Bougie Toast

Feel fancy eating your deliciously decorated toast, but don’t spend a fortune on it.

Ingredients
2 (or more) slices of your favorite whole grain bread
freshly ground almond or peanut butter, unsalted*
chia seeds
honey
banana slices, sliced strawberries, or fresh blueberries optional

*Find this is the bulk foods aisle of your grocery store, if your grocery store doesn’t have a bulk foods aisle, they are doing it wrong and you should switch to a new grocery store.  Bulk foods are the way to save money on pantry staples, and if you bring a reusable container, help save the planet too.

Directions
1. Toast bread.
2. Smear bread with almond butter.
3. Lightly drizzle toast with honey.
4. Sprinkle with chia seeds.
5. Top with fruit, if desired.

Easy Biscuits

I love homemade biscuits.  This is an easy recipe for flaky, buttery biscuits.  Makes 8 biscuits.

Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2 Tbs baking powder
1 scant tsp sugar
5 Tbs very cold butter
1 cup cold half and half

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2. Mix dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
3. Cut in butter using a pastry knife or forks.
4. Add half and half.  Stir until a sticky ball forms.
5. Pour out onto floured surface and pat into a 1 inch thick rectangle.  Fold in half and pat to 1 inch thick.  Repeat ~6 times to form layers.
6. Cover dough with kitchen towel for about 15 minutes to rest.
7. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until golden brown.

Try on top of single serving veggie pot pies, as the base of your favorite breakfast sandwich, or with gravy.

Biscuit recipe adapted from The New York Times as reprinted in the Houston Chronicle.