Recipes to Save

Pot Pie #1
Pot Pie #2
Pot Pie #3
Pot Pie #4
Pumpkin Apple Bread Pudding
Banana Bread Pudding
Steak with Fondue
Bacon, Onion, Cheddar Biscuits
Make Ahead Muffin Melts
Black Ginger Blondies <--- I should make these for my coworkers at LUSH for Christmas! yay for vegan food blogs!
Irish Cream liqueur
Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Spicy Caramel Apple sauce and Vanilla Creme Anglaise

Recipes to keep track of

Since I have nothing better to do than drool over cooking blogs, here are some things that are cluttering up my browser.

Fried Plantains with Coconut Caramel Sauce
Shredded Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Walnuts, which is remarkably similar to...
Bacon Sprouts
Taiwanese Pork (Lo Ba)
Roast Banana Pumpkin Breakfast Bread
Hachis Parmentier (similar to Shepherd's Pie)

And to top it all off, Tasty Kitchen and Pioneer Woman are having Pie Week! What's a girl who's not celebrating Thanksgiving to do?!

Grilled Bananas

Ingredients:

-- 4 ripe bananas
-- 1/4 c. honey
-- cinnamon
-- ginger (opt.)

Either a) prepare a med. hot charcoal fire or b) heat a ridged cast-iron skillet over high heat until very hot but not smoking.

Cut bananas lengthwise in half, and each half until 3 pieces (6 pieces per banana).

Heat honey until very fluid. Toss the bananas with the honey in a shallow bowl until they are all coated. This can be done 1-2 hours in advance.

Arrange the banana pieces cross-wise on the grill (or skillet). Grill until marked on the bottom. Turn and grill just until the second side is marked, 30 secs - 1 min per side. Arrange on a platter and dust lightly with spices.

Serves 4

[taken from Joy of Cooking: All About Breakfast & Brunch by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker]

Brunch on Saturday

So I have to be home from 8 am - noon on Saturday for the RCN guy. If he shows up at 8, I'm gonna pop him in the nose.

But I decided it would be a great idea to have a big brunch with girl friends. Looking at a breakfast cookbook, this is what made me drool:

[hmm... eggs in a basket...]
Savory Cheese and Herb-Filled Souffleed Omelet (pp. 32)
Tortilla Espanola a.k.a. Potato Omelet (pp. 33)
Basic Breakfast Strata (pp. 35)
Ham Steak with Red-Eye Gravy (pp. 39)
Pommes Anna (pp. 45)
Beignets (pp. 71)
Custard-Topped Spoon Bread (pp. 76)
Swedish Rice Pudding (pp. 79)
Grilled Bananas (pp. 89)
Buttermilk Crackling Corn Bread (pp. 109)
Sticky Buns (pp. 124)


So much looks good! I'll do a post to link each of these items, as they're tasty-looking.

I'll probably end up cooking an egg dish, a bread-like object, and perhaps a fruit and a potato dish. Looking forward to this Saturday!