Breakfasts & Brunch Recipes

Kratzet, the Swiss-German shredded pancake (cousin of Austrian kaiserschmarrn). Eggy crepe batter cooked, torn into pieces, and crisped in butter. Serve with stewed fruit.

Lemon French toast made with thick-cut day-old French bread soaked in a lemon zest and lemon extract batter. The flour in the batter creates an extra-crispy, golden crust that regular French toast can't match.

Try this variation of a French sauce as a topping on pancakes.

Liz Yehling's potato pancakes blend grated red potatoes with raw pork sausage, eggs, and a touch of flour. Fried golden and crispy, served with cool applesauce. A hearty country-breakfast classic.

Low-fat turkey burgers with couscous, warm spice blend of curry, cumin, allspice, and ginger, plus sauteed red pepper for moisture. A globally-spiced lean burger on whole-wheat buns.

Elegant omelet filled with sauteed shiitake mushrooms, sugar snap peas, sun-dried tomatoes, and herbed goat cheese. This sophisticated brunch dish is lighter than it looks.

Batch-cook and freeze individual hot cereal portions for instant microwave breakfasts. Endless topping options from maple syrup to sautéed apples.

Overnight French toast casserole assembled the night before and baked in the morning. Bread soaks in a lemon-vanilla egg custard and puffs up golden and fluffy without any stovetop work.

Mandarin pancakes made from a simple hot water dough with sesame oil, rolled paper-thin and dry-cooked in an ungreased pan. The classic wrapper for Peking duck and mu shu pork.

Simple and tasty omelet, nice breakfast selection.

Miniature French breakfast puffs are warm nutmeg-scented muffins dipped in melted butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar. The donut-muffin hybrid that disappears off brunch trays first.

A great breakfast, a lot of nutrition and great flavor too.

Monte Cubano is the Monte Cristo meets Cuban sandwich mashup: ham, smoked turkey, Swiss, mustard, pickles, and garlic mayo soaked in egg and pan-fried until golden.

Morning mix-up breakfast skillet with frozen hash browns, ham, eggs, and cheddar cheese all cooked in one pan. A hearty, satisfying scramble ready in 20 minutes.

This is an omelet with tomato and onion filling with a dash of lemon seasoning among others.

This is a beautiful stack of pancakes that the Mister made. This is not an ordinary stack of pancakes. They are gluten-free. After trying a lot of different recipes for gluten-free pancakes that only left me frustrated, I decided to write my own. Frustration is quite a motivator for writing my own recipes. I find myself writing more of my own recipes as time goes on – writing, experimenting, tweaking. Until I get it right. After I wrote this recipe, the Mister went into the kitchen and made them using my own gluten-free all-purpose flour blend. The pancakes came out light, fluffy, golden. We enjoy them smeared with butter, topped with maple syrup. Perfect.