Category Archives: Breakfast

Gravy

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

My mom made gravy.  Gravy with fried chicken especially.  Once the chicken was done, mom would add 1/4 cup flour to the oil in the frying pan.  Stir the flour in the grease until it is brown.  It will brown nicely, … Continue reading →

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Best French Toast, Ever

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

This is a breakfast fit for a King, I mean husband.  Serve my wonderful daughter breakfast in bed.  She woke up happy.    Adapted from Robert Quarry’s recipe book “Simply Wonderful Recipes for Wonderfully Simple Foods”.  Dennis came across a few … Continue reading →

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Fried Potatoes and Chorizo

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

Twenty years ago, Dennis and I would go to Mrs. Olson’s on Hollywood Beach, and have these potatoes. This little place always had a swarm of people with coffee cups in hand waiting for a table. We loved taking a … Continue reading →

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Warm Escarole, Egg and Bacon Salad

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

This is a classic French bistro dish, perfect for brunch. The eggs are poached until the whites are firm. The yolks are just barely cooked so that, when broken, they run over the escarole leaves and combine with the vinaigrette. … Continue reading →

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Bread Pudding

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

Bread pudding 6 eggs 1 cup sour cream 1 tsp cardamom 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp garam masala 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 cup brown sugar 15 slices bread (croissants, texas toast, raisin bread). Many recipes recommend removing … Continue reading →

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Chorizo and Eggs Breakfast Burrito

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

My family likes breakfast on the weekends. But when you are too hurried and need to get on the road, you can take it with you! Wrap it up in a burrito and you are a happy camper. Chorizo Eggs … Continue reading →

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Scones – Best Ever!

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

I am a about to take a professional cooking class and so you probably are going to not like what I am going to say, but I have to say it. The best scones in the whole wide world are … Continue reading →

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Egg in Toast

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

Egg in toast I thought my mother was brilliant as she would deliver this wonderfulness to our table. Cooking one egg at a time for each of my brothers and sisters. Yesterday, I made this for my hubby, Dennis. He … Continue reading →

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Crocheted Eggs & Broccoli Bacon Fry

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Sandy

You are probably tired of hearing about my childhood, but my parents would always send us off to school with a hot breakfast. We lived on a small farm and kept animals for food, not for pets – although we … Continue reading →

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