holidays & recipes: christmas breakfast buffet savory quiche

We’ve shared a few sweet breakfast dishes for the Christmas breakfast buffet menu. Now, let’s add a savory dish to help balance out the buffet. A flavorful, cheesy quiche is one of the best items to serve at a buffet. Easy to make, easy to serve and a virtual kitchen sink of ingredients can be added to the egg and cream mixture. We chose to use leeks, gruyere cheese and ham. Of course, you could easily substitute those items for a more American flare by using mild onions, sharp cheddar and chopped bacon. The ingredients in this quiche are merely a suggestion. You can clean out your refrigerator and add whatever ingredients will please your palette. Just use the basic egg/cream mixture and the pie crust recipe then add anything else that you fancy. Christmas Breakfast Buffet Menu 1. Crème Brûlée French Toast Bake 2. Creamy Polenta with Honey and... Read the Rest →

 

holidays & recipes: christmas breakfast buffet savory quiche

We’ve shared a few sweet breakfast dishes for the Christmas breakfast buffet menu. Now, let’s add a savory dish to help balance out the buffet. A flavorful, cheesy quiche is one of the best items to serve at a buffet. Easy to make, easy to serve and a virtual kitchen sink of ingredients can be added to the egg and cream mixture. We chose to use leeks, gruyere cheese and ham. Of course, you could easily substitute those items for a more American flare by using mild onions, sharp cheddar and chopped bacon. The ingredients in this quiche are merely a suggestion. You can clean out your refrigerator and add whatever ingredients will please your palette. Just use the basic egg/cream mixture and the pie crust recipe then add anything else that you fancy. Christmas Breakfast Buffet Menu 1. Crème Brûlée French Toast Bake 2. Creamy Polenta with Honey and... Read the Rest →

 

worldly wednesdays: pan dushi aruba

The recipe that kept popping up when researching Aruba’s food and Christmas customs was for sweet bread called pan dushi (sweet rolls). It isn’t surprising that Arubans make sweet bread that is a cousin to the sweet bread that we found is popular in Argentina, pan dulce and is also a holiday staple in Venezuela. Aruba is just a short distance north of the Venezuelan Peninsula, Paraguana. A flat, river-less island, Aruba lies in the Caribbean Sea and enjoys a pleasant climate that averages 81 degrees due to trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean. Like many Caribbean Islands, Aruba was originally populated by Arawak Indians called Caiquetios who migrated north from the Orinoco Basin in South America. In 1499 the Spanish explorer Alonso de Ojeda claimed Aruba in the name of Queen Isabella. Aruba received its name from one of two sources. First, it is said that Alonso de Ojeda... Read the Rest →