Sample the breakfast berry recipes from Anchorage Alaska bed and breakfasts.
Both wild and cultivated berries are big and plentiful this year. Anchorage had great weather the last week of May which is a deciding period for the berries. We have had lots of rain since then. In July we had double the average of rainfall and set a record for number of rainy days.
Here is a recipe from Alaskan Frontier Gardens for breakfast or desert:
Apple Berry Crunch Delight
3 Granny smith apples (pealed and cored)
1 cup Cranberries or mixed fruit
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cups white sugar
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup granola
1/4 cup almonds or pecans
1 cube butter
Mix additional 1/8 cup of flour with 1/8 cup of sugar (brown) with cinnamon
and nutmeg. Add apples and slowly turn.
Mix flour, sugar (white) and granola
Layer apple mixture to lightly greased pan (8x8) add half flour/sugar
mixture, add berries, layer remaining flour/sugar mixture
Top with cut pieces of cubed butter
Bake at 375 degrees for 50-55 minutes You may need to cover for last 10
minutes.
Here is another breakfast recipe from Camai Bed and Breakfast using blueberries:
Berry Breakfast Bread or Muffins
2 cups cooked steel-cut oats
½ cup uncooked rolled oats
1/3 cup melted butter
1/3 cup of applesauce
1 egg
1/3 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tbsp cinnamon
1 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cup blueberries fresh or frozen
¼ cup additional blueberries for topping
1/4 cup uncooked rolled oats
Preparation
Melt the butter and mix it in with the warm cooked oatmeal. Add the applesauce.
In a separate bowl, combine the egg and honey. Add it to the other wet ingredients.
Combine the sugar, cinnamon, flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a third bowl. Mix well and then add to the wet ingredients. Stir until all traces of the dry ingredients are gone (do not over mix).
Pour into loaf tin, or spoon into muffin tins (2/3-3/4 full). I was able to make 12 regular sized muffins.
Top with berries and raw oats. Bake at 350 F for 25-30 minutes.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Breakfast Recipes, Anchorage B&B
Here are some of the breakfast recipes of tasty dishes served at Teddy Bear Bed and Breakfast, Camai Bed and Breakfast, and Big Bear Bed and Breakfast this summer. Marge, Caroline and Carol invite you to enjoy them in your own home and hope that you will stay with us when you visit Anchorage, Alaska.
Grilled Croissants with Orange Carmel sauce
Recipe that Marge at Teddy Bear B&B serves
7 large eggs
1 1/2 cups half and half
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
8 butter croissants, sliced in half lengthwise
1/4 tsp grated nutmeg
2 tlbs unsalted butter
2 tbsp sugar
Orange Carmel Sauce
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup orange juice
CROISANTS PREPARATION
1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Set aside.
3. Melt butter in a skillet over med-high heat. Dip each croissant half in batter
until thoroughly soaked. Cook in the skilled until golded brown, 2-3 minutes on
each side. These can be kept warm in a 200 degrees F. oven.
ORANGE CARMEL SAUCE
1.Cook sugar in a sauce pan over medium heat until it begins to melt. Continue to
cook, stirring occasionally with a fork , until melted into a deep carmel.
2. Remove from heat and carefully pour the orange juice into the camel. Return to the heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved. Let cool to warm.
FINAL ASSEMBLY
1. Drizzle croissants with warm sauce and maple syrup. Makes 8 servings.
Camai Bed and Breakfast’s Quinoa a la Pinky is a great vegetarian recipe Caroline posted on her Camai Bed and Breakfast blog.
Alaskan Pioneer** Dorothy Cobb’s
Apple Cake
2 cups chopped raw apples
1 egg
1 cup sugar
¼ cup melted shortening
pinch of salt
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 scant teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup raisins or ½ cup raisins AND ½ cup chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 8X8 pan.
Put apples in a mixing bowl. Drop in the egg and mix. Add 1 cup sugar and mix.
Add shortening and mix. Add flour, cinnamon, soda, and baking powder. Mix. Add raisins and/or nuts. Mix.
Pour into prepared pan.
Bake 45 minutes.
This cake is unique in its older method of preparation. Notice you add an ingredient and mix. Then you add another ingredient and mix.
**Dorothy is a member of Pioneers of Alaska Igloo #4 where Carol at Big Bear met her and first tasted this wonderful cake.
We invite you to enjoy our other breakfast recipes and look forward to your comments and hope to see you soon in one of our Anchorage Bed and Breakfasts.
Grilled Croissants with Orange Carmel sauce
Recipe that Marge at Teddy Bear B&B serves
7 large eggs
1 1/2 cups half and half
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
8 butter croissants, sliced in half lengthwise
1/4 tsp grated nutmeg
2 tlbs unsalted butter
2 tbsp sugar
Orange Carmel Sauce
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup orange juice
CROISANTS PREPARATION
1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Set aside.
3. Melt butter in a skillet over med-high heat. Dip each croissant half in batter
until thoroughly soaked. Cook in the skilled until golded brown, 2-3 minutes on
each side. These can be kept warm in a 200 degrees F. oven.
ORANGE CARMEL SAUCE
1.Cook sugar in a sauce pan over medium heat until it begins to melt. Continue to
cook, stirring occasionally with a fork , until melted into a deep carmel.
2. Remove from heat and carefully pour the orange juice into the camel. Return to the heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved. Let cool to warm.
FINAL ASSEMBLY
1. Drizzle croissants with warm sauce and maple syrup. Makes 8 servings.
Camai Bed and Breakfast’s Quinoa a la Pinky is a great vegetarian recipe Caroline posted on her Camai Bed and Breakfast blog.
Alaskan Pioneer** Dorothy Cobb’s
Apple Cake
2 cups chopped raw apples
1 egg
1 cup sugar
¼ cup melted shortening
pinch of salt
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 scant teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup raisins or ½ cup raisins AND ½ cup chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 8X8 pan.
Put apples in a mixing bowl. Drop in the egg and mix. Add 1 cup sugar and mix.
Add shortening and mix. Add flour, cinnamon, soda, and baking powder. Mix. Add raisins and/or nuts. Mix.
Pour into prepared pan.
Bake 45 minutes.
This cake is unique in its older method of preparation. Notice you add an ingredient and mix. Then you add another ingredient and mix.
**Dorothy is a member of Pioneers of Alaska Igloo #4 where Carol at Big Bear met her and first tasted this wonderful cake.
We invite you to enjoy our other breakfast recipes and look forward to your comments and hope to see you soon in one of our Anchorage Bed and Breakfasts.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Anchorage Bed and Breakfasts, Summer Blooming Flowers
The pictures show Big Bear B&B’s entrance, as well as the front entrance to Teddy Bear B&B, Your Home Away from Home B&B, Alaskan Frontier Gardens B&B, and Camai Bed and Breakfast’s entrance. The other members of the Breakfast Club also have beautiful flowers at this time of year. It is fortunate that the members meet and share ideas/recipes during the winter months. This allows some time for us to work in our gardens. This time of year with all the sunshine always brings out the gorgeous flower displays.
We hope you will consider staying with one of us on your next trip to Anchorage, Alaska.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Anchorage, Alaska, 4th of July Activities
4th of July activities in Anchorage and Alaska abound! Happy 4th of July to all of you out there from the Sundbergs at Your Home Away from Home B&B in Anchorage, Alaska!
One of the fun activities we use to demonstrate our pride is fireworks. In Anchorage, Alaska we do the same. Except it is difficult in the "Land of the Midnight Sun" to actually see those fireworks. It is too light at midnight! Well, one of the family traditions that we have- is travel to Eagle River which is about a 15 minute drive north from Anchorage. They have their fireworks at midnight on the night of the 3rd. So for 15 years now we drive to Eagle River to a church that is directly across from the area that they shoot the fireworks. We get out our lawn chairs, warm jackets & umbrellas - just in case- and we have a front row seat to some beautiful & loud fireworks.
Today in downtown Anchorage there will be a parade. It is a small parade, but still fun. There are too many people that leave town for the weekend. If you were to drive around town today, you would wonder where all the people were. They are in Homer, Seward, Kenai, Soldotna, Sterling, Russian River. They are fishing, 4 wheeling, hiking, and just out enjoying Alaska. Mt. Marathon race attracts many to Seward on July 4.
Another tradition we have in our family, is too have a big BBQ party for our oldest daughter. She was born on the 4th of July 27 years ago today! When she was a little girl, she thought that everyone, everywhere was celebrating her birthday!
For those left in Anchorage, you will see many of them having a 4th of July BBQ.
We are having halibut from the Kenai River tonight. Yum!
Independence Day has long been a favorite of mine. I realize that many people do not stop to think about what this day is really about. But many do! I am very proud to be an American. Very proud of what our nation stands for. It often times brings tears to my eyes even thinking about the freedoms that we take so casually. I think of the many countries who would love to live in such freedom as we have. Many of those people come to America, and we welcome them with open arms. Wherever you are, I hope you are enjoying your day. Celebrate, if even for a moment, your freedom.
Happy 4th of July!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Anchorage B&B Breakfast recipe
Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club member, Summerset B&B's recipe for a sweet breakfast delight! Summerset B&B is located near the airport on the south side of Anchorage. The picture is of Camai Bed and Breakfast's Rhubarb Coffee Cake whose recipe is found on Camai's blog.
Streusel Blueberry Buckle
A homespun dessert that's so good, you'll bake it for breakfast, brunch, or picnics.
This recipe makes 9 servings and takes approximately 45 minutes.
Blueberry Buckle
2 cups of all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 egg
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
Streusel Topping
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 cup butter or margarine softened
Heat oven to 375 degrees. In large mixer bowl combine all blueberry buckle
ingredients except the blueberries. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until
well mixed (1 to 2 minutes). By hand, fold blueberries into batter. Spread into
greased and floured 9 inch square baking pan. In small bowl stir together all
streusel ingredients except butter. Cut in butter until crumbly; sprinkle over
batter. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes
out clean.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Rhubarb recipes
Here in Anchorage Alaska on the summer solstice rhubarb is growing like crazy. Many of the Anchorage Breakfast Club members have rhubarb and serve it to their guests.
The garden at Big Bear Bed and Breakfast is looking real nice with flowers in bloom; the Himalayan Blue Poppy is beautiful; and the blossoms for our fruit trees & berries are in abundance. We have blue, purple, yellow and pink flowers blooming all over in our front, side & back yards. Here are a couple rhubarb recipes Big Bear B&B would like to share.
RHUBARB DREAM BARS
1 1/4 c. flour, divided
1/3 c. confectioners sugar
1/2 c. butter or margarine
1 1/4 - 1 1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 cups finely chopped rhubarb
1/2 c. chopped walnuts
1/2 c. flaked coconut
In a bowl, combine 1 c. flour and confectioners sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly. Pat into lightly greased 13x9x2 baking dish. Bake 13 - 15 minutes at 350 degrees or until edges are lightly browned.
In a bowl combine the sugar and remaining 1/4 c. flour. Add eggs and mix well. Stir in rhubarb, walnuts and coconut; pour over crust. Bake 30 - 35 minutes or until set. Cool on wire rack. Cut into bars.
RHUBARB SAUCE
1 quart chopped rhubarb
1-1/4 cups water (amount needed varies w/ watering & spring or fall)
1-1/4 cups sugar (amount varies with type of rhubarb -red or green-& personal taste)
1/2 tsp. to 1 tsp. red food coloring (amount varies with red or green type rhubarb)
In stainless steel, enamel or teflon lined saucepan, combine rhubarb and water. Bring to boil; immediately reduce heat to simmer until tender, about 5 minutes. Add sugar and red food coloring into hot sauce stirring very gently until sugar dissolved. Try to keep some of the pieces from breaking up. Cool several hours or overnight so color and sugar is absorbed into rhubarb pieces.
Optional additions:
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup crushed pineapple
reduced sugar by 1/2 cup and add 1- 3 oz. package sugar free strawberry gelatin.
Caroline at Camai Bed and Breakfast also has posted a rhubarb recipe for Camai B&B Rhubarb Coffee Cake on her blog.
The garden at Big Bear Bed and Breakfast is looking real nice with flowers in bloom; the Himalayan Blue Poppy is beautiful; and the blossoms for our fruit trees & berries are in abundance. We have blue, purple, yellow and pink flowers blooming all over in our front, side & back yards. Here are a couple rhubarb recipes Big Bear B&B would like to share.
RHUBARB DREAM BARS
1 1/4 c. flour, divided
1/3 c. confectioners sugar
1/2 c. butter or margarine
1 1/4 - 1 1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 cups finely chopped rhubarb
1/2 c. chopped walnuts
1/2 c. flaked coconut
In a bowl, combine 1 c. flour and confectioners sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly. Pat into lightly greased 13x9x2 baking dish. Bake 13 - 15 minutes at 350 degrees or until edges are lightly browned.
In a bowl combine the sugar and remaining 1/4 c. flour. Add eggs and mix well. Stir in rhubarb, walnuts and coconut; pour over crust. Bake 30 - 35 minutes or until set. Cool on wire rack. Cut into bars.
RHUBARB SAUCE
1 quart chopped rhubarb
1-1/4 cups water (amount needed varies w/ watering & spring or fall)
1-1/4 cups sugar (amount varies with type of rhubarb -red or green-& personal taste)
1/2 tsp. to 1 tsp. red food coloring (amount varies with red or green type rhubarb)
In stainless steel, enamel or teflon lined saucepan, combine rhubarb and water. Bring to boil; immediately reduce heat to simmer until tender, about 5 minutes. Add sugar and red food coloring into hot sauce stirring very gently until sugar dissolved. Try to keep some of the pieces from breaking up. Cool several hours or overnight so color and sugar is absorbed into rhubarb pieces.
Optional additions:
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup crushed pineapple
reduced sugar by 1/2 cup and add 1- 3 oz. package sugar free strawberry gelatin.
Caroline at Camai Bed and Breakfast also has posted a rhubarb recipe for Camai B&B Rhubarb Coffee Cake on her blog.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Gardens and Anchorage Tour
WOW!! What beautiful weather in Anchorage, Alaska! Three weeks without rain, unusually warm weather,(up to 75 degrees F.) and daylight, 18 plus hours a day.... it must be spring/summer!! Last weekend was the BIG weekend to plant our annuals. The city of Anchorage is referred to as the City of flowers, or hanging baskets and the downtown area flowers are beautiful! We at the Teddy Bear Bed and Breakfast have just finished planting about 30 planters and baskets. Our "new" lawn, of two weeks, is coming up...just a green haze across the yard now, but promises to be beautiful. With all this sunshine and watering three times a day it won't take long.
With tourist season now in full swing we played tourist ourselves this past week. We took the Anchorage City Trolley Tours and found it a bargain at $15 dollars a person. The tour lasts about one hour and gives a lot of history of Anchorage as well.
Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club members are eager to help you enjoy the wonderful Anchorage gardens and all that Anchorage has to offer on your visit to Alaska!
With tourist season now in full swing we played tourist ourselves this past week. We took the Anchorage City Trolley Tours and found it a bargain at $15 dollars a person. The tour lasts about one hour and gives a lot of history of Anchorage as well.
Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club members are eager to help you enjoy the wonderful Anchorage gardens and all that Anchorage has to offer on your visit to Alaska!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Hanging Baskets
All over Anchorage we have beautiful baskets of flowers Something unique we have here is our greenhouses babysit our flower baskets for the winter. Every color and type of flowers.
WOW! What a display.
At Alaskan Frontier Gardens Bed and Breakfast every 3rd week in May Rita renst a U-haul and drives to Bell’s Nursery to pick up her forty baskets. Rope is strung across back and forth in the van to hang the five foot long baskets of flowers. This takes all afternoon since you have to place them on hooks around the outside of the B&B and several trips with the U-haul. All summer long it takes two hours a day to water the baskets and more time to water all the flower beds in the yard and the lawn.
Sounds like another part time job, but lots of enjoyment if you love flowers and the peacefulness of watering them.
WOW! What a display.
At Alaskan Frontier Gardens Bed and Breakfast every 3rd week in May Rita renst a U-haul and drives to Bell’s Nursery to pick up her forty baskets. Rope is strung across back and forth in the van to hang the five foot long baskets of flowers. This takes all afternoon since you have to place them on hooks around the outside of the B&B and several trips with the U-haul. All summer long it takes two hours a day to water the baskets and more time to water all the flower beds in the yard and the lawn.
Sounds like another part time job, but lots of enjoyment if you love flowers and the peacefulness of watering them.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Upgrades and Breakfast Recipe
Many of our Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club members have sent the past two weeks working on improvements to their B&Bs. Carol at Big Bear is having new carpet laid in the living room of the bed and breakfast while Marge and Ed at Teddy Bear Bed and Breakfast have upgraded the Teddy Roosevelt’s private bath as well as painted walls and shampooed carpets throughout the B&B. Caroline and Craig at Camai B&B are putting the finishing touches on their entirely new kitchen as well as replacing/upgrading light fixtures in the rooms. Sam at Calla House is working on revising her website and will has new pictures of her improvements. Rita at Alaskan Frontier Gardens is renovating her already exquisite Ivory Suite.
In all of this flurry of activity Kim at Summerset B&B has a delicious recipe to share.
Sausage Vegetable Frittata
5 eggs
1/4 c milk
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 (10 ounce) package skinless link sausage
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 small zucchini, sliced (about 1 cup)
1/2 c of shredded carrots
1/3 c sliced green onions with tops
3/4 c (6 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese
carrot curls (optional)
Whisk eggs in medium bowl; stir in milk, Parmesan cheese, oregano, and pepper. Set
aside. Cook sausage in large skillet over medium heat until browned, turning
occasionally. Drain off any drippings. Remove sausage from skillet and cut into
1/2 inch lengths. Melt butter in same skillet. Add zucchini, shredded carrots and
onions;cook and stir over medium heat until tender. Top with sausage, then Swiss
cheese. Pour egg mixture over vegetable mixture. Stir gently to combine. Cook,
without stirring, over low heat 8 to 10 minutes or until center is almost set.
Remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting into wedges;serve hot.
Garnish with carrot curls, if desired. Refrigerate leftovers. Makes 4 to 6
servings
We are ready to greet you and make your visit to Anchorage the best possible!
In all of this flurry of activity Kim at Summerset B&B has a delicious recipe to share.
Sausage Vegetable Frittata
5 eggs
1/4 c milk
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 (10 ounce) package skinless link sausage
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 small zucchini, sliced (about 1 cup)
1/2 c of shredded carrots
1/3 c sliced green onions with tops
3/4 c (6 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese
carrot curls (optional)
Whisk eggs in medium bowl; stir in milk, Parmesan cheese, oregano, and pepper. Set
aside. Cook sausage in large skillet over medium heat until browned, turning
occasionally. Drain off any drippings. Remove sausage from skillet and cut into
1/2 inch lengths. Melt butter in same skillet. Add zucchini, shredded carrots and
onions;cook and stir over medium heat until tender. Top with sausage, then Swiss
cheese. Pour egg mixture over vegetable mixture. Stir gently to combine. Cook,
without stirring, over low heat 8 to 10 minutes or until center is almost set.
Remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting into wedges;serve hot.
Garnish with carrot curls, if desired. Refrigerate leftovers. Makes 4 to 6
servings
We are ready to greet you and make your visit to Anchorage the best possible!
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Anchorage Symphony Orchestra
The Anchorage Symphony Orchestra’s 2009-2010 season is over. Last Saturday Sam (Calla House) attended the last of the season's performances of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra (ASO) at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. The concert featured the Harlem String Quartet who performed "Concerto for String Quartet and String Orchestra" (The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow). The piece was engaging with many surprise treatments of the Sleepy Hollow legend. It was a concert to be remembered.
Season Tickets are now on sale for the 2010-2011 Anchorage Symphony’s concerts. The Classic Concert Series opens on September 25 and features University of Alaska’s well-respected Timothy Smith, piano. The April 16 concert will include the Alaska Chamber Singers in Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony. On line there is a full listing of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra’s 2010-2011 Classic Concert Series.
Several of our Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club members are offering discounts for people who wish attend a concert and have a wonderful night’s stay at a bed and breakfast followed by a luscious breakfast the next morning. We suggest you make plans now by becoming a season subscriber to ASO’s series. To purchase season tickets by phone, call the Anchorage Symphony at (907) 274-8668.
Season Tickets are now on sale for the 2010-2011 Anchorage Symphony’s concerts. The Classic Concert Series opens on September 25 and features University of Alaska’s well-respected Timothy Smith, piano. The April 16 concert will include the Alaska Chamber Singers in Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony. On line there is a full listing of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra’s 2010-2011 Classic Concert Series.
Several of our Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club members are offering discounts for people who wish attend a concert and have a wonderful night’s stay at a bed and breakfast followed by a luscious breakfast the next morning. We suggest you make plans now by becoming a season subscriber to ASO’s series. To purchase season tickets by phone, call the Anchorage Symphony at (907) 274-8668.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Anchorage Alaska Trip Planning Tips
On the Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau web site you can find a list of FREE activities to do in Anchorage, Alaska.
Click on local events, then you will find current events, by the month (for a year), and on-going events. Two of the listings for free events in April 2010 are a lecture at the Alaska Zoo on walrus and the Alaska Women’s Show.
On this site you can also request a free Anchorage Visitors Guide. This site can be very helpful in planning your visit to Anchorage. Other sites to help you plan your Alaska vacation include both the Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast Association and the Bed and Breakfast Association of Alaska web sites.
The Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Clubbers hope to see you this summer. Let any one of us know how we may help in your Alaska trip planning.
Click on local events, then you will find current events, by the month (for a year), and on-going events. Two of the listings for free events in April 2010 are a lecture at the Alaska Zoo on walrus and the Alaska Women’s Show.
On this site you can also request a free Anchorage Visitors Guide. This site can be very helpful in planning your visit to Anchorage. Other sites to help you plan your Alaska vacation include both the Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast Association and the Bed and Breakfast Association of Alaska web sites.
The Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Clubbers hope to see you this summer. Let any one of us know how we may help in your Alaska trip planning.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club members always recommend visiting the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center to our guests. The museum is located at 625 C Street in downtown Anchorage.
Again this summer the museum will be offering the Alaska Culture Pass which includes admission to both the Anchorage Museum and the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Also included with the Alaska Culture Pass is a complimentary shuttle between the two. Parking is free at the Native Heritage Center but not free at the Anchorage Museum.
Permanent Exhibits at the Anchorage Museum include Anchorage 1910 – 1935 and Art of the North. Through April 25 the museum has Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination. Also on display through April 11 is the student Art Exhibition of Anchorage School District titled Landscape and Reflections.
Our summer bed and breakfast guests can see two special exhibits this summer: Bradford Washburn: Glories of the Greatland and Kiska and Adak: War in the Aleutians. The Washburn exhibit of black and white Alaska landscape photos is back by popular demand. The War in the Aleutians includes photos of remains from World War II and objects from the museum’s WW II collections.
I recommend that guests start their Anchorage Museum experience by visiting The Alaska Gallery located on the second floor. This gallery is devoted to telling Alaska’s history from the lifestyles of Alaska’s earliest people through the pipeline era.
Plan to conclude your visit by dining at Muse. Check out their lunch or their dinner menus then make a reservation.
Plan to spend at least a half day at the Anchorage Museum. If you buy the Culture Pass and decide to do both on the same day, it will be a full day. In past years use of the Culture Pass does not have to be done on the same day.
Again this summer the museum will be offering the Alaska Culture Pass which includes admission to both the Anchorage Museum and the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Also included with the Alaska Culture Pass is a complimentary shuttle between the two. Parking is free at the Native Heritage Center but not free at the Anchorage Museum.
Permanent Exhibits at the Anchorage Museum include Anchorage 1910 – 1935 and Art of the North. Through April 25 the museum has Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination. Also on display through April 11 is the student Art Exhibition of Anchorage School District titled Landscape and Reflections.
Our summer bed and breakfast guests can see two special exhibits this summer: Bradford Washburn: Glories of the Greatland and Kiska and Adak: War in the Aleutians. The Washburn exhibit of black and white Alaska landscape photos is back by popular demand. The War in the Aleutians includes photos of remains from World War II and objects from the museum’s WW II collections.
I recommend that guests start their Anchorage Museum experience by visiting The Alaska Gallery located on the second floor. This gallery is devoted to telling Alaska’s history from the lifestyles of Alaska’s earliest people through the pipeline era.
Plan to conclude your visit by dining at Muse. Check out their lunch or their dinner menus then make a reservation.
Plan to spend at least a half day at the Anchorage Museum. If you buy the Culture Pass and decide to do both on the same day, it will be a full day. In past years use of the Culture Pass does not have to be done on the same day.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Alaska Native Heritage Center
The Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage, Alaska, is a must see-and-experience gem for all--especially for our Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club guests. It is worth every bit of time and definitely worth the cost of entry.
I, Patti, (Your Home Away from Home Bed and Breakfast) attended the March 20th Multicultural Drumming & Dance Celebration program hosted at the Heritage Center. It included nine different dance & drum groups.
I was only able to see three of the groups. Wow, what fun and what a great cultural experience! There was a talented Alaska Native group from a village I do not remember and could not pronounce. They did many fun and energetic dances like the "Walrus" dance.
An Hispanic group called "Xochiquetzal-Tiquan" performed in absolutely gorgeous costumes. There were little tiny ones as young as two all the way up to their Moms. They did dances from many different states in Mexico.
The last group I saw was called "Kawanbe-Omowale". This group fashioned their music after South Africa. Now, you want to talk about energy!! The three women dancers had amazing talent. They danced hard and fast with smiles so big you could hardly keep from smiling yourselves. This group included two men and one woman drumming with such zeal you wanted to drum with them.
Many people from our Anchorage community and the South African group from Phoenix were in attendance. All enjoyed this day of cultural sharing.
When the Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club's summer guests visit the Alaska Native Heritage Center, they will not have the opportunity to see this multi-culture dance program, but the many cultures of Alaska represented. This is a beautiful facility and a thrilling way to see the many peoples and cultures of Alaska.
I, Patti, (Your Home Away from Home Bed and Breakfast) attended the March 20th Multicultural Drumming & Dance Celebration program hosted at the Heritage Center. It included nine different dance & drum groups.
I was only able to see three of the groups. Wow, what fun and what a great cultural experience! There was a talented Alaska Native group from a village I do not remember and could not pronounce. They did many fun and energetic dances like the "Walrus" dance.
An Hispanic group called "Xochiquetzal-Tiquan" performed in absolutely gorgeous costumes. There were little tiny ones as young as two all the way up to their Moms. They did dances from many different states in Mexico.
The last group I saw was called "Kawanbe-Omowale". This group fashioned their music after South Africa. Now, you want to talk about energy!! The three women dancers had amazing talent. They danced hard and fast with smiles so big you could hardly keep from smiling yourselves. This group included two men and one woman drumming with such zeal you wanted to drum with them.
Many people from our Anchorage community and the South African group from Phoenix were in attendance. All enjoyed this day of cultural sharing.
When the Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club's summer guests visit the Alaska Native Heritage Center, they will not have the opportunity to see this multi-culture dance program, but the many cultures of Alaska represented. This is a beautiful facility and a thrilling way to see the many peoples and cultures of Alaska.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Blueberry Gingerbread Coffee Cake Recipe
It has been a welcome challenge for each of us in the Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast Club to try new breakfast recipes on our regular and our long term winter guests this past winter. Carol Ross at Big Bear B&B has found and developed the Blueberry Gingerbread Coffee Cake recipe below. It is a great winter treat.
Blueberry Gingerbread Coffee Cake
350 deg. 40 min. 9x13 pan
½ c crisco
1 c sugar
1 egg
3 T molasses
1 c buttermilk
1 t soda
2 c flour
½ t ginger
½ t salt
1 t cinnamon
1 ½ c blueberries
Cream sugar, shortening & egg. Combine flour, ginger, cinnamon, soda & salt. Combine buttermilk & molasses & add alternately w/ flour mixture into cream mixture.
If blueberries are frozen coat w/ mixture of 1 T flour & 1 T sugar, then gently fold into batter. Don’t over mix after combine. Spray 9”x13” pan with non-stick spray and add batter to pan. Sprinkle with oatmeal crisp topping. Bake 40 minutes or until tooth pick in center comes out clean.
Oatmeal Crisp Topping
½ c sugar
½ c flour
½ c quick oats
½ c old fashioned oats
½ t cinnamon
½ cube cold butter, cut into small pieces
½ c walnuts chopped
Combine all dry ingredients except walnuts, cut in butter with pastry blender till crumbly and mix in walnuts.
Blueberry Gingerbread Coffee Cake
350 deg. 40 min. 9x13 pan
½ c crisco
1 c sugar
1 egg
3 T molasses
1 c buttermilk
1 t soda
2 c flour
½ t ginger
½ t salt
1 t cinnamon
1 ½ c blueberries
Cream sugar, shortening & egg. Combine flour, ginger, cinnamon, soda & salt. Combine buttermilk & molasses & add alternately w/ flour mixture into cream mixture.
If blueberries are frozen coat w/ mixture of 1 T flour & 1 T sugar, then gently fold into batter. Don’t over mix after combine. Spray 9”x13” pan with non-stick spray and add batter to pan. Sprinkle with oatmeal crisp topping. Bake 40 minutes or until tooth pick in center comes out clean.
Oatmeal Crisp Topping
½ c sugar
½ c flour
½ c quick oats
½ c old fashioned oats
½ t cinnamon
½ cube cold butter, cut into small pieces
½ c walnuts chopped
Combine all dry ingredients except walnuts, cut in butter with pastry blender till crumbly and mix in walnuts.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Anchorage Alaska Outdoor Activities
Anchorage Alaska has a weekend packed full of outdoor activities for all of us including our Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club guests.
Saturday was the ceremonial start of the 38th Iditarod Dog Sled Race from Anchorage to Nome with 72 mushers of which 22 are Rookies (first time.) Alaska's Great Last Race is more than 1000 miles long.
The dogs are checked before and during the race from feet to teeth along with the heart to make sure they are healthy and fit. This year's mushers are from Jamaica, South Africa, Scotland, Belgium, Canada, the lower 48 states and of course Alaska. It is a dream for people all over the world to race in Alaska. One of Rita's (Alaskan Frontier Gardens B&B) guests was in the ceremonial start after successfully bidding to ride in the sled of Karen Ramstead. Karen uses all Siberian huskies.
Keep up with the race online
Sunday is the Tour of Anchorage cross country ski marathon race which is 4 distinct races: a 25k classical race, 25k, 40k and 50k freestyle. Races start in waves with the faster skiers in the first wave. Rita has four racers from France staying at her B&B for a week taking in some of Alaska before the race. This is another race where people from all over the world come to participate. Rita's French guests did a cross country ski tour in Quebec, Wisconsin and now Alaska.
It has been a fun week to be a hostess giving out Alaskan hospitality to people enjoying our Alaskan outdoor sports.
Saturday was the ceremonial start of the 38th Iditarod Dog Sled Race from Anchorage to Nome with 72 mushers of which 22 are Rookies (first time.) Alaska's Great Last Race is more than 1000 miles long.
The dogs are checked before and during the race from feet to teeth along with the heart to make sure they are healthy and fit. This year's mushers are from Jamaica, South Africa, Scotland, Belgium, Canada, the lower 48 states and of course Alaska. It is a dream for people all over the world to race in Alaska. One of Rita's (Alaskan Frontier Gardens B&B) guests was in the ceremonial start after successfully bidding to ride in the sled of Karen Ramstead. Karen uses all Siberian huskies.
Keep up with the race online
Sunday is the Tour of Anchorage cross country ski marathon race which is 4 distinct races: a 25k classical race, 25k, 40k and 50k freestyle. Races start in waves with the faster skiers in the first wave. Rita has four racers from France staying at her B&B for a week taking in some of Alaska before the race. This is another race where people from all over the world come to participate. Rita's French guests did a cross country ski tour in Quebec, Wisconsin and now Alaska.
It has been a fun week to be a hostess giving out Alaskan hospitality to people enjoying our Alaskan outdoor sports.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Anchorage Alaska Arts
The Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast Club’s members are interested in the arts programs which are abundant in Anchorage. On March 2nd, 2010 the Anchorage Youth Symphony performed at the Performing Arts Center. There was a wide variety of types of music presented by the Sixth Grade Honors Orchestra, Junior Youth Symphony, and Youth Symphony. It was a lovely evening. Sam’s (Calla House) daughter being one of the performers might slant this her written opinion somewhat; however, everyone else seemed to enjoy themselves as well. Caroline’s (Camai B&B) adult daughter is an alumnus of the Anchorage Youth Symphony.
The Anchorage Youth Symphony’s final concert of this season is April 27 at 7 PM in the Discovery Theatre, Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets can be purchased online.
Anchorage also has the Anchorage Symphony. The Anchorage Symphony offers two more programs this season. On March 27 the Anchorage Symphony will feature a Peter Maxwell Davies piece for orchestra with bagpipe solo. Also on the program is Ravel’s Concerto for Piano in G. Guest pianist Chu-Fang Huang will be featured. This program will conclude with Schubert’s Symphony No. 9.
The last concert of the year for the Anchorage Symphony will be April 17.
Tickets to the Anchorage Symphony can be purchased online.
Some of the Anchorage Breakfast Club members offer special rates for guests attending the symphony. Please inquire.
The Anchorage Youth Symphony’s final concert of this season is April 27 at 7 PM in the Discovery Theatre, Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets can be purchased online.
Anchorage also has the Anchorage Symphony. The Anchorage Symphony offers two more programs this season. On March 27 the Anchorage Symphony will feature a Peter Maxwell Davies piece for orchestra with bagpipe solo. Also on the program is Ravel’s Concerto for Piano in G. Guest pianist Chu-Fang Huang will be featured. This program will conclude with Schubert’s Symphony No. 9.
The last concert of the year for the Anchorage Symphony will be April 17.
Tickets to the Anchorage Symphony can be purchased online.
Some of the Anchorage Breakfast Club members offer special rates for guests attending the symphony. Please inquire.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Anchorage Alaska Fur Rendezvous
Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast Club members like to share information on upcoming events that our guests would enjoy on their visit to Anchorage. The Anchorage Fur Rendezvous begins February 26 and continues through March 7 of this year. The Fur Rondy is a great way to get out of our houses and enjoy our winter.
The Fur Rondy is a tradition that dates back to the early 1900s when trappers and miners emerged from the Alaska wilderness to trade, socialize and compete in survival-type games.
This year’s ten-day celebration includes a family friendly melodrama (Pirates of the Aleutians: Saloon Girls Gone Wild!), Alaska Native tribal gatherings, World Champion Sled Dog Races, craft markets, the Miners & Trappers Bill, and fur auction. Other events include snowshoe softball tournament, outhouse races, ice bowling and the newly popular Running with the Reindeer—Pamplona style.
Several of our members are close to Downtown, including Big Bear B&B, Camai B&B, Your Home Away From Home B&B and Calla House B&B.
The Fur Rondy is a tradition that dates back to the early 1900s when trappers and miners emerged from the Alaska wilderness to trade, socialize and compete in survival-type games.
This year’s ten-day celebration includes a family friendly melodrama (Pirates of the Aleutians: Saloon Girls Gone Wild!), Alaska Native tribal gatherings, World Champion Sled Dog Races, craft markets, the Miners & Trappers Bill, and fur auction. Other events include snowshoe softball tournament, outhouse races, ice bowling and the newly popular Running with the Reindeer—Pamplona style.
Several of our members are close to Downtown, including Big Bear B&B, Camai B&B, Your Home Away From Home B&B and Calla House B&B.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Anchorage B&B Club waffle recipe
The Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast Club members enjoy sharing recipes such as this waffle recipe with their guests. This waffle recipe was shared with Marge at the Teddy Bear House from Lynn's Pine Point B&B which is now closed. Marge has been preparing this recipe and pleasing her guests with it for about 15 years.
Norwegian Sour Cream Waffles with Apple Pecan Topping (serves 4)
2 cups sour cream
2 fresh eggs
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
½ teaspoon ground cardamom
3 tablespoons water
In a large bowl beat sour cream until fluffy. In a separate bowl beat eggs until light, combine with sour cream and beat again. Sift dry ingredients, fold into sour cream/egg mixture-add water. Bake according to waffelmaker directions. Serve with maple syrup and (or) apple pecan topping.
Apple Pecan Topping
2 tablespoons butter
¼ cup brown sugar
2 large apples cored and sliced ( granny smith)
¼ cup chopped pecans
½ teaspoon cinnamon
In skillet melt butter and brown sugar. Add apples, cinnamon and pecans. Cook until apples are tender- about 3-4 minutes. Keep warm.
We hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we have. We have several other recipes on our website.
Norwegian Sour Cream Waffles with Apple Pecan Topping (serves 4)
2 cups sour cream
2 fresh eggs
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
½ teaspoon ground cardamom
3 tablespoons water
In a large bowl beat sour cream until fluffy. In a separate bowl beat eggs until light, combine with sour cream and beat again. Sift dry ingredients, fold into sour cream/egg mixture-add water. Bake according to waffelmaker directions. Serve with maple syrup and (or) apple pecan topping.
Apple Pecan Topping
2 tablespoons butter
¼ cup brown sugar
2 large apples cored and sliced ( granny smith)
¼ cup chopped pecans
½ teaspoon cinnamon
In skillet melt butter and brown sugar. Add apples, cinnamon and pecans. Cook until apples are tender- about 3-4 minutes. Keep warm.
We hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we have. We have several other recipes on our website.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club recipe
The Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast Club met and enjoyed several new breakfast dishes. Memebers attending this February meeting were Big Bear B&B,Calla House, Your Home Away from Home B&B, Teddy Bear B&B, Alaskan Frontier Gardens B&B, and Camai B&B. Summerset B&B's owner is in Viet Nam working. Last year she helped build a home for an older woman.
The recipe was shared with Caroline at Camai Bed and Breakfast from Heather Swanson, a friend in Juneau, Alaska. The recipe is
Stuffed Biscuits
Ingredients:
1 tube of jumbo flaky biscuits
4 eggs
1 tbs half and half
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup cooked sliced mushrooms
3/4 cup Mexican mix of shredded cheese
1 tbs. dried minced onions
1/2 cup crumbled cooked bacon
1/4 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 350.
Spray muffin tin with Pam.
Whisk eggs, half and half, salt, dried onions.
Add cooked bacon.
Split each of the eight biscuits in half. Put bottom half in muffin tin. Press each to form "cup" in tin. Set aside top half.
Into each "cup" layer in order:
few cup of pieces of tomato
pinch of cheese
1 tbs. egg/bacon mixture
few more pieces of tomato
another pinch of cheese
Seal each "cup" with top half of biscuit.
Bake 17-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool 2-3 minutes.
These can be cooked the night before and warmed in the morning.
Make them at home or enjoy them at an Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast Club member's bed and breakfast!
The recipe was shared with Caroline at Camai Bed and Breakfast from Heather Swanson, a friend in Juneau, Alaska. The recipe is
Stuffed Biscuits
Ingredients:
1 tube of jumbo flaky biscuits
4 eggs
1 tbs half and half
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup cooked sliced mushrooms
3/4 cup Mexican mix of shredded cheese
1 tbs. dried minced onions
1/2 cup crumbled cooked bacon
1/4 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 350.
Spray muffin tin with Pam.
Whisk eggs, half and half, salt, dried onions.
Add cooked bacon.
Split each of the eight biscuits in half. Put bottom half in muffin tin. Press each to form "cup" in tin. Set aside top half.
Into each "cup" layer in order:
few cup of pieces of tomato
pinch of cheese
1 tbs. egg/bacon mixture
few more pieces of tomato
another pinch of cheese
Seal each "cup" with top half of biscuit.
Bake 17-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool 2-3 minutes.
These can be cooked the night before and warmed in the morning.
Make them at home or enjoy them at an Anchorage Alaska Bed and Breakfast Club member's bed and breakfast!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club February Meeting
In honor of Valentine's Day, Anchorage Bed and Breakfast Club's members will meet at Camai Bed and Breakfast this Saturday. During our winter meetings we like to share and try new recipes. Mostly we enjoy having fun together and talking about ways to improve our bed and breakfasts while helping each other.
Along the fun lines we have molded glycerin bathroom soaps for our business. Carol at Big Bear Bed and Breakfast now uses a mold her husband cut to make Big Bear soaps. One spring we took a road trip to Homer. That was one long weekend pajama party complete with a great view of the Homer Spit. We love sharing breakfast recipes. At our December meeting Marge at Teddy Bear Bed and Breakfast gave each of us a booklet of brunch recipes. Marge prepared several of them for us to enjoy.
Mostly we enjoy helping one another make each of our Anchorage Bed and Breakfasts the best it can be for our guests.
Along the fun lines we have molded glycerin bathroom soaps for our business. Carol at Big Bear Bed and Breakfast now uses a mold her husband cut to make Big Bear soaps. One spring we took a road trip to Homer. That was one long weekend pajama party complete with a great view of the Homer Spit. We love sharing breakfast recipes. At our December meeting Marge at Teddy Bear Bed and Breakfast gave each of us a booklet of brunch recipes. Marge prepared several of them for us to enjoy.
Mostly we enjoy helping one another make each of our Anchorage Bed and Breakfasts the best it can be for our guests.
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