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Migas Breakfast Tacos

9/19/2020

Unless you grew up in the Southwest or visit there often, you might be hearing of migas for the first time. Think of them as the best scrambled eggs ever. The secret ingredient: corn tortillas. They're what really make my migas tacos special!

1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped, optional
1 tablespoon canola oil
2 corn tortillas (6 inches), cut into thin strips
4 large eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup crumbled queso fresco or shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1/4 cup chopped seeded tomato
6 flour tortillas (6 inches), warmed
Optional toppings: Refried beans, sliced avocado, sour cream and minced fresh cilantro

In a large skillet, saute onion and jalapeno in oil until tender. Add tortilla strips; cook 3 minutes longer. In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, salt and pepper. Add to skillet; cook and stir until almost set. Stir in cheese and tomato.

Serve in flour tortillas with toppings of your choice.

Pepperoni and Sausage Deep Dish Quiche

5/30/2020

Although quiche is now a classic dish of French cuisine, quiche actually originated in Germany, in the medieval kingdom of Lothringen, under German rule, and which the French later renamed Lorraine. The word 'quiche' is from the German 'Kuchen', meaning cake.

2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
4 large eggs
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup 2% milk
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/2 pound bulk Italian sausage
1/2 cup pizza sauce
1 cup chopped pepperoni
Fresh basil, optional

Preheat oven to 350°. Sprinkle 1 cup mozzarella and cheddar cheese in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. In a small bowl, beat eggs, cream cheese, milk, Parmesan, garlic powder and Italian seasoning; pour into dish. Bake 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a small skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink, 5-6 minutes, breaking into crumbles; drain. Spread pizza sauce over egg mixture; top with sausage, pepperoni and remaining 1 cup mozzarella cheese. Bake until golden brown and bubbly, 10-15 minutes longer. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Top with fresh basil if desired.

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Sausage and Cheese Frittata

2/14/2020

If you're on a low carb kick, trying to fan out all those extra nasty carbohydrates in your diet, here is the perfect recipe to satisfy your hunger.

Made with fresh ingredients, you can toss together in a jiffy, this is the perfect breakfast to jump-start your morning.

1 (12-oz.) package reduced-fat ground pork sausage
8 large eggs
1/3 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup (4 oz.) shredded Cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 350°. Brown sausage in a 10-inch ovenproof nonstick skillet over medium-high heat 10 minutes or until meat crumbles and is no longer pink; drain and transfer to a bowl. Wipe skillet clean.

Whisk together eggs and next 3 ingredients until well blended.

Melt butter in skillet over medium heat; remove from heat, and pour half of egg mixture into skillet. Sprinkle with cooked sausage and cheese. Top with remaining egg mixture.

Bake at 350° for 23 to 25 minutes or until set.

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Sheet Pan Recipe: Egg In a Hole On a Bread

1/11/2020

Here's a great recipe with Sunday just around the corner. It's a quick and easy fix since you can line a sheet pan and pop it into an oven.

Best of all, there's enough for everyone stopping by.

6 slices bread, 1/2-inch thick
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
6 large eggs
6 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Lightly oil a baking sheet or coat with nonstick spray.

Using a 3-inch biscuit cutter, make a hole in the center of each bread slice.
Butter one side of the bread slices. Place the bread onto the prepared baking sheet, buttered side down.

Add eggs, gently cracking into each hole and keeping the yolk intact. Sprinkle with Parmesan and season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Place into oven and bake until the egg whites have set, about 12-15 minutes.

Serve immediately.

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Sour Dough Pancakes

12/7/2019

Oh, yum! I'm going to share a recipe with you that has been handed down for generations. This recipe was made anytime a special birthday or holiday visited our home. It happened to be the most requested recipe with five small children under foot. Since it must be started the night before, mother always insured she made mashed potatoes that evening so that the potato water could be used for the starter.

If you like sourdough bread, you will just adore these pancakes. Light and fluffy with a gentle chewiness that delights the palate will greet you the morning they're made.

Starter:
2 cups potato water
2 tab. sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. yeast
Boil potatoes the night before with skins attached. Remove skins and make mashed potatoes. Save one good size potato and puree into potato water to make two cups. Add rest of ingredients and stir briskly. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit overnight. Mixture will begin to bubble.

In the Morning Add:
3 cups of flour
1 packet yeast
3 cups water
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking soda
4 tab. molasses

Stir briskly and let this mixture stand one hour before cooking, covered. Then with one final stir, begin ladling pancakes out onto griddle. Cook on medium heat allowing pancakes to cook to golden on each side. Make sure the pan has enough butter to prevent sticking. Batter should be a little " Runny" if it seems to "watery" to you, add just a tad of flour. Serve with syrup.

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Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats

11/24/2018

Here's a wonderful, easy, overnight recipe that's a bit of fun on a holiday morning especially if you're bestowed with all the cooking.

Just simply utilize an old Mason jar and fill with delicious, nutritious goodness.

1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
1/2 medium apple, chopped
1 tablespoon raisins
1 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Dash salt
Toasted, chopped nuts, optional

In a small container or mason jar, combine all ingredients. Seal; refrigerate overnight. Yield: 1 serving.

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The Complete Breakfast Muffin

9/23/2018

These have got to be the ultimate fast food breakfast. You can easily make these up in a flash on the weekend then freeze them in a zip lock bag for the week. Then with a little ingenuity needed on those busy first few hours of the morning all you need to do is "nuke 'em" and serve them up pronto giving you a few more precious moment to yourself.

I usually purchase my sausage at Save a Lot when those one pound rolls go on sale for $1. Then at Aldi boxes of corn muffin mix are 45 cents and blocks of cheddar cheese as low as $1.29 a block on sale days. So go ahead, learn to shop your discount stores and enjoy more out of life when you save some cash.

1/3 pd. bulk sausage
3 eggs
1/8 tsp. seasoned salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 package corn muffin mix (8 1/2 oz.)
3/4 cup cheddar cheese
Honey

Fry sausage until brown and crumble. Set aside to drain. Fry eggs in same pan and add seasoned salt and pepper. Scramble until set. In a bowl, mix corn muffin according to package directions. Fold in sausage, egg, and 1/2 cup cheese. Grab that muffin pan and place paper liners in 12 slots. Equally distribute batter to those 12 muffin tins. Bake at 400 degrees for 12 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining cheese on top and dot with some swirls of honey. Cook 8 minutes more.

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Strawberry Pancakes with Whipped Cream

5/5/2018

I know it sounds like I'm on a pancake kick this week, but it was my son's birthday yesterday, and this is what he personally requested in the morning. We make it a family ritual to make the birthday boy's favorite breakfast on his special day. What a nice custom to get into! It starts the day off right, and makes your family member feel extra loved from the moment he awakens. These pancakes are delicious. I just leave the strawberries on the side along with the whip cream so that each person can top the pancakes to his own desire. These are yummy; you may want to have these on your breakfast menu soon before berries go out of season.

I went to Aldi's the other day and found boxes of strawberries for $1.39! With these prices, anyone can make this special treat!

Favorite pancake mix
1 cup sliced strawberries
1 tab. sugar
1 carton Cool Whip

In a bowl take slice strawberries and top with sugar. Mix gently and let it sit while making pancakes. Make desired amount of pancakes and set out on family plate. Top pancakes with strawberries and whip cream. Easy, ready in no time and looks elegant!

Super Moist Cinnamon Rolls

4/14/2018

This is an amazing recipe stocked with an amazing and unlikely ingredient. I make these on Sunday morning for a special breakfast before jetting off to church. In fact, if I place everything in my bread maker when I rise, it will be ready in less than an hour and a half. I can roll these out quickly, cut, and pop them in the oven. The fresh baked smell makes everyone wake with a smile.

Not a big expense here either, you can freeze leftovers for the busy week mornings ahead. You can get that instant pudding mix at Aldi for only 59 cents.

Dough

1 pkg. yeast
1 tab. sugar
1/4 cup water
1 cup milk
1/3 cup instant pudding mix
1 egg
1/4 cup margarine or butter, melted
1 tsp. salt
3 to 3 1/2 cups flour
****touch bread dough in machine to make sure it is just a tad sticky before closing the lid

Filling
3/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup margarine or butter, melted

Frosting
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. water

Place all dough ingredients in bread maker. Set on dough setting. Allow to rotate checking stickiness of dough. I begin by placing 3 cups of flour and then gradually add more as the blades whirl ensuring the dough has a bit of a sticky, exterior.

Mix cinnamon and sugar in a bowl. Divide dough in 1/2. Roll each out into a 18 x 10 inch rectangle. Spread with 1/2 butter then 1/2 the filling mixture.

Place on a greased 13 x 9" pan. Cover with a towel and let rise about 45 mins. until doubled.

Place in a 350 degree oven and bake 20 - 25 minutes or until slightly golden. Take out rolls.

Mix frosting ingredients in bowl. Spread over warm rolls. Wow, these are precious!

Honey Orange Coconut Sticky Buns

3/15/2018

These are unlike your normal sticky buns and turn out light, fresh, and delicious. Rather then use a frozen loaf I decided to make a small "white loaf" in my bread machine. All I had to do is set it on "dough" and the appliance did all my work. This saved a few more dollars making this treat cheap and delicious.

Just for the record, a "small" loaf supplements the 1 lb. frozen loaf called for here.

1 loaf (1 pound) frozen bread dough, thawed
4 ounces (1/2 cup) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
3 tablespoons thawed orange juice concentrate
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup honey
Toasted sweetened shredded coconut, optional

Grease two 8-in. round baking pans. Cut thawed bread dough in half; roll each half into a 10x8-in. rectangle. Combine cream cheese, coconut and orange juice concentrate; spread mixture on dough. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with long side. Cut each roll crosswise into eight slices; place in prepared pans. Cover with plastic wrap; let rise until almost doubled, about 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350°. In a microwave, melt butter and honey. Spoon 1 tablespoon butter-honey mixture over each bun. Bake until tops are golden brown, about 30 minutes. Immediately invert onto a serving plate. If desired, top with toasted coconut.

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