Category: Breakfast & Brunch

RECIPE: Try Chocolate Raisin Panini

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Chocolate panini: breakfast, snack or dessert. Photo courtesy Vosges Haut Chocoalt.   Our favorite breakfast bread is pain au chocolat. Literally “chocolate bread,” pain au chocolat is an oblong breakfast roll made of the same light, flaky, yeast-leavened laminated pastry dough as a croissant,* and filled with pieces of dark chocolate; *Pain au chocolat is…
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RECIPE: Cottage Cheese Pancakes

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Cottage cheese makes pancakes soufflé-like (photo © Friendship Dairies).   Whether or not you’re a cottage cheese lover, give these cottage cheese pancakes a chance. They’re a favorite brunch food at THE NIBBLE. It may seem counter-intuitive, but when cottage cheese is used in pancake batter, it lends a soufflé-like fluffiness that is truly special…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Pancake Topping Recipe

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Who needs maple syrup? Grab the jam jar. Photo by Daniel Gilbey | IST.   Want pancakes but are out of syrup? Grab a jar of jam, jelly or preserves. Scoop jam into a bowl and whisk with enough hot water to create the consistency you want. If it’s an adults-only event, add a teaspoon…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Leftover Pancakes

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When we make pancakes, we make twice as much as we need. Who wants leftover pancakes? We do! We reheat them by toasting them in the toaster oven. The outsides get nice and crispy. In our book, they’re even better than the original batch. July 4th Recipes Red, White & Blue Pancakes. Make red, white…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Cheese Grits

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First made by Native Americans, grits are an ubiquitous menu item in the American South. The area from Virginia to Texas is even called the “Grits Belt,” where grits are served for breakfast, lunch and dinner (and that sounds great to us!). Grits are the hard part of the corn kernel (the endosperm), cut into…
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