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Poffertjes: Buckwheat Dutch Pancakes

Posted in breakfast, brunch, tagged , , , on January 30, 2012 | 3 Comments »

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Hello there. It’s been awhile. Many months in fact since our last post. What have I been up to? Well I went to Colombia, got salmonella, was sick in bed for about 6 weeks, then scrambled to get caught up with work and other things.

Then we had the holidays, I tried a juice fast for 2 days, which was killed one meal-time early with an unpalatable kale juice… I was finally rejuvenated on a family vacation in Maui for a week and now it’s the near year, crisp, bright, and fresh. And I’ve started cooking interesting food again. Homemade linguine with a creamy tomato vodka sauce, chickpea cutlets with ratatouille, and weekend brunch of poffertjes–an adorable little dutch yeasted pancake made of buckwheat.

Last year around christmas I was gifted an aebleskiver pan by some Danish friends. I’ve been making aebleskiver regularly ever since as they are some of the cutest most delicious things ever. I’d describe them as a cross between a doughnut hole and a pancake. (more…)

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Jalapeño Cheddar Bagels

Posted in bread, breakfast, tagged , , , , , , on May 16, 2011 | 7 Comments »

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I love bagels. It has been said that the road to my heart is paved with bagels. This is quite possibly true. Well, bagels and cupcakes.

Cream cheese always weirded me out, and so I didn’t try it until my freshman year of college. I was headed back to school and my boyfriend at the time was flying with me. He got hungry in the airport and bought himself a jalapeño cheddar bagel with plain cream cheese. I was suspicious of the cream cheese, but after some cajoling, he convinced me to have a bite. There was no turning back. I ate half of his bagel, and would have eaten it all if he had let me. From that point on, I started eating way too many bagels (hah, as if there were such a thing as too many bagels). (more…)

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Tofu Scrambler

Posted in breakfast, brunch, side dish, tagged , , , , on May 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »

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Some of my fondest memories growing up are of my family’s typical lazy, laid-back weekend brunches. These brunches usually consisted of our favorite whole grain pancakes, my dad’s tofu scrambler, and some veggie sausage links.

I’m the type of person who likes to eat relatively soon after waking up most mornings, and this was especially the case as a kid. Saturday and Sunday mornings however, I would find myself holding off on my normal breakfast of cereal in hopes that my dad would offer to make tofu scrambler and pancakes for us. Luckily for me, this happened more weekends than not.

Despite the fact that we ate this almost every week, no one ever got tired of having tofu scrambler. It’s that good. In fact, if there was any left in the pan after the 5 of us had our fill, we’d often just leave it sitting on the stove. After an hour or so it’d be completely finished off as people (well let’s face it, mainly me) walking by would sneak in a bite or two. (more…)

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Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Posted in breakfast, dessert, tagged , , , , , , on November 22, 2010 | 6 Comments »

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Okay, okay, so you probably already have a favorite banana bread. I know I do. (See Veganomicon p. 228.)  But you have room in your repertoire for one more.  If you try this recipe, you will understand.

While traditional banana bread is dense and chewy, these muffins are fluffy, tender, and they melt in your mouth a little. Instead of the usual assertive banana bread spice blend, these have a light vanilla scent, a little tang, and a hint of zest. They are hovering dangerously on the border with a cupcake. Muffcake? Cupkin? Whatever, just give me another one!

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So what’s the secret here? It was scouted and reported by my dear friend, J., who alerted me to the work of genius that is the Cordon Rose Banana Cake from The Cake Bible. The key, J. tells me, has to do with the way you blend everything together.

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Banana Peach Waffles

Posted in breakfast, tagged , , , , , on September 13, 2010 | 5 Comments »

I turned my favorite smoothie into a waffle. These waffles are delightfully fruity with little juicy bits of peaches and a wonderful banana aroma. And there’s nothing better than a fluffy waffle drizzled with maple syrup to get me going in the morning.

The route to these waffles was a little bit circuitous. Josh promised to make me breakfast, and I had told him we had a can of pumpkin. He got halfway through whipping up the pumpkin waffle recipe only to realize that I was wrong about the pumpkin. We made a thorough inventory of our pantry, and didn’t manage to turn up squash nor sweet potato in any form.  With the waffle iron preheating and the dry ingredients already mixed, I was not ready to give up on my promised waffle breakfast though.

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