Holiday mornings just beg for a breakfast casserole. I have always enjoyed the classic cheddar & sausage casserole that my mom would make for special occasions. Last year at Christmas time, my sister and I tried a few new ones that got me thinking of creating my own. I decided to build a…
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Matcha Fried Rice
Have you heard of matcha? I’m sure you have. It is one of those “in” ingredients these days. I have put of trying it because green tea ranks below most other flavors of tea in my book. I tend to prefer spicy/cinnamon or earl grey rather than the earthy flavor of green tea….
Make Ahead Breakfast Burritos
A few weeks back a friend asked me if you can freeze cooked eggs. Even though cooking eggs usually doesn’t take too long, there are those mornings when you are running a bit late but you don’t want to scrimp on breakfast. I told her I’d do some experimenting (and a bit of…
Individual Egg Soufflé Stacks
Changing work schedules and the start of the school year has resulted in a desire (and need) to simplify prep of weekday meals and snacks. Consequently, when I was reminded about muffin tin eggs I thought I should give a variation of the recipe a try. Since I had just found hash brown…
Italian Cobb Salad
Like many of you, I colored Easter eggs with my children this week. What I had in mind for this craft was a method that would be easy for both of my kids (ages 3 and 5) to do. A while back I had seen a method using shaving cream or whipped cream…
Ham Fried Rice
Since I pack lunch for work everyday, I usually attempt to make larger quantities of dinner to be able to take leftovers as my meal. However, some weeks dinner is such a success that I am left with a hodge podge of ingredients and nothing to take as a quick lunch. This week…
Southwest Egg Salad Stuffed Mini Peppers
The bags of multicolored mini peppers that abound in spring and summer have always drawn my attention. The colors are so vibrant, I feel like I must buy a bag and make something with them. Like their larger relatives, they can be used in salads, stir-fry, etc., but I think their pint size…
Mushroom & Cheese Omelet
A typical weekend breakfast in my house involves eggs, and even some mid-week breakfasts too (if you haven’t guessed by now, given all my posts involving eggs). Since we eat so many, we have been on a quest to continually improve the quality of eggs that we purchase. For a little over a…
Cardamom & Fig Butter Ice Cream
Today marks the first birthday of my blog – Happy Birthday Experimental Epicurean! I thought it would be fitting to celebrate with a typical birthday treat and I settled on ICE CREAM (any excuse for ice cream is a good excuse, right?). I decided to break the cycle of the chocolate vs. vanilla…
Cheesy Chorizo Steel Cut Oat “Grits”
Part of my enjoyment from cooking comes from developing something new, especially for a contest. Last year I experimented with steel cut oats, which was a key ingredient in the Spar for the Spurtle recipe contest. The recipe I entered was a Creole “grits” which I have had on my list to tinker with…
Healthy Solutions Spice Bends Challenge: Steak & Mushroom Frittata
The first recipe contest I have entered this year is the Healthy Solutions Spice Blends Recipe Challenge. As a busy, working mom I love the added time-saving feature of premixed spice blends. With over 15 spice blends to chose from, you are sure to find something your family will enjoy – even those…
Foolproof Hard-Boiled Eggs – An Experiment
The idea to do an experiment regarding hard boil eggs was actually posed by one of my readers. She wrote: “This past Thanksgiving my daughter’s boyfriend requested traditional deviled eggs be included as one of the appetizers. I have been buying brown, cage free eggs for the last year as I think they…
