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Open Thread

This Open Thread is Waiting for the Weekend

It’s only Tuesday, and I’m already over this week.

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Perspectives

Delayed Gratification Works for Me

Sesame Street continues to have amazing points about how to live your life. Tom Hiddleston and Cookie Monster were on to something when it comes to delayed gratification.

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Open Thread

This Open Thread Is A Breakfast Machine

End your Tuesday well with breakfast for dinner.

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Open Thread

This Weekend Open Thread Loves Brinner

Breakfast food is ALWAYS appropriate.

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Food

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

Looking for something different to make for breakfast? These lemon ricotta pancakes are different enough yet still easy to make. The recipe can be found in the French Women Don’t Get Fat Cookbook, as well as on frenchwomendontgetfat.com. As always with French Women Don’t Get Fat, keep in mind that it was a diet program that […]

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Lunchtime Poll

Lunchtime Poll: Breakfast Anyone?

There are many, many people in my life that have taken up the same cause when it comes to my health: getting me to eat breakfast. I’m the type of person who gives myself 15 minutes to get ready for work, and breakfast doesn’t quite fit in that time frame. Occasionally I’ll grab some fruit, […]

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We try it!

We Try It: Pumpkin French Toast Bake

In theory, I knew that a casserole version of French toast was possible, but I’d never tried it. With a can of pumpkin puree hanging about my cabinet, I stumbled upon a recipe that claimed to be both easy and pumpkin pie-flavored. I decided to give it a go.

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Food

Pancakes for Everybody

Breakfast can break the fast any time of day. By thinking this way, you can eat waffles on a Wednesday night or have bacon for lunch on Monday. In other words: there are many personal benefits from breaking breakfast free from morningtimes.

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Food

Omnomlet Month: The First Seven

About two weeks ago, I announced a new project: Omnomlet Month! It’s born mostly out of my total boredom with what I’d been doing in my kitchen lately, and also out of the fact that I love breakfast food. Well, after some pressing family issues-related delays, I am one week into the process, and it […]

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Food

Brunchylicious Ham, Bacon and Cheddar Strata

This recipe is one of my absolute favorite brunch items. Every time I make it, it makes my house smell amazing and every time I bring it to a brunch, it gets devoured with rave reviews. Warning: graphic and delicious looking photos. Have a snack handy before reading full article.

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Food

Worth the Time and the Wait

Saturday seems to be the only day that we are awarded with the opportunity to be lazy. I have to force the male members of my family to get dressed by 10 a.m. It is the one day that we actually have a family breakfast. If you are like me, you get tired of normal […]

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Food

Making Sure I Have Breakfast

Are you one of those people that doesn’t eat breakfast, even though everyone from public television children’s programming to your general physician has adamantly insisted that you do so? Me, too. I’m horrible at breakfast. I’m one of those people who feels proud if she manages to pick up a pastry with her coffee at […]

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We try it!

The Brunch Files: B Restaurant & Bar, San Francisco

My dude and I are fairly new to the Bay Area, having relocated here from Seattle in late January because his job paid us to. To be honest, we haven’t done enough exploring in this city yet – or hadn’t, until I came up with what I think is the most ingenious idea I’ve ever […]

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Veg*

Lasagna For Breakfast?

Man, it has been a hell of a week for me. I have been under an incredible amount of stress; I’m surprised I haven’t already run screaming from the house tearing out my hair and kicking in people’s car windows. To put it in the tinest of nutshells, the following has happened to me this […]

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Food

Break Your Fast with This Casserole

I used to be a bit of a potluck brunch-hosting fanatic, and after couple bad experiences with trying to make pancakes on the spot, I decided to find a lower-maintenance dish. After about three minutes of careful thought, I ended up settling on casseroles.