5 Foolproof Breakfast Recipes

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1. Apple Pie Muffins
2. Cream Cheese Danishes

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3. Buttermilk Pancakes
4. Bread Pudding

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5. French Toast


Note: For recipe #2, I used vanilla extract instead of lemon juice and I discovered I didn't need a sugar glaze at all. For recipe #5, I used challah bread and substituted chocolate chips for walnuts.

I did not grow up with Western desserts. I did grow up with steamed buns filled with red bean paste or lotus. My dad made pancakes from a box mix and I liked artificial maple syrup so I did not learn about what non-Chinese people eat for breakfast and brunch until I married Nik.

It's been a fun and challenging experiment, trying out dishes that I didn't experience as a kid. For example, I asked, "What is a casserole?" Even for church luncheons until age 12, it was Chinese beef stew, pork BBQ buns and emerald green bok choi. This means I have relied on BettyCrocker.com, MrsHappyHomemaker.com and Foodnetwork.com to recreate my husband's comfort foods.

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Last evening, I made homemade cream cheese danishes. 

In turn, he's learned how to make dirty rice from my fascination with food from my NOLA trips, stuffed squid from my teen years and bread pudding from my studies as an English major.