Tag: eggs

egg nog waffles

egg nog waffles

it’s the time of year for… egg nog, among other things.  i wanted to find a way to incorporate egg nog into our breakfast.  i first tried egg nog french toast, which was a massive fail.  they were very blah.  we went to ihop and 

chicken zucchini bake

chicken zucchini bake

zucchini was on sale at publix a few weeks ago.  i get a lot of from the sale ads which incidentally, makes tom happy because i spend less on groceries each week.  thinking about zucchini took me back to summer and out of the icy 

french toast

french toast

french toast is a very simple breakfast dish to make.  i’ve been making it for a very long time and was kind of surprised to find that i hadn’t blogged about it yet! (for 8 slices of french toast, multiply as needed) 8 slices of 

tres leches cupcakes

tres leches cupcakes

i have a dear sister who is part pirate, part mexican and 100% awesome.  it’s her birthday this wednesday and i got the honor of making her a birthday dessert.   her first requirement was that she wanted cupcakes.  (little did she know that her 

breakfast pizza

breakfast pizza

as i have said before breakfast is our favorite meal of the day.  breakfast was served at our late morning wedding reception and i could go on and on about how much we LOVE breakfast.  but i won’t.  i’ll just share another shoemaker-approved breakfast dish. 

breakfast burrito casserole

breakfast burrito casserole

happy new year, everyone!  breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, so i couldn’t think of a better way to start out the new year than with this kickin breakfast casserole. 🙂 1 tube breakfast sausage 1/2 medium green pepper, chopped fine 1/4 medium 

pecan pie

pecan pie

this pie is one of tom’s favorite desserts, if not his absolute favorite dessert.   it’s frequently served at thanksgiving and Christmas.  but i make it several times during the year, dressing it up with mini pie crust cutters. it is very simple to make, 

crème brûlée

crème brûlée

crème brûlée is about as perfect as dessert can get. i had never had crème brûlée until our recent trip to cincinnati. we ate at jeff ruby’s and it was so heavenly, i decided that i needed to figure out how to make it!  i 

french toast casserole

french toast casserole

this is a quick, simple and delicious solution for breakfast. 1 loaf of french bread 8 oz. package of cream cheese raisins (optional) brown sugar 10 eggs 3/4 c milk 3/4 c half and half 1/4 c maple syrup (or other syrup) 1/4 c melted