Weekly Finds - Snacks and Bread Edition

While the most appropriate time for snack food (football season) is over, we'll just have to think of new reasons to make these yummy sounding snacks and bread. 

Snacks:

Balsamic Onion & Roasted Garlic Jam I would totally put this on a grilled cheese sandwich, or just eat with crackers

Apple Granola Double apple, with apple cider and dried apples

Baked Apple Cider Donuts These donuts are dipped in melted butter and cinnamon sugar

Honey Ginger Pumpkin Butter This pumpkin butter also includes shredded apple and apple cider as well as grated ginger

Shaved Brussels Sprouts and Ginger Potstickers These sound AWESOME - brussels sprouts with sesame, lime and ginger all wrapped up in potstickers

Earl Grey Lemon Muffins Use loose leaf tea for the best flavor

Perfect Winter Scones These scones include dried figs and roasted chestnuts

Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Bread This includes three combinations of great duos - peanut butter + banana, banana + chocolate, peanut butter + chocolate. Those three always work. So why not put them all together? Genius

Easy Homemade Chocolate Biscotti Cookies This recipe got RAVE reviews, I should try it out

Balsamic Onion Rosemary Jam Kind of like caramelized onions, but taken even further, and made super sticky with balsamic vinegar, brown sugar and rosemary

Eggnog Cranberry Scones Super simple scones, with the addition of eggnog and dried cranberries to make them holiday appropriate.

Green Chile Queso Dip Nothing artificial in this dip - tons of cheese, roasted poblanos, and spices.

Lighter Spinach and Artichoke Dip My favorite dip - made lighter

Cheese Stuffed Pretzel Bites with Rosemary Salt This sounds incredible, I'm definitely trying it out with my favorite pretzel recipe. So easy - just cut up some string cheese and then top with rosemary.

Rosemary Pretzel Bites with Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce This recipe is adapted from Alton Brown's, which is my favorite. It adds fresh rosemary and cheddar cheese to the pretzel dough, plus includes a recipe for a homemade honey mustard sauce.

Shrimp Nachos with Tomatillo Salsa I love that there is a nachos recipe that uses shrimp instead of meat. I also am obsessed with tomatillo salsa.

Blue Cheese and Brie Nachos with Mushrooms and Spinach This takes veggie nachos to a completely new level

Mixed Berry Cocoa Jam This sounds incredible. It makes a small batch of jam, so you don't need to do any canning.

Lemon Ginger Scones I never would have thought to combine lemon with ginger, but it sounds like a really yummy flavor combination

Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Scones At first I misread the title of this recipe, thinking that there was a combination of cinnamon chips and chocolate chips. Now I think I may swap out some of the chocolate chips, just to make it that way.

Bread:

Raisin Walnut Pumpernickel Bread This bread is SERIOUSLY beautiful. I need to get some rye flour so I can make this.

Pumpkin Cinnamon and Chocolate Swirl Bread Make sure to use a chocolate bar with orange and ginger in it for a fantastic flavor combo

Homemade Naan I trust this recipe, since it's from America's Test Kitchen

Pumpkin Cranberry Bread Twists The perfect bread sticks for your Thanksgiving dinner...maybe next year

Pumpkin Cranberry Twists These were amazing - I made them for Thanksgiving dinner this year, and they were soft pillowy twist of goodness. Seriously. I'm just sorry I didn't share the recipe early enough for you to make them for Thanksgiving.

Cheesy Roasted Garlic Rolls Rolls stuffed with roasted garlic, mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Yum

Italian Herb and Cheese Pull-Apart Bread Everyone's favorite pull-apart bread, but with a savory twist

Simple Cinnamon and Cranberry Dinner Rolls Another perfect addition to your Thanksgiving meal, and not too sweet

Mini Panettone The cutest panettones I've ever seen. Such a good idea - the big giant panettone usually gets stale before you can eat it all

Weekly Finds - Soup and Sandwich Edition

I have actually made one of these recipes! I made a modified version of the brussels sprouts burritos, which can be found here. 

Sandwiches and Soups:

Grown-Up Grilled Cheese with Balsamic Caramelized Onions Balsamic vinegar + caramelized onions + kale

Caramelized Butternut Squash and Roasted Garlic Grilled Cheese Roasted butternut squash + roasted garlic + fontina

Cauliflower Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons Grilled cheese croutons??

Lunchtime Burritos with Chili Spiced Brussels Sprouts Awesome use of brussels sprouts

Hearty Escarole, Barley and Parmesan Soup Secret ingredients of tomato paste, fish sauce, and bay leaves

Low-Cal Cheddar Cauliflower Soup Super cheesy but still good for you is awesome in my book

Orzo-White Bean "Stoup" with Kale Kind of like a stew, kind of like a soup = stoup

Roasted Sweet Potato and Fig Grilled Cheese with Balsamic Reduction Wow - fig jam + roasted sweet potato + balsamic reduction + cheese

Golden Winter Soup Super creamy, with butternut squash, potato and leeks, topped with baguette and gruyere cheese

How to Make Turkey Stock Turn your leftover Thanksgiving turkey carcass into a homemade turkey stock

Brie and Cranberry Grilled Cheese Use up your leftover cranberry sauce

Dijon Brussels Sprouts Grilled Cheese Sauteed brussels sprouts and shallots in butter and whole grain dijon with lots of gooey cheese

Sunchoke Apple Soup Definitely use the garnishes - fresh apple slices and parsley oil

Tuscan Kale and Chickpea Soup Really simple soup that gets better the longer it sits

Parmesan Broth with Kale and White Beans Instead of using a parmesan rind to just amp up the flavor of broth, this broth is made with primarily parmesan!

Roasted Sunchoke Soup with Caramelized Shallots This soup looks so incredibly creamy and velvety without actually including any cream!

Vegan Caramelized Onion and Mushroom Panini with Sun-Dried Tomato Mayonnaise Even though this sandwich is vegan, it definitely is not missing out on flavor. 

Weekly Finds - Breakfast Edition

It's been FOREVER since my last "weekly finds" post. Meaning, the list of things that I need to post is just outrageous. Nobody would ever read it if I put it all in one post. (Not that I'm sure anyone reads it, regardless.) I decided to split it up into more manageable segments. And I decided to start with breakfast. So here it is - my compilation of the best breakfast recipes I've seen in the past few months. Unfortunately, I haven't tried any of them. Yet.

Breakfast:

Blueberry Dutch Baby Pancakes Piled HIGH with blueberries!

Apple Cider Pancakes Three words - apple cider reduction

Whole Wheat Croissants Healthy croissants...?

Pumpkin Spice Dutch Baby Pancake Just pumpkin pie spices, no pumpkin (it would mess with the texture)

Breakfast Egg White Spinach Enchilada Omelets Egg white omelets instead of tortillas!

Poached Eggs in Tomato Sauce, on Toast Yum

Pumpkin Pecan Cinnamon Rolls Cinnamon rolls + pumpkin + pecans + spices + brown butter maple icing

Brussels Sprout Hash with Eggs Unique hash with brussels sprouts and fried eggs

Pumpkin Spice Craisin Bagels Bagels that actually have pumpkin puree in the dough, as well as pumpkin pie spices and craisins.

Cranberry Vanilla and Cinnamon Smoothie Smoothies aren't just for the summer! This smoothie tastes like the holidays.

Cranberry Orange Breakfast Buns This uses my favorite cinnamon roll recipe - Alton Brown's Overnight Cinnamon Rolls, but amps up the flavor with orange zest and juice, as well as pulverized cranberries.

Buttermilk Feta Biscuits Lots of feta and herbs in flaky biscuits

Sage Butter Biscuits Interesting way of using sage

Cheesy Southwest Black Bean Egg Bake This uses bisquick, and can be made in advance

Flaky Whole Wheat Biscuits These are fluffy, despite the whole wheat flour

Sweet Corn & Chive Buttermilk Biscuits These would be great in the summer, with fresh corn and chives

Breakfast Slab Pie Savory slab pie, with potatoes, spinach, cheese and eggs. Kind of like a big giant quiche!

Mini Muffin Frittatas Portable frittatas!

Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls These are filled with chocolate! It makes me think of babka

Potato and Broccolini Frittata A thick frittata that could be served for dinner as well, stuffed with potatoes, broccolini, onions and parmesan cheese.

Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting Seriously all of the flavors of fall

Morning Glory Oats Basically a Morning Glory muffin in oatmeal form, with steel-cut oats.

Huevos Rancheros This sounds awesome - crispy tortillas, creamy black beans, salty cotija cheese (my new favorite) and spicy salsa - all smothered in runny fried eggs.

Broiled Fontina Toasts with Roasted Garlic and Poached Eggs Seriously - ALL THE THINGS. Everything I want in my breakfast, is in this.