ricotta pancakes

it was a cold & dreary saturday, so I brightened it a tad by making a (rather larger) stack of ricotta pancakes (after eating them at the ace hotel, I'd been craving them). they are easy to make & so delicious. they also freeze well, if you want to save them for another weekend (not that we had a single one leftover). I used this recipe and just added a little vanilla. hot cakes always make for a good start to the weekend.

{I took a melon ball scooper to the butter to make these little discs - it reminds me of "cloudy with a chance of meatballs"}

sunday pancakes

I was feeling domestic last weekend. so before church on sunday, I whipped up these berry lemon buttermilk pancakes for my hubby. quite a nice change from our usual canned pillsbury cinnamon rolls. recipe from here.

breakfast cupcakes

remember breakfast club friday? well for my day, I decided to try something a little different. as you might know, I eat cupcakes for breakfast... quite often. so why not make a breakfast cupcake? after a google search, I decided to try these maple bacon cupcakes. robert and I both thought they were delicious (the cane sugar + sea salt mixture sprinkled on top really tied it all together!).  however, they weren't quite a hit with the group. oh well- more for us!

french toast

I love lazy saturday mornings. robert & I slept in & then he made me the most delicious french toast for breakfast. I could get used to this. happy weekend!

breakfast club friday

because everybody at my office loves food, last year we started "breakfast club friday". the rules are simple. one person brings breakfast for the group. there are about 25 of us, so each person ends up only bringing food about twice a year. breakfast can be homemade or store bought, just as long as it's food. we've had everything from sausage casseroles & homemade cinnamon buns to whataburger taquitos & cold pizza with beer. no joke. we work in advertising, after all. 

it was robert's turn this past friday, so he tried something new: giada de laurentis' lemon & basil eggs over foccacia. the recipe is simple:

1. hollow out your bread loaf (our local bakery was out of foccacia, so robert used a french loaf instead).

2. brush it with a lemon & olive oil mixture & bake for a few minutes.

3. pour egg, basil, cheese, salt & pepper & milk mixture (he made one with ham) in the bread.

4. bake until the eggs have cooked, about 40 minutes.

it was quite a hit & really simple. we'll definitely be making this more often at our house. you can find giada's detailed recipe here.