Sweet Potato Biscuits

These combine two of my favorite things: biscuits and sweet potatoes. Very moist and flavorful and so easy to make, especially if you already have one lonely leftover sweet potato laying around. I recommend doubling this recipe for a family.Sweet Potato Biscuitsmakes...

Homemade Breakfast Sausage

You probably know you can make your own sausage in a slaughter-it-and-toil-for-a-week kind of way, but you can also stir up a batch of breakfast patties super easy with just a little ground meat and a few common herbs and spices. And then you know what’s in...

Banana-Pecan Pancakes

I’m contemplating a lawsuit against myself for failure to make these pancakes until now. All those wasted years . . .Banana-Pecan Pancakesmakes about 15 4-inch pancakes1 cup whole wheat flour1 1/4 tsp. baking powder1/8 tsp. salt1 tsp. cinnamon1 cup mashed...

Potato & Onion Omelet

This is an adaptation of tortilla de patatas, a common Spanish specialty. It’s a very simple dish, made with everyday ingredients, but it’s a delicious change from ordinary eggs. I made a 3-egg version which serves two hungry people, but the recipe is...

Homemade Muesli

This is part recipe, part guideline. “Authentic” muesli has a number of variations, most of which claim to be “the” recipe, just like grandma in Switzerland/Austria/Germany used to make. This version is consistent with what most sources agree...

Saturday Morning Oatmeal Biscuits

Yes, these biscuits aren’t going to win any high-rise contests (no they’re not cookies!), but they are good and, incidentally, nutritious. The fat is trimmed down considerably with the addition of plain yogurt–that, and the whole grain content, will...