Banana Smoothie

Ingredients:
1 cup milk
1 banana (not too ripe - I like it a little green)
1 spoon strawberry jam
1/2 tsp cinnamon

Directions:
Blend until nice and frothy and there are no more chunks.

Makes 2 glass-fulls.

Fruit!

Bananas, oranges, apples, peaches, kiwi, grapefruit...

Breakfast Sausage and Gravy

Sausage from Scratch

Ingredients:
2 teaspoons dried sage
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried marjoram
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 pinch ground cloves
2 pounds ground pork

Directions:
In a small, bowl, combine the sage, salt, ground black pepper, marjoram, brown sugar, crushed red pepper and cloves. Mix well.
Place the pork in a large bowl and add the mixed spices to it. Mix well with your hands and form into patties.
Saute the patties in a large skillet over medium high heat for 5 minutes per side, or until internal pork temperature reaches 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

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Sausage Gravy

Ingredients:
1 pound ground pork sausage
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3 cups milk

Directions:

Place sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Remove sausage, drain and return to the pan. Add flour. Add milk in a stream, stirring the whole time. Bring gravy to a boil and cook to desired thickness. Add more milk if a thinner gravy is desired.

Cinnamon Toast

Toast, a little butter, a little sugar, a little cinnamon...voila!!!

Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips

Directions:
In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Combine eggs, milk and oil; add to dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour the batter by 1/4 cupfuls onto a lightly greased hot griddle. Turn when bubbles form on top; cook until second side is golden brown. Keep warm.

Blueberry Muffins

Next time I make these, I'm going to add more sugar, 1-2 tsps of vanilla, and less blueberries. Be sure to drain blueberries well before adding to batter.

Ingredients:
1 cup milk
1 egg
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup fresh blueberries

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
In a large bowl, stir together milk, egg, and oil. Add flour, baking powder, sugar, and blueberries; gently mix the batter with only a few strokes. Spoon batter into cups.
Bake for 20 minutes. Serve hot.

French Toast

Ingredients:
2 cups milk
1 egg
Pinch of salt
1 tsp sugar
Cinnamon

Directions:
Mix everything together. Dip slices of bread in the batter, and grill on skillet.

Cinnamon Rolls

From T.W.

Ingredients:

Dough:
2 package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (105-115 degree)
2/3 cup plus 1 teaspoon granulated sugar, divided
1 cup warmed milk
2/3 cup butter
2 teaspoons salt
2 eggs, slightly beaten
7-8 cups all-purpose flour, or more if needed

Filling:
1 cup melted butter, divided (2 sticks)
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar, divided
3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, optional
1 1/2 cup raisins, optional

Creamy Glaze:
2/3 cup melted butter (1 stick plus 2 tablespoons)
4 cup powdered sugar
2 teaspoon vanilla
4-8 tablespoons hot water

Directions:

Dough:

1. In a small bowl mix together warm water, yeast and sugar and set aside. In a large bowl, mix milk, remaining 2/3 cup sugar, melted butter, salt and eggs; stir well and add yeast mixture.
2. Add half the flour and beat until smooth. Stir in enough of the remaining flour until dough is slightly stiff (dough will be sticky).
3. Turn out onto a well-floured board; knead 5 - 10 minutes.
4. Place in well-buttered glass or plastic bowl, cover and let rise in warm place, free from drafts, until doubled in bulk, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
5. When doubled, punch down dough and let rest 5 minutes. Roll out on floured surface into a 15 x 20 inch rectangle.

Filling:

1. Spread dough with 1/2 cup melted butter.
2. Mix together 1 1/2 cups sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over buttered dough. Sprinkle with walnuts and raisins, if desired.
3. Roll up jellyroll-fashion and pinch edge together to seal. Cut into 12 to 15 slices.
4. Coat bottom of a 13-by-9-inch baking pan and a 8-inch square pan with remaining 1/2 cup melted butter, then sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup sugar.
5. Place cinnamon roll slices close together in pans. Let rise in warm place until dough is doubled in bulk, about 45 minutes.
6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until rolls are nicely browned. Cool rolls slightly.

Glaze:
Meanwhile, in medium bowl, mix melted butter, powdered sugar and vanilla; add hot water 1 Tbsp. at a time until glaze reaches desired spreading consistency.
Spread over slightly cooled rolls.