brunch – Island Girl Cooks

Lemon Blueberry Quesito

This easy-to-make lemon blueberry quesito ( Puerto Rico's version of the danish) is one of my favorite summer dessert recipes. OK, if I'm keeping it 100, I make it all year. But it's super awesome during the summer when I get a little crazy buying a ton of berries at the farmer's market. You can have this baby in the oven in under ten minutes and on your table in under thirty. When you choose fresh blueberries at the market, go for plump ones, dent-free, and a deep blue. Skip blueberries that have any red patches on them, as this shows they were picked before their time. Blueberries do [...]

Easy Recipe: Spinach Pancetta Quiche

Don’t you love a slice of cold quiche on a hot day? This recipe is so perfect for a summer cool-down. It’s easy, it’s fast, and it’s SO YUM. In case you’ve never had it, a quiche is a savory custard with a pie crust or, as my son puts it: scrambled egg pie. From the outside looking in, quiche seems like a sophisticated recipe, but it isn’t. It really is just a scrambled egg pie. What I love the most is that just like your favorite omelet, you can add in any bits and pieces of food that are left in the fridge to make something new and [...]