What started out feeling like a cold blustery day in January turned into the most gorgeous cool, crisp summer day. It almost feels like fall outside and I’m actually about ready to head out for a run!
California weather never fails to befuddle me. How awesome is the word “befuddle” anyways?
For lunch today I made an egg salad sandwich with one hardboiled egg mixed with Athenos black peppercorn feta cheese, a spoonful of canola mayonnaise, a bit of dijon mustard and a pinch of pepper and sea salt.
And then I had some Siggi’s yogurt with a bit of my granola and blueberries for a snack:
Dinner teaser:
Sorry, I know I used to be a healthy food blogger but I’m on a biscuit kick and cannot be stopped. I’m on an endless quest to produce the PERFECT buttermilk biscuit and until I do, will bake on. Crisco and all. And yes, I’m prepared to sacrifice my sanity and waistline for this project; that’s how deeply I care.
The real question is, what am I serving tonight with my biscuits?
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you are my favorite! I love your biscuits, your granola and your life. It’s always a treat to read your blog
SO refreshing!
You rock!
I wish you’d help me with my biscuits. I believe you also promised to help me with pizza crust…
Yum! I still can’t wait to find out whats in store for dinner!
fried chicken! biscuits, fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, and greens
you know how to do it right!
I can’t wait to see what you are serving with the biscuits. I’m hoping chicken and gravy!
Gurl amen to you and the biscuits! Keep doing what you like.
Sometimes all you need is a little (or a couple pounds of) butter in your life.
I’m up in SF too, and it definitely started off like one of our typical July days(gloomy & winterlike), but now the sun is shinning and all is good! Can’t wait to see what you make to go along with those gorgeous biscuits!
Truly, those biscuits look simply mouth-watering! I am imagining taking one, still warm from the oven, splitting it in half, buttering it, and eating it with some baked beans.
Is it wrong to want to lick the computer screen, now?
If it’s not with some sort of fried chicken, I’d be appalled
Will be checking out to see the final verdict! Thanks for always keeping it interesting.
Or “checking IN,” which is what I meant. …Either one!
You make it ok to eat what you want! All in balance! I expect to see chicken and gravy with those biscuits too!
I like you better as a biscuity food blogger so bring them on! My husband would be jealous – he too is trying to perfect his recipe and yours look really tall and golden and delicious!
I love to take advantage of those unseasonably cool days to go running
p.s. I live in Wisconsin, so we get those a lot too.
The perfect biscuit. I love it.
And I can’t wait to see what you pull out for dinner.
I’m gonna guess that dinner involves pork. I just have a feeling…
Ohhh – biscuits!! Yay!
Those biscuits would go great with fried chicken and loaded mashed potatoes.
Crisco, that’s b.a. for a healthy food blogger
Go for it.
Btw, I made your lentil loaf today and was blown away by it!!
Sorry?! Why. It’s buttermilk. buiscuits. Needs no explanation Jenna.
You are a Baker.
You delight me with your posts.
Don’t ever stop
I guess chicken pot pie!
oooh I cant waitto see what you come up with for dinner!!!
I would just love an unseasonably cool, crisp hour, please!
The temperature is supposed to be 90 in the Northeast tomorrow and I am in need of a little less heat. Your photos make me miss fall…so much!!
I tried to make your biscuits this weekend and mine looked no where near as fluffy and large as yours! What gives? I followed everything you said to a T
those biscuits are so browned on the top–almost look like you popped them under the broiler for a few minutes.
I love the word, “befuddle,” too.
My guess is fried chicken. Always perfect with biscuits! But if your biscuits are really good, as I’m sure they will be, do you need anything else? Maybe some butter and honey?
What a simple, but genius egg salad recipe! That’s a perfect lunch – I think I shall copy it
Seriously, what is up with the CA weather? I wore a jacket all day long and had cravings for turkey and pumpkin bread.
LARD VS. CRISCO, the secret is in the shortening, the reality is it HAS to be lard (eww, I know it sounds so gross), not crisco shortening, otherwise they turn out like bricks…and I know this because of my husband’s Mothers, Mothers recipe, and they keep it a secret and it’s a big deal…blah, blah, blah. My husband makes these Thanksgiving and Christmas. They are awesome right out of the oven still warm…
4 cups of flour
2 tbsps bakng powder
1 tsps baking soda
1 tsps salt
2 tbsps brown sugar
1/2 cup LARD (he swears by this)
fork in 1/2 quart of Buttermilk
Sorry Honey I shared, but I just had to add my two cents worth…they are just too good.
BTW – when I say lard, I mean the supermarket modern box stuff (sorry not sure of any US brand names), not the old fashioned farm style stuff that is rendered fat from hogs. iMost supermarket lard is not produced by rendering pork fat, and is therefore undistinguishable from vegetable shortening.
You’re still an amazing food and healthy living blogger to me. I know I felt the same way during my first trimester though. I couldn’t stomach so many healthy foods so I felt like a foodie fraud.
Perhaps fried chicken, or chicken pot pie with the biscuits on top. Or sausage gravy and fried eggs; or kale and ham hocks; or fried catfish and collard greens.
Love to see the leaves turning in the pix. Wine country is incredible in autumn/towards Oct.
Jenna, check out the 2nd post on ‘Paris annual Flash Mob White Dinner.’ Esp the 2010 Youtube video. OMG! How did I not know about this? Will find a way to go. It’s in June–so perhaps one B-day you’ll go too! http://tinyurl.com/oe4ezq
“serving with”??? what does it matter?! as long as you have biscuits, you’re golden!
Those look like some pretty perfect biscuits.
& you’re still healthy, by me!
I have always kind of hated egg salad, however, your implementation of feta makes that sandwich sound delicious! I might have to try that, your brilliant addition may be the key ingredient that allows me to cross over.
I haven’t had an egg salad sandwich in ages. Looks good!
I am sooo jealous of your cool weather! I don’t think I can handle any more of this Florida heat!