The 4th of July party and all of the desserts were a success. We started baking at 7 AM, but before that, we ate a delicious and somewhat decadent breakfast— buttermilk chocolate chip waffles with bourbon maple syrup, decorated to look like an American flag with blueberries, strawberries, and whipped cream. I definitely dug the bourbon maple...

Soon after we moved out here, I tried some candied ginger oatcakes for brunch at one of our favorite spots in Redmond. I never realized how much I like crystallized or candied ginger. I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise given my love for gingerbread. I bought a big bag of crystallized ginger last time we were at Penzey's. I used a good chunk...

Finally having made homemade English muffins, I wanted to make Eggs Benedict of sorts. But instead of hollandaise sauce I wanted to use queso and use a bunch of different Tex-Mex flavors, inspired by this recipe I've been saving in my back pocket until the English muffins made it to the table. I would have thought a visit down to Texas would...

While eating at Kerbey Lane during my visit to Texas, I ate some absolutely delicious lemon poppyseed pancakes (in addition to a lot of the famous Kerbey Queso). I love all of the different pancakes at Kerbey Lane and had a difficult time deciding which flavor to order. These ones were basically like lemon poppyseed muffins with the glaze and...

Chilaquiles are a popular Mexican and Tex-Mex dish. They are great to make for breakfast with leftover tortillas and salsa. Well, we had just such ingredients in our fridge one morning, so we had no choice but to make them. I've always associated chilaquiles with being pretty similar to migas. I wasn't alone in my mistake because when I started...

Watching this past season of Top Chef, we were intrigued by Josh Valentine's scrambled scallops dish. It seemed kind of weird, but got us talking about the texture of scallops (fully intact) and how they would go really well with scrambled eggs. So we didn't set out to recreate his dish, but it served as an inspirational jumping off point for...

To celebrate Cinco de Mayo a little early, I wanted to make chocolate donuts made with Mexican chocolate. However we were unable to find "Mexican chocolate" at our local grocery stores, so we just bought a spicy chili chocolate bar and added own extra spicing and flavors. These donuts are actually quite spicy, but are quick to come together...

These crepes are some of the best brunch food we've made in a while. We've put off making crepes because we didn't have all of the right equipment and pans, but you really don't need special equipment to make these ultra thin pancakes, and they really aren't as delicate as you'd think. I was terrified we'd rip them, but they came out quite...

I love cooking homestyle breakfasts before work. This one was an intense amount of work with explosive flavor and all it required was 30 minutes. This breakfast quesadilla consists of a few delicious ingredients: Homemade hash browns Thick-cut applewood smoked bacon Sunny-side up eggs Green chile tortillas Tomatillo salsa Monterrey...

We started our use of leftover matzo by making one of Dustin's favorite treats— fried matzo. We didn't have any regular milk in the house, only vanilla almond milk, so we decided it was best to go with a sweet version of the dish. We had some overly ripe, perfectly sweet bananas sitting on the counter, a carton of juicy red strawberries in the...