Fruit

Muesli – Breakfast of Valentines

Judy Elbaum2024-04-16T19:17:53-04:00February 1st, 2017|Categories: Breakfast/Brunch, Dairy, Food Columns, Valentine's Day|Tags: Fruit, nuts, oats|

Muesli is a nutritious breakfast dish composed of rolled oats, fresh and dried fruits, seeds, and nuts which are mixed with fruit juices and dairy products such as milk, cream, or yogurt. The recipe for muesli was developed around 1900 by the Swiss physician and nutrition guru, Maximillian Bircher-Benner. Dr. Bircher-Benner was ahead of his [...]

Jeweled Fruit Compote

Here’s a recipe that will chase away the fruit salad doldrums. The kitchen smells heavenly as the pears simmer in their poaching liquid, redolent of vanilla bean, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and Amaretto. I like to serve the compote accompanied by biscotti or meringues.