Old-Fashioned Comfort Foods
A chicken salad recipe made with chicken, crisp fall apples, dried cranberries, celery, pecans, green onions, and mayonnaise. Serve this delicious chicken salad for brunch or a luncheon on a croissant along with fresh fruit and a mimosa. Everyone loves chicken salad, right? This is one of those recipes that became popular some time in …
An easy pretty in pink fruit salad recipe made with oranges, apples, bananas, pineapple, walnuts, and maraschino cherries. Serve this fruit salad for breakfast or as part of your weekend brunch menu. This is an interesting fruit salad because the dressing is made from its own fruit juices and cooked until thickened. Few recipes have …
Apple cider syrup is made with fresh apple cider, brown sugar, cloves, and cinnamon. Serve this simple fresh tasting pancake syrup over pancakes, waffles, or French toast for breakfast or brunch. Not that many years ago, buying a bottle of pancake syrup was almost unheard of and there were few products available even if you …
This recipe for homemade apple nut bread is made with apples, sour cream, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, and chopped pecans. Fill the house with the wonderful aroma of this fresh apple nut bread baking in the oven. Everyone in your household will be waiting for it to come out of the oven and cool down enough …
A warm cider and rum punch made with rum, apple cider, apples, oranges, cinnamon, and ginger. Serve this punch recipe warm for a holiday brunch or party. This is a wonderful treat to serve after a cold winter outing of skiing or ice skating. You can also serve it as part of a Halloween party …
An easy homemade apple crisp recipe made with crisp fall apples, oatmeal, and brown sugar. Serve for a fun fall dessert with ice cream or whipped cream. Who doesn’t like a piece of warm apple crisp topped with a cool creamy scoop of vanilla ice cream? Drizzle a bit of caramel sauce on top and …
A moist homemade apple bread recipe made with chopped apples, sugar, butter, and chopped walnuts. Serve for breakfast, brunch or dessert. A touch of sour cream and chunks of delicious fall apples makes this bread moist and delicious. I will have to say that this certainly reminds me of fall and I personally like it …
Spiced tea is made with orange, cranberry, and apple juice and flavored with cinnamon candies, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and sugar. It is not actually made with tea at all, but it is a delicious warm drink that will warm up a cold winter day. Serve this hot drink as an alternative to coffee in the …
Glazed apple fritters are made with fresh chopped apples, deep fried, and then glazed with a thin frosting. Serve these fritters with some fresh crisp apple slices and a cup of steaming coffee for breakfast or brunch. Watch them disappear quickly! This doughnut recipe is a delicious treat to make in the fall, when the …
Fresh fruit skewers are made with apple, pear, pineapple, grapes, and strawberries with a light vanilla honey glaze drizzled over the top. The honey glaze adds just the right bit of sweetness to make these fruit chunks disappear quickly. When you need a fun snack idea for school age children during summer vacation, get them …
This recipe for cinnamon apples is made from crisp fall apples and cinnamon candies cooked on the stove. Served warm, they are the perfect accompaniment to a hearty harvest breakfast or brunch. The beautiful red color will add a nice contrast to your table. The heavy aroma of cinnamon and apple simmering on the cook …
Cinnamon apple waffles are made with fresh shredded apples, cinnamon, butter, egg, and milk. These homemade waffles bake light and fluffy with a crisp edge. Serve this waffle recipe for breakfast or brunch. When fall is approaching my thoughts turn to the delight of biting into a crisp ripe apple. If you don’t have your …
This chilled breakfast fruit compote is made with a generous mix of prunes, apples, raisins and oranges. Served chilled, this fruit recipe is a nice addition to add color and flavor to your breakfast or brunch table. The warm bright inviting colors of the fruits are eye-catching and add that needed punch of color when …
A fun fruit pizza recipe made with chocolate chip cookie dough for the crust and spread with cream cheese. Strawberries, grapes, bananas, and kiwi fruit garnish this sweet dessert. Since this recipe is fairly simple, it is a good one to have your children help you with. You slice the fruit and let them arrange …
