My Go-To Brunch Menu

Including recipes, shopping list, and a plan of action.

Good morning subscribers and merrymakers! As promised, here is all you need for your holiday brunch, all in one place.

As I’ve mentioned many times before, my basic brunch formula — year-round, not just for the holidays — is usually something like:

Eggy Thing + Bagel & Lox Spread + Store-Bought Baked Good Thing + Salad

And so here is last week’s interpretation of that, which would work well for Christmas or New Year’s or Mother’s Day or Father’s Day or just an extra special Sunday. It serves 8.

The Menu

To Make
Spinach-Artichoke Crustless Quiche (GF/veg, recipe below)
Spinach-Cheddar-Bacon Quiche (recipe below)
Strawberry-Feta Salad with Pistachios (GF/veg, recipe below)
Linzer Cookies (potential paywall, here is another version with the same ingredients if you are not a Times subscriber)

To Buy
Bagels with Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese, Minced Red Onions, Capers
Babka (mine was from Zabars) which could just as easily be coffee cake or a plate of croissants or muffins or monkey bread from your fav…