By Nick • January 16, 2010
Muesli is one of those things that I see on menus and normally give a solid, “Meh!” I mean… how exciting can oats and fruit be? It may never take the place of a hearty omelet in my mind, but I’ve changed my tune a bit on the stuff. Turns out that it can be [...]
Posted in breakfast, Easy Stuff, good food, healthy | Tagged apples, breakfast, cranberries, healthy, milk, muesli, oats, sunflower seeds, yogurt
By Nick • December 5, 2009
I’m not really one of those guys that believes that bacon makes everything better. I think it makes most things better, but not everything. In my humble opinion, the bacon craze that swept through the food blogger community over the last year or so was just a bit much. I’ll pass on the bacon-stuffed, bacon-wrapped, [...]
Posted in baking, breakfast, pork | Tagged bacon, breakfast, chewy cookies, dried cherries, maple syrup, oatmeal, oatmeal cookies
By Nick • November 7, 2009
If I want to get my morning started on the right foot, I’ll reach for a bagel and coffee over almost any other option. It’s not too much food, but it’s filling. It works great for casual weekend breakfasts or if you’re in a hurry. Seriously. Who doesn’t like a good bagel?
I realized recently that [...]
Posted in baking, breakfast, good food | Tagged bagels, breakfast, cinnamon, cinnamon raisin bagels, cream cheese, how to make bagels, raisin
By Nick • October 17, 2009
There’s nothing like a warm breakfast during the fall. Similarly, there’s nothing like a warm dessert! This baked apple dish can kind of be both. I call it a breakfast baked apple because I stuffed it with homemade granola leftover from my peanut butter granola bars!
When a baked apple is done right, it is pretty [...]
Posted in baking, breakfast, desserts, Easy Stuff, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged apples, baked apples, breakfast, brown sugar, butter, granola, how to bake an apple
By Nick • August 25, 2009
I really like iced coffee. There just isn’t much that’s more refreshing on a hot summer day than a really good iced coffee. I have a major issue though with iced coffee from most chain coffee places. They tend to… what’s the phrase… mutilate it.
They take their normal coffee which has been brewed and probably [...]
Posted in Easy Stuff, The Drink | Tagged breakfast, coffee, cold-brewed cofffee, drinks, iced coffee
By Nick • August 13, 2009
I am a sucker for a savory breakfast. But I’m even more of a sucker for a savory and sweet breakfast. That’s why I was really excited when the Black Pepper Biscuits won last week’s poll.
Drizzled with a bit of honey, black pepper biscuits are awesome.
I cannot claim (unfortunately) to make the best biscuits in [...]
Posted in baking, breakfast, Easy Stuff, good food | Tagged biscuits, black pepper, breakfast, buttermilk, cream, pepper
