Category: Breakfast

Veggie Egg Frittata

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Ingredients:

6 eggs
1 cup broccoli, chopped and sautéed
1 cup mushrooms, chopped and sautéed
¼ cup green and red peppers, chopped and sautéed
½ cup shredded cheese
¼ cup sour cream
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
1 tbsp butter

Directions:

1. Lightly sauté veggies and allow to cool.
2. Mix eggs with sour cream.
3. Add veggies to eggs. Salt and pepper.
4. Preheat oven to 350.
5. On the stovetop heat butter in the frying pan. Pour in egg mixture and cook on low until edges look slightly done.
6. Put into oven and bake for 10 minutes.
7. Remove from the oven and top with shredded cheese.
8. Return to the oven, turn to low broil for an additional 2 minutes.
9. Remove once more from the oven. Allow to cool slightly.
10. Slice, serve and enjoy!

 

Smoothies

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Ingredients:

¼ cup orange juice
3 ripe bananas
½ cup frozen mangos
½ cup frozen strawberries
½ cup (any flavor) kefir
1 scoop super blend

Instructions:

In a blender, combine all ingredients, blend until smooth. Add orange juice until desired consistency.

Serve, Drink and Enjoy!

Doughnuts

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So, my daughter’s been reading a book called Doughnut Day, where a mother and daughter take the day to make doughnuts together. Needless to say, upon finishing the story, she had a craving for some ‘momma time’ in the kitchen.

Here’s our recipe:

Ingredients:

2 ½ cups of flour

¼ cup of sugar

3 tbsp of softened butter

1 tsp salt

½ cup of kefir or milk

1 egg

1 pk yeast

½ cup of mixed flour and water (1/3 cup of flour and 1 cup of water)

Olive oil for frying

Glaze:

3 cups of Powdered sugar

½ cup of water

4 tsp vanilla

  1. First, make the mixture of flour and water to act as a dough enhancer by heating 1 cup of water, then adding in 1/3 cup of flour until thick. Set aside to cool.
  2. Mix all ingredients together and knead for 15 minutes. I used my kitchen aide mixer with a dough hook attachment.
  3. Set aside and let rise 45 minutes.
  4. Punch down and let rise another 45 minutes.
  5. Next, place the dough on a floured surface and roll out to 1/2” thick. (tip: don’t over handle the dough at this stage or it’ll get tough)
  6. Cut into doughnuts.
  7. Final rise! 1 hour.
  8. Heat oil. I used a deep fryer, but a deep skillet would also work.
  9. While the oil is heating, make the glaze. Just whisk together powdered sugar, vanilla, and water.
  10. Fry the donuts in the oil about 30-45 seconds on each side, until golden brown.
  11. Scoop out onto a towel and allow to dry.
  12. Once slightly cooled, dip in glaze and set aside.
  13. For powered sugar doughnuts, you could also place doughnuts in a large Ziploc baggie filled with 1-2 cups of powered sugar, shake well.

We made half our batch glazed and the other half powdered sugar.

Hope you enjoy them as much as we did!

 

Bagels

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My kids love Bagels! Unfortunately, they take a few extra steps to make and time is never on my side.

So I enlisted the help of a few extra hands and we had ‘cooking class’.

Here’s the Recipe:

Ingredients:

4 – 4 ½ cups of flour

1 pk yeast

1 ½ cups of warm water

3 tbsp of sugar

1 tbsp of honey

1 tsp salt

 

  1. Mix together flour, yeast, sugar, and salt.
  2. Add warm water.
  3. Knead for 5 minutes.
  4. Cover and let rest for 20 minutes.
  5. Cut evenly into 12 rolls.
  6. Roll into a ball, put your finger through the middle to form a 2 inch hole. Shape and place on a baking sheet.
  7. Let rise for 20 minutes.
  8. Next, broil in the oven for 2 minutes on each side.
  9. Meanwhile, bring a pot of water to a boil, adding in 1 tbsp of honey.
  10. Once broiled, place bagels in the pot to boil (I did 3 at a time). 4 minutes on each side, turning only once.
  11. Do the same with the remaining.
  12. Once removed from boiling water, let them drain on a towel.
  13. Next, you’re gonna Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
  14. These Bagels slice well, taste great with butter, and even better with cream cheese! Enjoy!

Cinnamon Bread

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Cinnamon Bread

I love to wake my kids up in the mornings with the smell of something yummy coming from the kitchen. Its way more effective than me telling them it’s time to start the day. They hurry to their feet and rush to the kitchen to find out, what’s for breakfast?

This morning it was Cinnamon Bread! A Quick and Easy recipe that’s delicious!

Ingredients:

Dry:

2 ½ cups of flour

1 cup sugar

1 ½ tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cinnamon

Wet:

3 eggs

½ cup olive oil

1 cup of sour cream

¼ cup of milk

2 tsp vanilla extract

Cinnamon Swirl:

4 tbsp butter, melted

2 tbsp cinnamon

¾ cup of sugar

 

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Oil two loaf pans.

3. In the first bowl, combine the dry ingredients.

4. In a separate bowl, mix together the wet ingredients.

5. Make a whole in the middle of the dry ingredients and start adding in the wet.

6. Combine ingredients for the Cinnamon Swirl, set aside.

7. Pour half the batter into the loaf pans.

8. Spoon out a couple spoonfuls of cinnamon swirl on top of batter.

9. Add the other half of the batter.

10. Spoon out the rest of the cinnamon swirl on top.

11. Next take a butter knife and run through the batter to swirl the cinnamon swirl into the batter.

12. Bake for 35-40 minutes.

13. Serve warm and enjoy!

English Muffins

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Ingredients:

1 cup of hot water

½ cup of milk

2 tsp of sugar

2 tsp salt

4 cups of flour

2 tsp yeast

3 tbsp of softened butter

Cornmeal for dusting

 

1. Mix together water, milk, sugar and salt.

2. Add 2 cups of flour and yeast.

3. Mix until you have a loose batter.

4. Cover the mixture and let rise for 1 hour.

5. Add the butter and the remainder of the flour and mix.

6. Roll out dough on a surface dusted with cornmeal to about ½ inch thickness and cut into circles.

7. Cook on a hot, well buttered skillet or griddle until they are light brown.

8. Turn only once while cooking.

9. They’re best when pried open with a fork.

10. Enjoy!

 

Pancakes

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Ingredients:

2 cups of flour

¼ cup of sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

¼ of oil

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup of milk

 

1. Mix together dry ingredients.

2. Next add in wet ingredients.

3. Mix until well combined, be sure not to over mix.

4. Heat skillet with oil.

5. Scoop out 1/3 cup of batter into the skillet.

6. Flip when top begins to bubble.

7. Serve warm with butter and syrup!

 

 

Fruity Muffins

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Ingredients:

2 cups of fruit of your choice

½ cup of sugar

¼ cup of oil

2 eggs

1 ½ cups of flour

1 tbsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp vanilla

 

1. Mix together fruit, sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla.

2. Stir in flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.

3. Spoon into muffin pan.

4. Sprinkle the tops with sugar.

5. Bake at 425 for 25 minutes.

6. Enjoy!

Biscuits

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Biscuits

2 cups of finely ground flour (a little extra for dusting)

1 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

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1 tbsp baking powder

1 stick of butter

1 cup of milk

 

1.Mix dry ingredients together.

2.Cut in butter.

3.Slowly add milk.

4.Preheat oven to 450.

5.Gently form biscuits, be sure not to over work the dough.

6.Bake for 12 minutes. Serve warm.