Baked Blueberry-Stuffed French Toast

We are two moms on a mission and of course we love Mother's Day. It always makes us think of breakfast (in bed optional). ​This recipe, submitted by Linda, a "Jersey Girl turned Maine-iac" is perfect for celebrating mom's day or for entertaining any brunch day.

It comes together in minutes the night before.

Arrange bread in bottom of 8 X 8 baking dish.​

​Top with cream cheese and blueberries.

Then add another layer of bread.​

​Top with egg mixture. Refrigerate overnight, then bake.

​Just out of the oven you can already tell it's bursting with flavor. We may have taste-tested this recipe with mom's day in mind, but it was a huge winner with the men in our lives. It is truly rich and delicious!  The complete recipe will appear in the Savoring the Shore fundraising cookbook. All proceeds go to NJ Sandy relief. Please submit your recipe today by email to savoringtheshore@gmail.com. Thank you in advance for participating. And to all of the moms out there (and the dads and kids who love to make breakfast for them), Happy Mother's Day!

White Sangria

Many thanks to Chef Marilyn Schlossbach of Langosta Lounge in Asbury Park, Labrador Lounge in Normandy Beach, and more, for the fruit-packed recipe for White Sangria that she has shared with the Savoring the Shore fundraising cookbook. This tasty libation is a fun celebration drink--for celebrating spring, the weekend, or the "re-birth" of the Langosta Lounge after much post-Sandy repair (official celebration Friday night May 10, tickets available at Dauphin Grille in Asbury Park). 

Chef Marilyn's White Sangria recipe combines white and rose wines, fruit juices and liquor, and a wonderful abundance of fruit. The taste is fresh and grown up--most definitely not your Mama's "fruit cocktail"! The complete recipe will appear in the Savoring the Shore cookbook to benefit NJ Sandy relief. Chefs and home cooks, please share your recipes today. Just email to savoringtheshore@gmail. com and stay tuned here and on Facebook and Twitter for updates. Thank you in advance for your participation!

St. Joseph's Day Pastry

We are so grateful to Joe Leone's for submitting two recipes for publication in the Savoring the Shore fundraising cookbook to benefit NJ Sandy relief. The second of these is the yummy dare we say slightly decadent St. Joseph's Day Pastry pictured below. Joe explains these cruller pastries are usually enjoyed during the feast days for St. Joseph, the second of which celebrates St. Joseph the Worker on May 1. Since this week also marks six months since the work began to clean up after Hurricane Sandy, we are celebrating all of the workers who have spent countless hours the last six months rebuilding the NJ shore.

Joe Leone's St. Joseph's Day Pastry is a doughnut shaped pastry filled with luscious vanilla custard and topped with a cherry. The complete recipe will appear in the Savoring the Shore cookbook. Chefs and home cooks, please take a minute today to email your recipe to savoringtheshore@gmail.com. All proceeds will go to NJ Sandy relief. Thank you in advance for your participation!​

Happy Earth Day--WGirls Seashore Surprise!

Happy Earth Day! We love all of the emphasis on greenery today and are thrilled that the chives are up in our herb garden. Yay! At the NJ Shore, though, there is something else that we are grateful for: Mother Earth's beautiful, golden sand. As any know who have been to the shore since Superstorm Sandy, we need to add a very quick disclaimer here. We especially love sand on the shoreline (not in our intersections, crawlspaces and garages if we are lucky enough to still have these). On the shoreline, though, sand provides fresh air playgrounds and all-important protective dunes. We recently received a recipe that is perfect for celebrating the NJ shore's sand, and it's also a dessert that kids are sure to love!

The Seashore Surprise is a tasty trifle featuring layers of yummy vanilla pudding and ​graham cracker crumbs. It's decorated with Swedish fish, or your favorite seashore motif candy. It comes together in minutes and is a family-friendly recipe that the kids can help make.  The complete recipe will appear in the Savoring the Shore fundraising cookbook to benefit NJ shore Sandy relief.

​The WGirls Coastal NJ who submitted "Seashore Surprise" are a charitable organization who provide women and children from NJ shore area communities with assistance in times of crisis. We love that they have submitted as a group and encourage other groups to do the same!  Please email recipes to savoringtheshore@gmail.com.  Thank you for participating!

Pork Loin Roulade with Mushroom, Spinach and Jack Daniel Cream Sauce and Smashed Roasted Garlic Potato

This beautiful and flavorful recipe is from Chef Barret Beyer of Hell's Kitchen's current season on Fox TV, Tuesday nights at 8 PM.

The tender pork is topped with a mixture of gently sauteed mushrooms and spinach flecked with pine nuts. It is rolled, baked, sliced and served over smashed potatoes bright with roasted garlic.  The piece de resistance is the sauce, rich with heavy cream and Jack Daniels. We are most definitely ready for dinner! The complete recipe will appear in the Savoring the Shore fundraising cookbook to benefit Sandy relief. Chefs and home cooks, please join Chef Barret in submitting your recipe using the form on this site or by simply emailing to savoringtheshore@gmail.com. Thank you in advance for participating!

Where Fun Meets Yum, Mystery Cake

This very rich, moist cake is a childhood favorite recipe submitted by a shore lover who lives in Summit.

Everything for the batter, including the secret "mystery" ingredient, gets stirred up by hand in one bowl. We baked in an 8 X 8 but it can also be baked in a loaf pan. While it bakes, whip up the simple cream cheese frosting.

​We followed Clinton and Mario's advice from The Chew and took a bite (and of course dropped a crumb) before we took the finished pic--but who wanted to wait anyway? This cake is so flavorful, rich and moist it tastes like the cake Grandma used to make before mixes were invented. The complete recipe will appear in the Savoring the Shore cookbook to benefit Sandy relief. Chefs and home cooks, please join Joe Leone, three Hell's Kitchen chefs, Carmine's Atlantic City, and more, and email your recipe to savoringtheshore@gmail.com today. Thank you in advance for participating!

Lobster Mac and Cheese

Thank you to Kelly Ryan of the Boondocks Fishery in Red Bank for sharing her creamy and delicious macaroni and cheese with fresh lobster recipe (our mouths are watering even as we write this). It will be published in the Savoring the Shore cookbook to benefit NJ Sandy relief. The Boondocks Fishery was gutted by Sandy and hopes to reopen on May 15. There is a fundraiser for them on April 11 from 6 to 9 pm at the Oyster Point Hotel in Red Bank. The event will showcase a number of local chefs from the Red Bank area. Tickets are available through April 10 online at http://allhandsondecknj.eventbrite.com/#. Chefs and home cooks are invited to submit recipes to the Savoring the Shore fundraising cookbook by using the form on this blog or by emailing a recipe to savoringtheshore@gmail.com. All proceeds will benefit NJ Sandy relief. Thank you in advance for participating!

Chicken Lil' Lil' Dom

Thank you to Chef Dominic Bossone of the Squan Tavern for sharing this flavorful recipe featuring artichoke hearts and chicken cutlets dressed in fresh butter and herbs. First saute the cutlets in butter until just cooked through then remove from the pan. Add the artichoke hearts and herbs, some chicken stock and a splash of white wine. Serve over the pasta of your choice. Delicioso!

The complete recipe will appear in the Savoring the Shore cookbook to benefit NJ shore Sandy relief. Home cooks and chefs are invited to submit recipes and optional shore memories and photos using the submission form on this blog or by just emailing to savoringtheshore@gmail.com. Thank you in advance for participating!​

Saltine Toffee Cookies

These little goodies have been known to try to day sail around Barnegat Bay although submitter Betsy says they don't usually make it very far before being gobbled up. With only four more ingredients on a saltine cracker base, they are quick to make and quicker to disappear.

​Melt butter and brown sugar together.

Pour over a layer of saltine crackers and spread to the edges.

​Bake, then frost with melting chocolate chips and sprinkle with chopped pecans. Cool before you eat. (We did not find this part to be easy.) Sweet!

The complete recipe will be in the Savoring the Shore cookbook to benefit NJ Sandy relief. We're seeking recipes from all shore lovers--home cooks and chefs. Please submit by using the form on this blog or by emailing a recipe to savoringtheshore@gmail.com. We're loving shore memory submissions too. Thank you in advance for participating!

Insalata di Arance

Thank you to Joe Leone for sharing this favorite recipe for St. Joseph's feast days on March 16 and May 1. This salad is brimming with the flavors of blood oranges, red onion, and cured black olives tossed with baby arugula and dressed with olive oil and a bit of seasoning. ​What a wonderful way to welcome spring on the calendar anyway! This recipe will appear in the upcoming Savoring the Shore cookbook. All shore lovers--home cooks and chefs alike, please share your recipe today to benefit Sandy relief. Thank you in advance!

Chef Dan's Mom's Famous Meat Pie

Chef Dan of Spring Lake Heights has shared his Mom's famous meat pie recipe with Savoring the Shore. He remembers her serving it around St. Patrick's Day, so we did too. It is amazing! The complete recipe will appear in the upcoming Savoring the Shore cookbook to benefit Sandy relief.

The pie filling is prepared by browning beef brisket and adding carrots, peas, potatoes, onions and wonderful seasonings like fresh rosemary. The filling then simmers until tender.​

The filling is then poured into a pie crust. A topcrust is added and the pie bakes for 25 minutes.​

The result is a meat pie that melts in your mouth. There were no leftovers at our house! ​Shore lovers--visitors, residents, home cooks and chefs, please submit your recipes to benefit Sandy relief. Happy eating!

Blue Cheese, Prosciutto & Rocket Bruschetta

This bruschetta is really fresh and good and quick to make. We made with arugula and toasted walnut pieces that we had on hand, and the results were delicious. We had it for dinner, and it would be a great lunch too. The full recipe will be in the upcoming Savoring the Shore cookbook.

Nancy's Fish to Shore

This fresh fish recipe will appear in full in the upcoming Savoring the Shore cookbook to benefit Sandy relief (please share your recipe today).  It comes together in a snap and is delicious. It starts with ground fresh cracker crumbs, which we did in our new favorite grinder but could easily have pounded in a plastic bag.

The fish is topped first with a touch of mayonnaise and then the crumbs.​

Then season and bake.​

We like ours golden, but bake to taste. Yum!​

Share your Shore favorites

The Jersey Shore is fresh seafood and yummy barbeques. Submit your favorite Shore recipe and/or memory using the Savoring the Shore Recipe Submission Form.