Breakfast Best Bets for Busy Mornings
A Chicago Tribune style guide to make ahead breakfasts. Savory strata uses stale bread with cheese egg and bacon or veggie fillings for overnight soaking. Oatmeal and carrot cake oats plus yogurt parfaits offer grab and go options with ready made jars.
Bacon and Triple Cheese Strata and Overnight Oatmeal
A two item fragment outlines Bacon and Triple Cheese Strata with overnight bake and slow cooker oatmeal with savory variations. It lists ingredients including pancetta or bacon onions garlic Gouda Parmesan Fontina and oregano and notes overnight refrigeration and 350 degree baking. The oatmeal base uses steel cut oats water milk and salt with optional toppings and flavor twists like carrot cake oats or a savory broth version.
Bleu Vodka Debuts As Local Blue Brand In Iowa
Bleu a locally made wild blueberry vodka debuts in the area after a 2014 meeting with researcher entrepreneur VandenBush who brought heirloom recipes. Two flavors are sold Blue Original and Bleu PEL with more in development. The trio eye expansion toward national reach through fundraising.
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