Category: Brunch

Black-Eyed Peas and Broccoli Salad Recipe: Pick Your Own Spice Level

Black-Eyed Peas and Broccoli Salad Recipe: Pick Your Own Spice Level

A crunchy, spicy, and fresh-tasting salad starring black-eyed peas and broccoli—perfect as a side or light main. Quick to make, big on flavor, and even better the next day.

Brunch Just Got Zippy: Glover Gardens Sausage and Cheese Balls

Brunch Just Got Zippy: Glover Gardens Sausage and Cheese Balls

Zippy Sausage and Cheese Balls bring big flavor in a small, savory package—spicy, cheesy, a little sassy. Perfect for brunch, holidays, or dockside picnics. Make, share, enjoy!

Two-Bean Salad with Mint and Lemon: A Fresh Take on Tradition

Two-Bean Salad with Mint and Lemon: A Fresh Take on Tradition

This Two-Bean Salad with Mint and Lemon is bright, fiber-rich, and a little unexpected—a perfect partner for hearty mains like lasagna, barbecue, or roast chicken. Crisp green beans and silky cannellini are tossed in a zesty citrus dressing and finished with toasted nuts for just the right crunch.

Easy Puff Pastry Recipe: Smoked Salmon And Jalapeño Egg Cups

Easy Puff Pastry Recipe: Smoked Salmon And Jalapeño Egg Cups

There’s something innately satisfying about a savory and flavorful eggy custard nestled within pastry. This dish is going into my standard brunch rotation.

How to Make Leftover Nachos into Fab Tex-Mex Scrambled Eggs

How to Make Leftover Nachos into Fab Tex-Mex Scrambled Eggs

What to do with leftover nachos? How about Tex-Mex scrambled eggs, or migas? It makes a perfect brunch. Here’s how.

Smoked Salmon and Caviar Appetizer Platter with Avocado: Quick, Easy and Delicious

Smoked Salmon and Caviar Appetizer Platter with Avocado: Quick, Easy and Delicious

We love an appetizer platter here at Glover Gardens, and this one with cold-smoked salmon and caviar was elegant, quick to assemble and delicious. Get the recipe here.

Happy Coffee, Millennials, Mimosas and Brunch

Happy Coffee, Millennials, Mimosas and Brunch

We sat at the breakfast room table, the four of us, for a couple of hours, telling stories, sharing our hopes and dreams for the future, and reveling in post-vaccination togetherness. It was incredibly restorative.

How to Make a Leftover Shrimp Boil into an Omelet

How to Make a Leftover Shrimp Boil into an Omelet

What to do with leftover seafood boil yumminess? How about an omelet? It makes a perfect brunch.

Egg hacks that will save you time and money: Tasty

Egg hacks that will save you time and money: Tasty

Genius egg hacks, provided by Tasty, that will save you time and potentially lots of money in the long run, too.

What’s for Breakfast? Roasted Tomato, Mozzarella, and Spinach Quiche

What’s for Breakfast? Roasted Tomato, Mozzarella, and Spinach Quiche

Next-gen newlyweds perfectly prepare a Pinterest quiche recipe for breakfast. The future looks bright with this couple in the kitchen.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

A Glover Gardens new year’s brunch menu and my best wishes for a happy 2017.

Still Life:  Sunshine on Breakfast

Still Life: Sunshine on Breakfast

No story, no haiku, no poignant memories, just a photo this time of a peaceful and sunlit breakfast at the Houstonian Hotel.

It’s Not Just About the Food; It’s About the Connections

It’s Not Just About the Food; It’s About the Connections

It’s not just about the cooking. It’s about the sharing. It’s about the connections, like this sweet story about Rosalyn and the Scotch Eggs her mom made.

New Year’s Brunch

New Year’s Brunch

I’ve always felt that the way I spend New Year’s (Eve and Day) foreshadows my experiences for the rest of the year.  And it usually does:  we’re either traveling with family, having a special outing with family, or spending time at home with family, celebrating…

Sweet Potato Biscuits: Family History, Love on a Plate

Sweet Potato Biscuits: Family History, Love on a Plate

Sweet Potato Biscuits are made on special occasions in my family, and epitomize the feeling that Food is Love. Well, it is. Try them and see.

Found (and edited) Recipe:  Scotch Eggs

Found (and edited) Recipe: Scotch Eggs

I spent years yearning for the Scotch Eggs I’d had at a Dickens Festival in Galveston, Texas. The Grill-Meister made them for Christmas breakfast, and they were a hit.