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Greek Yogurt Pancakes

Recently I made tzatziki sauce for a 4th of July party (to go with the beef and lamb koftas I made) so I have left over Greek yogurt. So what better way to use up leftover Greek yogurt than in a delicious breakfast!  These fluffy and tangy pancakes are just what I needed to get me powered up for a big weekend of cleaning and re-organizing as I have special guests coming next week.  I paired this recipe with a fresh cherry almond compote… and yes, it was out of this world delicious! Save Print Greek Yogurt Pancakes   Ingredients ¾ cup flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tbsp granulated sugar ¼ tsp salt 1 tbsp oil 1 egg ½ tsp vanilla extract ½ cup Greek…

Oyster Stew

This dish is tightly entwined with memories of my parents, especially my dad. Oyster stew was a dish he would make for the family and I can vividly recall as a young child going from ‘Ewww, I’ll never eat that’ to ‘Wow, this is so good’. I can still see all seven of us sitting at the table with the large pot in the middle while my mom ladled  and passed out each bowlful. Oyster crackers were passed around; some floated theirs, others crushed and mixed them in, while others enjoyed them on the side. Tabasco sauce was passed around as well… with most of us avoiding it when we were small, but coming to enjoy it as we got older…

Black Tea and Port Milk Punch

Today’s cocktail recipe is perfect for an old fashioned Christmas party… like a party attended by the Founding Fathers! I received this recipe from Cook’s Science and of course I tweaked the recipe by substituting hard to find ingredients to easier sourced ones while twisting the flavor profile slightly.  I am sure the title has you intensely curious (as well as slightly grossed out at the thought of a ‘milk punch’ cocktail), but trust me please.  The use of milk in this ‘punch’ is to clarify the cocktail to an incredibly clear light pink hue. The flavor of this cocktail is sublime – just sweet enough, slightly spiced with a hint of citrus from the tea, ‘punch&#8217…