sweet potato biscuits

My sister in law has got me slightly hooked on Gooseberry Patch books.  I have nowhere near as many as she does, but I think I am creeping close to a dozen.  Every once in a while I actually make something from one of them.  They are fun to read, but like any other cook book, I think I read them more than I cook from them.  I was looking through them recently looking for  some recipes with fall flavors and I came across sweet potato biscuits.  I love sweet potatoes and I love biscuits, and they are quick and easy.  This is a picture heavy post, not that this recipe needs to be, but I just like pictures of food and it was fun putting together a pictorial step by step.  Ok, are you ready for some biscuits?

dobos torte

i love the look of many layered things. so when i happened across the dobos torte, i was ecstatic.  i made it as a desert to take to christina's house when a-gator was about 20 weeks old.  i only remember this, because i wanted to make as many layers as a-gator was old, but ran out of batter at 16.
i followed this recipe from allrecipes.com
dobos torte
i didn't change anything as it was the first time making it, but i also didn't make the sugar topping or use the lemon zest.  i just made a simple powdered sugar icing with cocoa powder to make it chocolate.  I found this to be a little sweet, so the next time i might just make a dark chocolate ganache to drizzle over the cake (and in between the layers of course!)
It was still delicious, and the thinner you sliced the cake, the better it tasted.

homemade potato soup

Homemade potato soup

When I was young, my grandma used to make fresh vegetable soup with goodies from her garden.  I always felt it was a special treat that she made just for my visit.  My mom, who can’t stand canned soup unless it’s tomato, makes potato soup for our family all the time.  I’ve tweaked it just a bit and she approves.  So here, for your stomachs’ pleasure, I give to you, potato soup (that only takes about 45 minutes start to finish!)

bruffins the new breakfast revolution

there are few things i can eat anytime, anywhere, under any preparation. the first on this exclusive list are potatoes. i say this because, while i love most vegetables, potatoes have a very special place in my heart. when i was much much younger my grandma would peel and cut yams into wedges that my cousin and i would fight over until she put them in two piles(one for each of us). ever since then i adore all things potato.

with this in mind, i love finding new ways to incorporate potatoes into anything. since the invention of the hash brown, potatoes have earned a spot on the breakfast table. so i went about searching for ways to make a breakfast dish that was portable, but included all the things i really love about breakfast, other than cereal.

i don't know about you, but the only real fast food breakfast i have ever liked is mcdonald's. mostly the egg and cheese biscuit. what can go wrong with such simple ingredients? so since i love the biscuit part the best, i wanted to find a way to use biscuits as the vessel in which to carry these delicious little bites around.

so i went to work and thought about what i really like for breakfast and how to best include it in a biscuit that wouldn't fall apart or be messy. i don't like the burrito idea because i am 1) a very clumsy person, 2) have a trait in my family that makes it almost nearly impossible to be a neat eater. 3) the texture of burritos isn't something i truly enjoy.