Laura Rebecca's Kitchen

These pancakes are FANTASTIC. Delicious! Superb! Light and tender, the flavor of banana bursts through with each bite. Very evocotive of bananas Foster — you almost don’t need maple syrup. Make these very, very soon. (Thanks to Nandita for hosting Weekend Breakfast Blogging!) Banana Pancakes (adapted from Good Things For Kids, Summer 2006) 2 Tbs. […]

I have a problem with this recipe. It’s a shame too, because there are so many great things going for it. The flavor is great. There’s a lovely tang from the lemon juice and zest, providing a nice contrast to the cinnamon sugar-dusted, in-season nectarines. It’s dead easy to whip up and the recipe seems […]

Sadie’s second grade class is a cornucopia of parties, games, and field trips. Sure, they’re forced to do work between recess, but by and large, it’s a fun place to be. Her teacher is nice, the kids are nice, the school is nice. Today, her class is having an end-of-the-year breakfast party, catered by parents […]

(Check out Retro Recipe Challenge #1!) I was cleaning out my kitchen cabinets – more of an archeological dig, really – and rediscovered the “Totally Muffins Cookbook.” Sue, my mother-in-law, picked this up for me at a garage sale (along with two sets of pristine, still-in-the-wrapper giant muffin tins. It was awesome. I later went […]

Garnished with a bit of powdered sugar and glazed pecans. Another recipe from Gourmet’s “Everyday Meals.” Theirs did not include cinnamon but I added it anyway – it seemed like a good idea. I used two 9-inch pie plates instead of a 13×9 baking dish (my 13×9 was on a 6 month sabbatical at a […]

In the pan and on the plate. Spicy Banana Bread2 cups flour1 tsp. baking soda1/2 tsp. salt1/2 tsp. cinnamon1/4 tsp. nutmeg1/4 tsp. cloves1/2 cup unsalted butter1 cup sugar2 eggs1 cup mashed bananas1/4 cup orange juice1 cup chopped walnuts1 tsp. vanilla Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Grease and flour a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Soften butter to […]

Read Part I. The Raspberry Cream Cheese Breakfast buns, both large and small. (They look like they’re getting ready to face-off, don’t they? “RUMBLE IN THE KITCHEN!”) I suspected that these “buns” would be more like muffins (that is, more cakey and less bready) and, as it turns out, I was right: they’re basically muffins. […]