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Breakfast/Brunch, Lunch, Sweet Snacks

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes
with Blueberries and Syrup

Hey! It’s Pancake Day! Why, you ask? Well, it’s the last day of Carnival (Mardi Gras or Pre-Lent, all that) and this day has historically been used (apparently since the 1400s?) to use up sugars, eggs, and fat before Lent. Not being the religious sort myself, it was just an excuse for me to make pancakes. 🙂 And because it is citrus week, I went with my absolute favorite pancake recipe: Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Syrup and Berries. Light, fluffy, just sweet enough but not too tart (lemony) to overpower.

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13. February 2024
Breakfast/Brunch, Sweet Snacks

Lemon Brioche Milleswirlie

Early on a Monday and it’s time to change topics again in the little Ingredient Game that we have going on. Up this week is Citrus Week and the first thing that I made are these delicious Sourdough Lemon Brioche Milleswirlie. Mille means 1000 in Italian so I like to calls these tight breakfast swirls “milleswirlie”. The lemon curd has a nice hit of tartness this morning too. Overall pleased with this recipe. I’ve made blueberry and cinnamon versions of these previously.

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12. February 2024
Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Banoffee Waffles: Banana Cream, Salted Caramel + Toffee Crunch

One more stop on the Banana ingredient in this little ingredient game that we are up to this winter: Banoffee Waffles, with Banana Cream, Salted Caramel + Toffee Crunch. I hadn’t actually intended to make these — I thought maybe Banoffee Doughnuts, but then I didn’t want to wait for yeast to do it’s thing so I went with these instead. They are sweet — between the pudding cream layer, the salted caramel and the toffee bits, this will definitely send you to sugar overload. I even intentionally made the waffles and whipped cream fairly neutral to cut the sweetness. Maybe better as a dessert than a breakfast thing. They are delicious, just very sweet, so if that is your thing…

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4. February 2024
Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Crêpes with Nutella and Bananas

More bananas! Just like a few days ago was “National Croissant Day”, Monday is “World Nutella Day” (back in 2022, I did a whole series of nutella recipes for that), so I thought that I would get a head start on that “holiday” by making these Crêpes with Nutella and Bananas. They always remind me of markets in Europe, particularly France and Germany, were there is inevitably someone making these fresh to go. It’s something about the banana and Nutella combination that is also so reminiscent of childhood. Their quick to make and a super snack or dessert.

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2. February 2024
Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Banana Croissant “French Toast” Casserole

So January 30 is National Croissant Day, as designated by someone, somewhere, so I thought that I would make this casserole along the banana theme using croissants. Call it a French Toast Casserole or a Bread Pudding, same thing really. Either way, pretty yummy. Note: the recipe calls for a full 8 x 8-inch baking dish, which serves 4, but pictures is my 4 x 4-inch mini pan which is half a portion for just me (the other half isn’t pictured).

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30. January 2024