have prepared a post dedication to pancakes? Nah. I couldn’t help but share another one. The highlight of these pancakes are the cherries – the frozen cherries to be exact. If you’ve been following along for a while, you know I adore cherries. There is a fairly short window of time where I can find good ones in Pittsburgh, and when they happen to be available I tend to buy $18 worth. Which only yields about two snacks of cherries. I like my cherries. I always happen to have frozen cherries on hand since they are one of my favorite things to throw in smoothies. I couldn’t [...]

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls.

Cookie dough isn’t just for [closet] eating. Or dipping! It’s for stuffing too! Stuffing cinnamon rolls to be exact. You may remember that I made my first batch of cinnamon rolls ever this past Christmas. Yes, first ever. It was also my first time ever tasting a homemade cinnamon roll. I really had not lived before that. A common question I receive is if I have a recipe for cinnamon rolls. I do – but it certainly isn’t my own. In December I made The Pioneer Woman’s cinnamon rolls and will probably never even attempt another recipe. There is no need to. This recipe is simple, foolproof, and yields the most incredible cinnamon rolls I have ever tasted. And if you recall… I didn’t even like cinnamon rolls before. I’m not a pastry gal. Well, at least I wasn’t before. I really didn’t think there was any way these could possibly taste better. But then I stuffed them with chocolate chip cookie dough. Yeah. I’m sure you can just imagine how that turned out. And I topped them with the vanilla cream glaze I first made in December. Good gosh I practically slurped it off the spoon. I ended up [...]

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Blueberry Breakfast Cakes.

Many moons ago (like… in September), I made individual pumpkin spice breakfast cakes. Remember those? They were good. I made them multiple days in a row. I ate many of them. They satisfied my super sweet teeth. And they were healthy, because any time you use whole wheat flour it cancels out all butter and sugar in a recipe. My goal is simply to educate you. Then I forgot about them. How sad. But I thought about the cakes a few days ago, remembering their fluffiness and how they crumbled when my spoon so perfectly scooped up a bite. And I was able to breath life into a new breakfast cake. This was made possible by the 4 pints of blueberries I absentmindedly tossed in my cart at the grocery store last week. I don’t really even love blueberries, unless we’re talking pancakes. And I really have no idea how we spend so much money on food. Don’t you just want to dig in? It’s like a ginormous muffin. But it’s cake! I highly suggest topping them with a blueberry glaze. Of course. If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been all over the glazes lately. Yeah. That picture kind of ruined [...]

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Cake Batter Pancakes.

I’m fairly convinced that the world would be a better place if more sprinkles were involved. I know. I just made pancakes. It seems I have an unnatural obsession with cake batter. Well I do. But hear me out. When I develop recipes, I try to make all of them for a purpose. We really hate to waste food in this house. Crab cakes for dinner, cake for a birthday party, quinoa as a side dish… it all works out. I get to share it with you and we get to eat it. Then sometimes, I get ideas in my head. Ideas that get me so worked up that I must attempt the recipe and give it a shot as soon as possible, even if it isn’t something we will eat every day. Otherwise, I cannot stop thinking about it. These are the things that keep me up at night. Case in point: it isn’t anyone’s birthday. It’s not even really close to anyone’s birthday. But I don’t need an excuse to eat cake and sprinkles. I believe it should be a daily occurrence. And because pancakes always need some sort of topping, I went with a sprinkled glaze. Because [...]

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White Bean Breakfast Hash.

I have so much to tell you about this breakfast that I don’t even know where to start. How about not calling it breakfast? Because I ate it for lunch. And I also think it makes an appropriate dinner. While perusing the menu at Square Cafe this past weekend, I was incredibly drawn to the white bean hash. I couldn’t bring myself to order it; the lure of buttery, toasted ciabatta, thick, crispy bacon and melted gruyere pulled me in. So I went with the breakfast sandwich. But the hash continued to haunt me throughout my meal and even the rest of the day. I couldn’t stop talking about it. I had to find some way to combine said menu ingredients and get this in my life as soon as possible. This was my first time using leeks! I was a leek virgin. Now I’m a leek convert. I mean… wouldn’t you be if you had caramelized them in bacon grease? Since I never even laid eyes on the dish, all I had going for me was my superior memory – the memory that gets Mr. How Sweet in trouble approximately six times a month. I remember everything. I knew the [...]

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Chocolate French Silk Pancakes.

Chocolate french silk pie usually contains raw eggs. And lots and lots of chocolate. And mounds of whipped cream. Mmmm. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. Except that whole raw egg thing. Don’t fear. I’m not sharing pancakes and raw eggs with you today… instead I’m sharing pancakes that taste like french silk pie. And I owe it all to this little can. Oh, and that cocoa above. I adore coconut milk. You should too. It’s creamy and delicious. And if you don’t like coconut? You can’t even taste it in these pancakes. I promise. Unless you’re some kind of super coconut-tasting sleuth. Not only are these pancakes simple and quick, they are pretty healthy too. I topped mine with plain ole’ syrup, but trust me – I wanted to top them with chocolate syrup, whipped cream, vanilla cream glaze, and chocolate chips. All at once. Oh, and I gave the pancakes a little sprinkling of cocoa powder. There is no such thing as too much chocolate. Creamy and fluffy. What more could you want from a pancake? Chocolate French Silk Pancakes serves 3-4 (about 12 pancakes) 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (or all-purpose) 1/4 cup powdered [...]

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