Sunday, February 16, 2014

Sunday Morning Treat - Bacon Biscuits and Gravy

On Sunday mornings we like to indulge in a good breakfast. Weekday and Saturday mornings are usually crazy throughout the year but when the summer markets aren't running we take the time to have a lazy morning and that always includes breakfast. Kirk is the breakfast cook in the house and one of his favorite breakfasts is biscuits and gravy.

When we developed the Becca's Bacon Biscuit mix  the first question he asked was when are we doing biscuits and gravy. So here is our Bacon Biscuit and Gravy recipe:

For the Gravy:
1 pound breakfast sausage
1 T Becca's Bacon Biscuit mix
2 cups milk (Can substitute soy or unsweetened almond milk)
Salt and Pepper to taste

Brown sausage in a skillet. Leave 1 T fat in the pan adding more vegetable oil or draining fat if necessary. Sprinkle biscuit mix over sausage and mix in. Add 1 1/2 cups of milk to the pan and bring to boil. Add additional milk if necessary. Add salt and pepper to taste. We typically add just the pepper because the sausage usually has enough salt.

For the Biscuits
1 bag Becca's Bacon Biscuit mix
1/4 c butter or non-dairy spread
2/3 cups milk (Can substitute soy or unsweetened almond milk)
3 Eggs or equivalent prepared egg replacer

Prepare as directed. Scoop into large biscuits and bake 9-10 minutes


Pan of biscuits hot out of the oven. We use parchment paper for easy cleanup.

 

Close up of our biscuit.



Kirk's plate of biscuits and gravy. A little parsley over the top adds some freshness.


Add some scrambled eggs and breakfast is complete!

Even the cats want some this morning!

Have a great day!

Sunday, February 9, 2014

We Have a Launch Date

In the last post we talked about the website re-launch project we have been working on. After connecting with our web pro today we have decided on a re-launch date. The new BeccasGourmetGoodies.com will be live on February 15th. Check out our Facebook page for special discounts, give aways and gift certificate options throughout the next week!

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Sneak Peak - Our new website

We thought we would give everyone a sneak peak at the new design of our website. We will announce a launch date soon!


Wednesday, February 5, 2014

We've been quiet here but we've been busy!

So our blog has been quiet but we have been VERY busy.  We have been working on some great new projects that we will be telling you about in the coming weeks. Before we get to those we want to recap what we have been doing over the last couple of months.

 - Becca's Gourmet Goodies had a great holiday season this year. We loved the Cottage Nest Holiday Gift Mart and the Gulley Winter Festival along with our great indoor markets (Fort Collins Indoor Market, Cheyenne Winter Market and the Laramie Local Winter Market). We look forward to being back at these great events in 2014.

- We added more than 20 new products over the last couple of months with many new options in the works. We are continuing to develop more options based on customer requests.

- We took a big plunge and started the process to move into our own kitchen. We have been working with the Larimer County Health Department and the City of Wellington to finalize all of our plans and hope to open the new kitchen by the middle of March. While this will not be a retail location, we will be able to do more extensive catering and events.

- Speaking of retail partners.... We joined with some fantastic retail partners. We are currently at The Cupboard and The Fort Collins Food Co-op in Fort Collins. We also have some items at Big Hollow up in Laramie, Wyoming.

So what are we working on now?

The biggest project we currently have in the works is a complete redesign of www.BeccasGourmetGoodies.com. We believe that the most important thing about our website is that it be functional and interactive for our customers. This project meant new photography, an expansion of what our website offers and a cleaner shopping experience. We are currently in the beta testing phase and hope to announce a relaunch date within the next couple of days. We will announce a reward for the feedback when we announce the launch date.

We are still doing the Fort Collins Indoor Markets and we will be at the Cheyenne Winter Market in March. 

COTTAGE NEST HOLIDAY MARKET:

Monday, November 18, 2013

Updating our Blog - News and a general update

Good morning. Becca's Gourmet Goodies had a VERY busy summer and fall. As we are starting to head into the winter we wanted to provide some updates starting with our blog. Beginning in December we will be much more active on this blog as well as on our Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/BeccasGourmetGoodies).  The blog is going to be utilized for more detailed posts about what we are doing and where things are heading with us. We will also be doing some updated tips and recipes as well as providing more detailed order information.

We are actively working with a great website designer who is doing a complete website overhaul for us. We have spent a lot of time working on product development and it is time to upgrade our website to reflect Becca's Gourmet Goodies.

We also are moving forward on another project that we hope will give us a much larger variety of options. Once we finish crossing our t's and dotting our i's we will provide more details!

Friday, August 9, 2013

This Saturday we will be at the Larimer County Market from 8-12 and the Cheyenne Depot Market 7-12.

This Saturday we will be at the Larimer County Market from 8-12 and the Cheyenne Depot Market 7-12.

Featured Saturday:
Sweet peach bars made from C&R's latest crop, we will have samples while they last. We will have Caramel Chocolate Bars and Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars. We will have some new dairy free offerings as well. We are hoping to have some flavored caramels and new mixes as well.

This week's Returning Favorites Include:
Granolas: Apricot Walnut, Pear Walnut, Coconut Cashew, BlueBerry Cherry, Maple or Honey Vanilla Almond, Pistachio Cherry, Ginger Peach, Cranberry Almond

Farts: Sweet Crispy Meringue Cookies: Dragon –Cinnamon, Fairy – Cherry, Smurf – Raspberry, Unicorn – Vanilla, Goblin - Root Beer

Biscotti:
Wicked Good Brownie, Lemon White Chocolate, S’more, Vanilla Turtle, Chocolate Turtle, Vanilla Toffee Pecan, Dark Chocolate Pistachio Chip, Dark Chocolate Chili Cherry, Grasshopper, Salted Caramel, Lemon White Chocolate, Cinnamon Strusel and Vanilla Toffee Pecan.

Shortbreads:
Orange, Lemon, Pecan, Almond, Butter (Traditional)

Cookies and Bars:
Vanilla Sandwich Cookies – Small, Lemon Bars, Lime Bars, Chocolate Caramel Bars, Chocolate Coconut Macaroons, Cinnamon Almond Cookies, Honey Pecan and Chocolate Cherry Cookies

For Breakfast:
Chocolate Chip Pecan Breakfast Bread and Lemon Poppy Seed Breakfast Bread

Friday, July 26, 2013

Saturday Market and Introducing our savories!

We'll see you at both Saturday Fort Collins Markets tomorrow morning!

We'll be at the Larimer County Market from 8-12 and on Drake Road from 10-1!

We will have our Stuffed Sandwiches at the Larimer County Market only this week. We have been asked to come up with some lunch friendly and savory options for the booth. We are debuting options for lunches with some wrapped sandwiches and lunchbox sweets.

Ingredient update!
We have teamed up with another Colorado Proud vendor and will be using naturally pressed sunflower oil in place of canola oil in many of our recipes. It is a richer flavor, produced without solvents and healthier nutritional option appealed to us!

Featured today:
Sweet red raspberry bars and peach bars made from C&R's latest crop, we will have samples while they last. The Pear and Walnut Granola is back this week and we will have Caramel Chocolate Bars. We will have some new dairy free offerings as well. We will have our debut of Lemon Shortbread for our Saturday mornings.

This week's Returning Favorites Include:
Granolas: Apricot Walnut, Coconut Cashew, BlueBerry Cherry, Maple Vanilla Almond, Pistachio Cherry, Ginger Peach, Cranberry Almond

Farts: Sweet Crispy Meringue Cookies: Dragon –Cinnamon, Fairy – Cherry, Smurf – Raspberry, Unicorn – Vanilla, Goblin - Root Beer

Biscotti:
Wicked Good Brownie, Lemon White Chocolate, S’more, Vanilla Turtle, Chocolate Turtle, Vanilla Toffee Pecan, Dark Chocolate Pistachio Chip, Dark Chocolate Chili Cherry, Grasshopper, Salted Caramel, Lemon White Chocolate, Cinnamon Strusel and Vanilla Toffee Pecan.

Shortbreads:
Orange, Pecan, Almond, Butter (Traditional)

Cookies and Bars:
Vanilla Sandwich Cookies – Small, Lemon Bars, Lime Bars, Chocolate Caramel Bars, Chocolate Coconut Macaroons, Cinnamon Almond Cookies, Honey Pecan and Chocolate Cherry Cookies

For Breakfast:
Chocolate Chip Pecan Breakfast Bread and Lemon Poppy Seed Breakfast Bread