Blueberry Scones

You have to try these scones.  Click on the photo and it will take you to HoneyB's recipe.  I am not even going to repeat the recipe here...her blog and her photos are so great, you need to get the recipe straight from her.

I made her version of the recipe, using a whole grain drink for the milk and using regular CoffeeMate French Vanilla.  And, yes, the dough was way too wet, so don't pour all the liquid in at once.  Also, you probably can bake the scones on a regular baking dish.  And, since I don't like icing I did not use the glaze, but while they were warm I did sprinkle granulated sugar on them (through a sieve) to give them a bit of a glaze (a local restaurant does that to theirs).

I think you could also vary them by changing the flavor of Coffeemate, as well as putting different fruit inside.  All in all a great, really easy recipe.

Mini Quiches

My daughter taught me this recipe and it is the only way I really like eggs in the morning.  I make up a pan and freeze them and then can have a nice protein hit before I load up on cereal and fruit carbs!

Mini Egg & Spinach Quiches

Crescent Roll Dough (can)...I used the new round ones

eggs (maybe about 1 egg per 3 pastry cups)

frozen spinach (thawed and squeezed out)

parmesan cheese

a little milk.

Grease your muffin tins.  Preheat oven to 350.  On a floured board, roll out each roll into a circle that will fit into the muffin space.  This is time consuming, but worth it!

Mix your eggs with a little bit of milk.

Put about a T of spinach into each cup.  Top with about a tsp. of grated parmesan cheese.

Pour some egg mixture into each cup. 

Bake for about 20 minutes, or until the egg is nice and set and pastry is brown.

Can be frozen and then each tart microwaved for about 1 minute to thaw and warm for a quick breakfast.

Yummy Bread

A new local farmer's market has opened here.  It began on a vacant lot near the Lynx tracks last year for very local farmers and others to sell their wares.  This year it managed to rent the empty Trolley Barn (we scrapped the trolley when we built the Lynx commuter train line).  It is still on the Lynx Line, but has good parking and big air blowers to keep customers cool, as well as a roof.  There is a local knife sharpener truck parked right outside.....

Anyway, I stopped by and bought some homemade okra pickles and also visited the stand with local bread.  Big, beautiful round loaves.  This one was stuffed with cheese and sausage.  When I got it home and sliced it in half for lunch, it did not have very much sausage in it, so I ended up making a sandwich from some spring greens and other fresh vegetables, and some salami, all drenched in vinaigrette.  A very yummy lunch.