Weekend mornings are the perfect time to invite good friends over for a special meal. Sleep in a bit, then put on the coffee and use the following recipes to wow your friends and grandchildren with a brunch worthy of the good company.
Menu:
Apple Raisin Muffins
Sausage and Pepper Frittata
Fresh Fruit Salad with Honey Vanilla Yogurt
Coffee, Tea
Apple Raisin Muffins
Ingredients:
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
2 cups grated apple
2 cups raisins
1 cup butter
1 t. cinnamon
2 t. grated nutmeg
½ t. ground cloves
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 t. baking soda
3 ½ cups flour
Preparation
Combine the first eight ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then cool. In a bowl stir the nuts and baking soda into the flour. Add apple mixture, stir until blended. Bake in muffin tin at 350 for fifteen minutes or until done.
Sausage and Pepper Frittata
Ingredients:
Olive oil
½ lb. Italian sausage
1 red pepper, diced
1 yellow pepper, diced
1 cup grated parmesan
12 eggs beaten with ¼ cups water
Salt
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a non-stick pan with oil. Brown sausage then sauté peppers until soft. Add parmesan to beaten eggs and add salt. Pour egg mixture over the sausage and peppers stirring to even the mixture. Cook until eggs are done on the bottom and sides. Place in preheated oven for seven or eight minutes until eggs are finished on top. Remove from pan onto cutting board. Cut in wedges and serve.
Fresh Fruit Salad with Honey Vanilla Yogurt
Ingredients:
2 cups plain yogurt
2 T. honey
½ t. vanilla
½ orange, juiced
1 banana
½ pint blueberries
½ pint raspberries
1 pint strawberries hulled and halved
1 bunch green grapes, halved.
Preparation
Mix together the yogurt, vanilla and honey. Combine orange juice with banana and then add berries and grapes. Mix gently. Place in serving dishes and top with yogurt mixture.
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