Recipe Category Archives: Breakfast

Irish Soda Bread Recipe. Quick Breads

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Vanilla Bean Levana Nourishments

irish soda bread

Irish Soda Bread is ready in a snap.

Like all quick breads, it has all the deliciousness of yeasted breads, without yeast, kneading or rising time. Perfect for brunch.

 Make it dairy please!

No substitutions here, sorry; it won’t be nearly as good.

Irish soda bread has two added trademarks:

Please don’t try to forgo them: caraway seeds, and the X mark on top.
The good news is, it is a snap to make, but the recipes must be made with these ingredients, just so. You are in for a great treat, so listen to the recipe. And thank you for listening!

 

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Oatmeal Cookies Recipe. All Variations

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Vanilla Bean Levana Nourishments

oatmeal cookies

My oatmeal cookies recipe is a gem, and does all my bidding:

I make them with added nuts and seeds, gluten-free-friendly, vegan-friendly, you name it! I use the recipe in a dozen permutations and get different oatmeal cookies each time, all delicious, fun and exciting.

These oatmeal cookies are so crunchy you can crumble them and use them as granola:

In fact as often as not, this is the way I make my granola, and believe it or not I find it easier that way.

Couldn’t live without them! They will be your best friends, as they are so versatile! In fact, don’t even bother with a mixer: All ingredients aboard, mix, shape, bake, that’s the whole story!

Occasionally I have an urge to eat more of oatmeal cookies than is good for me, and I forgo a whole meal so I can splurge and have four or five of them instead, with a cup of tea. In this case, I conveniently call them lunch: They are real food!

Worried you won’t be able to keep your hands off my  (OK, your) oatmeal cookies?

Store them out of sight, in the freezer. No need to wait for them to defrost: Cookies never freeze solid!

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Shakshuka Recipe. All Variations

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Garden Vegetable Levana Nourishments

shakshuka

Shakshuka is all the rage wherever you go!

A sort of comfort food for expats and honorary Sephardis alike: See how they mop that sauce with their bread!

Nothing to Shakshuka:

Good tomatoes, runny eggs, and you are there!

You can make lots of exciting variations with your Shakshuka seasonings and ingredients.

Did you know you can make a green  shakshuka too?

Scroll down, you’ll see!

You’ll be happy to get variations on the beloved classic; you will enjoy it more often! I love that it is so versatile

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Gluten-Free Savory Muffins Recipe

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Garden Vegetable Levana Nourishments

savory muffins

These savory muffins are the dream gluten-free bread roll.

Not only to my grandson, who already calls them “Bubbie Bread”, but to all of you gluten-free diners who want their gluten-free bread and eat it too. My grandson recently became allergic to gluten,  and each time I watched with great sadness as he went from eating bread, his favorite food, all day long, to having it yanked off his hands as “booboo bread”. This perennial tinkerer, doubling as loving Bubbie,  is exploring more than ever with gluten-free savory muffins and bread possibilities. This makes the perfect bread roll

There’s plenty of room to explore with quality gluten-free flours.

Here I go all out with the wonderful gamut of flours, only the best: Oat flour is especially delicious and hearty; almond flour, coconut flour, rice flour, fine cornmeal etc….Whatever flour combination you end up with, be sure to include the tapioca, as it is a great emulsifier. As you can imagine, the end product made with these ingredients will leave commercial gluten-free bread products in the dust, loaded as they are with potato flour and other likewise worthless products (same goes for ready gluten-free flour mixes).

Attention fellow frequent Gluten-Free bakers friends:

Gluten-free flours can err on the expensive side in health food stores.

Explore online, and do as I do: Order 5-pound containers of any gluten-free flour at a much more reasonable price. You will do much better making your own Gluten-free bread flour mixture: Explore, mix and match with different gluten-free bread flours, taking good note as you go along, then when you arrive at the perfect keeper, make a large batch of your very own favorite delicious nutritious Gluten-Free Bread flour for future gluten-free  savory muffins and bread batches.

I will start with my pumpkin savory muffins

I am listing all variations. Makes 24 muffins, maybe a few more.

They freeze perfectly, and they disappear fast, so I am making a nice big batch, but of course no problem at all dividing the recipe!

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Frittata Recipe with All the Fixings!

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Garden Vegetable Levana Nourishments

frittata

Frittata is the Latin answer to our classic omelets:

It is an open-faced omelet, about an inch high, with other ingredients mixed into the egg mixture rather than used as a filling. The batter is poured into a large skillet and placed on a stovetop, just a few minutes until the bottom is set, then baked a few minutes in a hot oven until just set. It is then cut into wedges. Frittatas are great fun as amazingly versatile: you can use any filling you like, they are ready in minutes, and can be served hot or at room temperature. Also, one serving of frittata will include just about one egg if served as a first course, 2 eggs if it is served in larger portions as a main course, making it a good choice for all of us watching their egg, protein and calorie intake.

I will make a few suggestions, and you will have fun playing with the fillings and getting different results each time. A good-quality oven-proof large skillet is all you need to make  6 to 8 servings in one shot.

Frittata is good at room temperature too, so don’t worry about leftovers.

Scroll down for all the variations on Frittata!

Frozen spinach makes this frittata a pleasure to put together!

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