Crispy fries and melting cheese curds are topped with flavorful sausage gravy and an over-easy fried egg to create this unforgettable Breakfast Poutine. I tasted poutine for the first time while visiting Montreal a few years ago. It was love at first bite. Poutine starts with hot fries, gooey cheese curds, and a scattering of whichever toppings you like best. Then a rich gravy is poured over the top. Much like the way I...
Breakfast casseroles filled with potatoes, cheese, ham, and eggs have been a family favorite for as many years as I can remember. These muffin cup sized breakfast casseroles are an awesome make-ahead meal that freezes and reheats perfectly. (That is if you can manage to actually save a few for the freezer!) The first time I made these mini casseroles, I had a baked potato leftover from dinner the previous night and a whole lot of ham...
If you know my family well, the odds are good that you know how much my youngest son LOVES oatmeal. When you ask him, at any moment of the day, what he would like to eat, he grins at you and says, “Oatmeal, Oatmeal, OATMEAL!” Even after over two years of hearing this, I still laugh every single time. This kid loves oatmeal so much that he would eat it all day long and happily does request it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. While...
All the rich flavors of classic bread pudding meet French toast in this easy Pecan Praline French Toast Bake. Surprisingly enough, this is a sweet breakfast treat that avoids being cloying. Fully loaded with pralines and spices, there is enough sugar to make it a treat, without sending my whole family into a sugar crash mid-morning. My weakness for Pralines goes back to childhood and my annual visit to my grandparent’s house....
Chewy steel cut oats, tender shredded carrots, sweet raisins, warm spices, and barely softened pecans combine to create this hearty bowl of Carrot Cake Oatmeal. I am so happy to be sharing my friend Barbara’s new cookbook, The Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook, with you today. I’ve been not-so-patiently waiting for its release and in case you are wondering, it is everything the new Instant Pot fans could possibly wish for in...
Frito Pie Huevos Rancheros is what happens when a craving for Huevos Rancheros meets a need for Fritos. This breakfast begins with a layer of chips, then you add black beans, chile sauce, roasted potatoes, melting cheese, bacon, and top the whole pile with an egg and more chile sauce. From the first crunchy, spicy, gooey, egg soaked bite, we loved this meal. I suspect I’ll be making this again very...
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal is a hot breakfast that smells like apple pie and tastes as if fall has arrived. The aroma of spicy cinnamon and apples cooking always gets me in the mood for autumn. It’s everything I love about apple pie all cookied into a nutritious, hearty comforting breakfast. Bites of sweet apples simmered with rolled oats and cinnamon spices, then topped with brown sugar and a pat of butter all added up to an absolutely...
Roasted sweet potatoes, crisp warm baby spinachandspicy breakfast sausage are all topped with a soft egg in this breakfast hash combination. I’ve made this a few different times over the past month or so and it is always delicious. My boys happily clean their plates when this is on the table. I made this breakfast hash for the first time over 6 years ago and my older boys were so proud when they figured out how to stack a little taste of...
As a breakfast or as a dinner, I love Huevos Rancheros for so many reasons. It is delicious. It is EASY. It requires little to no prep in advance. The main reason I love Huevos Rancheros is that it is the absolutely perfect meal for those nights when I have forgotten to thaw meat or even cook the meal I planned in advance. My forgetfulness becomes everyone else’s win when these plates show up on the dinner table. What is Huevos...
How To Make Baked Oatmeal If you haven’t yet tried Baked Oatmeal, you are missing out. This is the oatmeal that gets two thumbs up every time we make it. Lightly spiced with cinnamon and full of sweet dried fruit, so much more exciting than your average bowl of oatmeal. Baked oatmeal makes eating oatmeal feel a little like a special treat–a treat that just so happens to be good for you. I’m showing you today how to make the...
