Brian T. Marquis

All Recipes/ Autumn/ Comfort Food/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert/ Thanksgiving

Apple Cider Doughnut Loaf Cake

November 22, 2021

This apple cider doughnut loaf cake hits all the right notes. It’s not too difficult to make, it’s warm and spicy, has just the right amount of sweetness, and every bite screams ‘HELLO AUTUMN!’ Liam helped me bake this one. When I asked him what he wanted to bake, he said, “Let’s make pumpkin pie.” So proud that pumpkin pie was his first choice. When I said we were going to…

November 22, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Celebrations/ Lunch and Dinner/ Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving Menu

November 19, 2021

Ready, set, cook! If you’re gathering with family next week and making a bunch of food, or cooking all your favorites for yourself, you’ve come to the right place. Fatima loves cooking for others and finds cleaning therapeutic, which makes the time off around Thanksgiving one of her favorite times of the year. If your family is like ours, you have carnivores, vegetarians, pescatarians, and/or vegans who might join us…

November 19, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Lunch and Dinner

Fried Chicken Tacos with Garlic Ranch Sauce

November 17, 2021

In our house, we’re down for tacos wherever, whenever. Taco Monday, Taco Tuesday, Taco Wednesday, Taco any day! We’ve made fish, chicken, vegetables, you name it. On our journey to change up our tacos, we fried up some chicken and drizzled a luscious garlic ranch sauce all over them. They were a hit. We even just purchased a new book, Dragons Love Tacos, for Liam. It’s now one of my favorite books…

November 17, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Healthy Living/ Lunch and Dinner/ Thanksgiving/ Vegetarian

Roasted Salmon and Vegetables

November 15, 2021

Every once in a while, we just get sucked into one channel for a few weeks. A little over a year ago, we were watching Food Network all the time. The last time we did that was during my entire parental leave with Liam. One day, I was watching GZ make a really delicious-looking meal on the Food Network. GZ was making a one-pan roasted salmon and vegetable dinner. The…

November 15, 2021 By Brian

DIY/ Side Dishes

DIY Kitchen Stool Helper

November 5, 2021

Our son has always been fascinated with how we make food. His favorite book, Stir Crack Whisk Bake, gets him involved in making cupcakes. From measuring to pouring to setting the timer, the book is very interactive. When he’s in the kitchen with us, Liam loves to help measure and then sets up the timer via Alexa. I love that he loves to participate, but he needed a more stable set…

November 5, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Autumn/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Side Dishes

Holiday Baking Essentials

November 3, 2021

The most wonderful time of the year is here: Fall baking season. Pumpkin bread, apple pie, muffins, banana loaves, sweet potato pies, and all sorts of holiday treats to come. These are some of my favorite holiday baking essentials to get you through all the holidays from fall to New Years. Gadgets and Gizmos Pie dish – What is fall without a pie? Pumpkin, Apple, and Sweet Potato are our go-to…

November 3, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Celebrations/ DIY/ Family Fun/ Halloween/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

Halloween 2021

October 31, 2021

I blinked and now it’s Halloween. This year’s Halloween costume goes underwater and focused on something that’s both mystical and haunting. The leaves are a little underwhelming this year, but there have been some great pockets of color in and around the city and the Hudson Valley. Last weekend, we hiked upstate to a farm we visted last year, DuBois Farms. They have THE BEST apple cider donuts. Yes, more…

October 31, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Breakfast and Brunch

English Muffins

October 20, 2021

My go-to breakfast post-Peloton class is an egg sandwich on an English muffin. It’s usually something I make right before I log on for work, so I go for quick and simple: an over-easy egg with a drizzle of sriracha. Up until now, I’ve been buying so many English muffins. I might be keeping Thomas’ afloat. To try to save a little money, I decided to try and make these.…

October 20, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Autumn/ Comfort Food/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert

Apple Butter Bars

October 13, 2021

It took me a whole year, but I’m finally writing about these apple butter bars. Finally getting around to this involved me being able to make them again. They are delicious. Unfortunately, I followed the directions and greased the pan. However, the entire sheet of apple butter bars glued itself to the pan. I should have used parchment paper like the first time. Hence the floppy mound instead of cute…

October 13, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Autumn/ DIY/ Family Fun/ Parenting/ Side Dishes

DIY Pumpkin Pillows

October 6, 2021

It would not be a proper fall on the blog unless there were two new posts: a fall dessert and a DIY project. The fall dessert is on the way, but here’s the DIY project. These DIY pumpkin pillows are inspired by Pottery Barn’s Halloween 2021 collection. Over the summer, Pottery Barn released their Halloween collection. Two pillows caught my eye: a ghost pillow and a jack-o-lantern pillow. I wavered…

October 6, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Lunch and Dinner

Buffalo Chicken Wraps

October 5, 2021

Fatima and I don’t like lunch. We tolerate it rather than celebrate it. I really can’t explain why, but it’s more about having to make a decision about what to eat. However, in this pandemic, we’ve been spicing up lunch and one day, Fatima decided to make us some buffalo chicken wraps. When we were commuting to work, I’d be in charge of making lunch. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches…

October 5, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Autumn/ Breakfast and Brunch/ Celebrations/ Comfort Food

Blueberry Muffins

September 29, 2021

Nothing says, ‘hello fall’, more than a fresh baked muffin on a Saturday morning. Well, maybe a hot apple cider donut being eaten at a pumpkin patch in your flannel shirt would say it more? But why was it so difficult to find a delicious recipe for blueberry muffins? It took me three tries. THREE. The first two recipes looked good. However, they turned out crumbly, dry, and bland. That…

September 29, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Lunch and Dinner

Lasagna Rolls

September 2, 2021

Here’s a new way to make Lasagna. Make a near perfect (over?) portion by rolling it up, layering with cheese and baking. No need to cut into squares or make a mess. Easy to make, easy to cook, and you’ll be able to have your guest full in no time. For these lasagna rolls, we used the sweet pepper sauce we featured last week. These were an accidental surprise. I…

September 2, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Dad Bakes Cookies/ Dessert

Double Chocolate Levain Cookies

July 13, 2021

I love chocolate, but I’m not a fan of chocolate ice cream, cookies, cake, etc. Liquid chocolate, chocolate chips, chocolate candy is more my jam. However, I don’t mind a bite of chocolate cookies or cake when I get the chance. The picture of these double chocolate Levain cookies sold me. I find baking anything chocolate is hard. Unlike a yellow or lighter shade of cake/cookies, you can’t see the…

July 13, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Cooking Through Full Plate/ Lunch and Dinner/ Side Dishes

Hot Honey Fried Chicken Sandwiches: Cooking Through Full Plate

July 7, 2021

Since we made these hot honey fried chicken sandwiches back in April, we’ve made them once a month. Is it the hot honey glaze, the mayo, the pickles, or the fried chicken that makes this so good? Yes. There’s a restaurant we love called The Shady Lady. They have one of the best chicken sandwiches in Queens. The bread is perfect, the chicken is fried to perfection, and the sriracha…

July 7, 2021 By Brian

All Recipes/ Comfort Food/ Cooking Through Full Plate/ Lunch and Dinner/ Side Dishes

In-N-Out Special Sauce

July 6, 2021

Give your burgers an upgrade with In-N-Out sauce. This special sauce is super simple to make and all you need is five ingredients. Lilies and Loafers has affiliate relationships, so we may get a small share of revenue from your purchases. Items are sold by the retailer, not by Lilies and Loafers. At Christmas, we recieved Ayesha Curry’s cookbook, The Full Plate. We hadn’t picked through until a few months…

July 6, 2021 By Brian

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