For as long as I can remember, special Sunday mornings meant savory, cheesy grits. Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, Labor Day (I could be making that one up)-we had homemade breakfast with bacon or sausage and eggs, grits, maybe some fruit. It was a dream and real life makes me miss it. So I finally…
breakfast
Chocolate Chip Banana Nut Bread
At breakfast, I usually reach for the bacon or hashbrowns – anything salty really. Sometimes, if I’m out for brunch, I even go for a burger at 11am. What can I say? I just need sodium I guess. But sometimes, just sometimes, I crave something sweet before 10am. Sometimes I need something with chocolate. Enter…
Miami Pastelitos
I can still remember getting excited to visit Miami because of the food I’d get to eat: Frankie’s Pizza, Arebetter’s Hotdogs, Skirt Steak from Versailles, and Cuban pastries from just about anywhere in the city. My favorites were always ham croquettes. Who doesn’t like ham and cheese coated in bread crumbs and fried? Unfortunately, I…
