Dustin and I had a fantastic brunch one Saturday morning last summer soon after we moved out here at Lot No. 3. I've been wanting to go back to get the delicious lemon ricotta pancakes I ate that morning, but alas we got busy trying different restaurants and their seasonal menu changed, dropping the lemon ricotta pancakes for pumpkin...

The coconut pancakes, perfectly light and fluffy, from the Hobbit Cafe in Houston that we discovered shortly before moving are the Houston brunch food I miss the most. I used to despise coconut, but we ate this amazing coconut cream pie the night we got engaged and ever since then, for some reason I really enjoy the flavor of coconut. Who knew...

Dustin's aunt, uncle, and cousins sent us a cool kitchen gadget for Hanukkah— an omelet pan. Seeing all of our experimentation in the kitchen, I think that was a pretty perfect gift! We've never tried making omelets, as I'm sure we'd never be able to make them look pretty. We're better at scrambles. But now we have a cool new pan to make things...

Easiest French toast we've made so far. Eggnog is so rich, creamy, and flavorful on it's own you don't have to have many ingredients to make a seemingly fancy and definitely seasonal breakfast. All you have to do to serve two people is mix one egg, 3/4 cup of eggnog, and some spices in a bowl then dip slices of six slices of French bread that...

As mentioned previously, I'm binging on gingerbread this holiday season. I want to eat so much gingerbread this month that I'm sick of it and don't end up craving it for the rest of the year. I believe I am well on my way to my goal with this cake. I made this to serve as dessert to our guests after our Tex-Mex baked pasta. I've been reminiscing...

A few weeks ago we went into this really cool bar in Seattle called Brave Horse Tavern to watch the Texans play on Sunday (2011 AFC South Champions, baby!). As a special that morning they were serving steak and eggs. But the eggs weren't just any old eggs. They were scrambled eggs with creamed spinach. That description right there was almost...

I have been craving gingerbread so badly. I want it in all forms— cookie, cake, doughnut, anything with gingerbread— you name it, I want it. But I've been putting it off. Until now. Gingerbread is not a traditional Christmas thing for me. Apparently I am the only one in my family who really cares for it. My mom says she doesn't know where I...

We finally made it into downtown Seattle on a Friday, so I was able to pick up a loaf of fresh challah from the bakery. I've been itching to make French toast with challah for awhile now. Even though Dustin is Jewish, he isn't a huge fan of challah (although he nibbled on this quite a bit and commented on how quickly it disappeared). I on the...

Top Pot makes a delicious old-fashioned pumpkin doughnut that sadly I only sampled once. I wish pumpkin flavored things were in season longer because now that Thanksgiving is over, so is most everything pumpkin. Everybody has moved on to peppermint, eggnog and gingerbread baked goods. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love those flavors too—...

I think chocolate waffles are Dustin's favorite sweet breakfast. We bought the Williams Sonoma Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Waffle Mix before, but I was sure I could make delicious waffles from scratch. I used this recipe I found online except that part way through mixing the wet ingredients that I only had one cup of buttermilk, not the necessary...