Garden Pepper and Cheddar Cheese Bagels

The summer is wending down, in fact, if I do get around to posting this today, it will already technically be Autumn, which means both the harvesting of the last of my vegetable garden and a return to regular bread baking, which had been set aside due to the warmer weather.  This recipe encapsulates both….

Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Figs

One of my friends, that I happen to be visiting with recently, is on a very restricted diet which excludes all dairy, eggs, gluten, night-shades (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers…), sugar, grains, seeds, and nuts.  Honestly, I’m not sure how one functions, or even exists, on such a diet, but she insists that it’s a viable medical…

Pumpkin Quiche

A creamy pumpkin custard with caramelized onions and a sharp blue cheese.  I made these single serving pumpkin quiches a couple of weeks ago, and am finally getting around to posting the recipe.  I do appreciate the irony of posting this recipe in succession to my pumpkin pie recipe, but the timing is purely coincidental…

Apple Cider Donut Muffins

Apple cider donuts are a big thing in Vermont around this time of year.  Weekends are spent at your local orchard picking apples, and indulging in fresh, right out of the fryer, melt in your mouth, cider donuts.  A little something to warm and revitalize you after an afternoon spent outside enjoying the crisp fall…