Category: Down Home Cooking

Discover Comforting and Wholesome Recipes for Every Occasion.

20 Great Breakfast Ideas

Variety is the spice of life so don’t eat the same breakfast every day. Use the ideas below to make breakfast more interesting, more appealing and healthy.

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Turkey Chili, New Mexico-Style

The beans, tomatoes and chili powder that typify Texas-style chili are all optional. In fact, you can even omit the meat altogether and substitute beans, lentils or tofu. It would still be chili.

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See Oatmeal in a New Light

This week’s recipe was inspired by a creamy oatmeal brûlée with a crackling crust. It features dried fruits and nuts that are baked into thick and hearty oats. Serve some for breakfast, then reheat the rest in the microwave for dessert, topped with a small scoop of reduced-fat yogurt or vanilla ice cream.

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Out of The Ground and Onto Your Plate

When mashed, the parsnips and turnips yield a pale yellow puree. This is off-set by the warmer orange-toned coupling of the carrots and rutabagas. Served layered in a casserole dish, the two-toned puree is elegant and unexpected.

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How Do You Like Your Corn?

This golden corn with spicy flavor is delicious and well suited, I think, to the large kernels from the corn on the cob now sold year-round at the supermarket or even to using frozen kernels. It is a perfect way to enjoy corn now and through the coming winter.

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