Thursday, April 28, 2011

Sausage And Cheese Breakfast Biscuits Recipe



Biscuits, such as these sausage and cheese breakfast biscuits, for breakfast will always be popular. Problem is, preheating the oven can take more time than you actually have. Well, that need not be a problem any more as a table top oven, such as the Kitchenaid Convection Oven, heats up very fast and also bakes faster. Now you can have the best of both worlds, tasty fresh biscuits in a hurry.

What You Need:
  • 2 C of baking mix
  • 1 lb. sausage
  • 2/3 C of milk
  • 1 1/2 C of cheddar cheese, shredded
How to Make It:
  1. Preset the oven temperature to 400 degrees.
  2. Place the baking mix, sausage and milk into a mixing bowl.
  3. Mix until all the ingredients are blended together well.
  4. Fold the cheese into the mixture well.
  5. Drop the batter by spoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
  6. Bake 18 minutes or until a light golden brown.
Makes 24 biscuits

These simple biscuits can be made with sausage, crumbled bacon or even bits of ham.

So, try this recipe and see how your family loves it. Maybe, if you are worried about the time factor, try them over a weekend first and once you fell comfortable with them you can whip them up any day. The variations that are possible makes it easy to keep them interesting, preventing your family from becoming bored with them.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Fast And Easy Orange Juice French Toast Recipe

Coming up with easy and tasty breakfast ideas is not always that easy. Baking toast is always a good idea, but using your oven is not always practical. The ideal solution is using a Cuisinart Model Tob 195 that heats up very fast and will save you a lot of time and expense.

So, have a look at this recipe for Baked Orange Juice Toast:

Baked Orange Juice Toast

What You Need:

  • 1/3 C of orange juice
  • 1 t orange peel, grated
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 t ground cardamom
  • 1/4 C of butter
  • 12 slices French bread, day old and 3/4 inch thick

How to Make It:

  1. Preset the oven temperature to 450 degrees.
  2. Place the juice, orange peel, eggs and cardamom together in a mixing bowl.
  3. Beat with an electric mixer on low until blended together well.
  4. Place the butter into a 13X9 baking dish.
  5. Place the baking dish into the oven until the butter has completely melted.
  6. Dip the slices of bread into the orange juice mixture until well covered allowing any excess to drip back into the bowl.
  7. Place the coated bread slices into the pan with the melted butter.
  8. Bake 6 minutes then turn each slice over.
  9. Continue baking an additional 4 minutes or until nicely browned.

Makes 6 servings

Baking French toast in the oven takes less time because all the pieces of toast can be cooked at once. The combination of orange juice and cardamom gives this French toast a special taste everyone will enjoy.

Even to the instructions for this recipe calls for an oven, I promise you the Cuisinart Model Tob 195 will work wonders for you. Imagine your family's delight at this exceptional French toast. Why not try this recipe as a special treat next Sunday?

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

A Relaxing Smoothie For A Stressful Day

Are you having a very stressful day? Well, then I am convinced you can do with a tasty, relaxing smoothie. If you do not have a blender, such as the Cuisinart CBT 700, you can simply use a hand blender, such as the KitchenAid KHB300 Hand Blender.

Try this recipe and the rest of your day will run smoothly as we tend to handle all problems better when we are relaxed!

Relax Me Smoothie

What You Need:

  • 8 herbal lemon tea bags
  • 2 C boiling water
  • 1 pint raspberry sherbet
  • 2 C pineapple juice

How to Make It:

  1. Pour the boiling water over the tea bags.
  2. Cover and allow to sit 5 minutes.
  3. Remove the tea bags and place the tea in the refrigerator to cool.
  4. Place the sherbet and juice in the blender.
  5. Add the tea.
  6. Blend until smooth.
This smoothie is very relaxing. Try it on a stress filled day to unwind and help you enjoy the rest of the day.

Always make sure you have the tea in the refrigerator and you will be able to make this smoothie at a moment's notice. No use having to wait for a long time before you can actually make the smoothie you need NOW!