Dining

Our Breakfast

Our Inn motto is "Our home is your home away from home." Our breakfast pampers you, yet provides a healthy, and hearty homemade feast. Awaken to freshly brewed coffee. The fragrance of homemade muffins, coffeecakes, and bread baking fills the air; followed by savory scents such as homemade sausage and sausage and egg casseroles. While these bake, we patiently prepare the opener - a fresh fruit cup of tiny morsels of every possible fruit flavor topped with a dollop of creamy vanilla yogurt and a wedge of kiwi, strawberry, or the fruit of our choice. Each recipe provides flavor and nutrition, as most recipes are low fat, yet tasty. As you dine, you have the opportunity to interact with those staying here with you. We promise good food and good fun at the Dutch Colonial Inn.

Our Favorite Recipes

Twelfth Night Scones

1) Gather ingredients:

1 3/4 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup dried cranberries or cherries
1/2 cup white vanilla chips

1 tsp. orange peel

1/2 cup vanilla yogurt

1/3 cup buttermilk

2) Preheat oven to 350 degrees

3) Combine butter, orange peel, yogurt, buttermilk, vanilla chips, and cranberries

4) Add dry ingredients

5) Mix thoroughly

6) Shape the dough into a ball

7) Place on sprayed baking stone or cookie sheet

8) With floured fingers, press dough into 8-9" round circle

9) Topping:
1 tbsp milk, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp grated orange peel

10) Drizzle topping onto dough before baking but do not let the topping go over the edge

11) Bake 20-30 minutes until light brown

12) Cool 5 minutes and cut into wedges

13) Serve warm with lemon curd and preserves

Spinach-Sausage Quiche

1) Gather ingredients:

1 (9 inch) pastry shell
8 oz turkey sausage
1/4 cup chopped onion (can use green onion)

1 garlic clove, minced

1/2 (10 oz.) pkg frozen chopped spinach, cooked, drained well (about 5/8 cup)
1/2 cup herb-seasoned stuffing mix
1 1/2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese (6 oz.)
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 1/2 cups milk

2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

2) Preheat oven to 350 degrees

3) Cook onion, sausage, and garlic

4) Drain sausage mixture

5) Stir in spinach and stuffing mix

6) Sprinkle cheese in the pastry shell

7) Add sausage mixture on top of cheese

8) Combine eggs and milk and whisk together

9) Pour egg mixture over sausage mixture in pie shell

10) Sprinkle with parmesan cheese

11) Bake 45-50 minutes until set in the middle

12) Let set at room temperature for 10-15 minutes before serving

South Haven Stuffed French Toast with fruit topping

1) Gather ingredients:

1 loaf or more French bread
8 oz cream cheese (I use low-fat)
16 eggs, beaten

3/4 stick melted butter

1 cup maple syrup
3 cups milk

2) Cut french bread into 3/4-1" cubes

3) Spray 9x13" glass baking dish which has high sides

4) Place one layer of cubed bread in baking dish

5) Cut cream cheese into thin slices and distribute the pieces of cream cheese on the one layer of cubed bread

6) Place another layer of cubed bread in the dish

7) Melt butter and distribute over top of cubed bread

8) Whisk together eggs, maple syrup, and milk and pour mixture over cubed bread

9) Cover dish with tin foil and let set overnight in refrigerator

10) In the morning, take the dish out to become room temperature. preheat oven at 350 degrees when ready to bake

11) Put the dish in the oven and bake covered for an hour. Then, take the cover off and bake for another half hour.

12) Let set at room temperature for another half hour before serving.

13) Cut into 15 pieces and place on serving dish

14) Sprinkle with powder sugar

15) Serve with warm maple syrup and fruit topping

Cranberry Crumble Coffee Cake

1) Gather and mix topping ingredients then set aside:

1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup chopped almonds
1/4 cup soft butter or margarine
1/4 tsp vanilla

2) Preheat oven to 350 degrees
3) Coffee cake ingredients:
1/4 cup chopped almonds

4) Sprinkle almonds on the bottom of a 9x3" spring form baking pan
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup soft butter
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sour cream

5) Melt butter, add sour cream, eggs, and vanilla. Beat together.

6) Add dry ingredients

7) Mix two mixtures together. If needed, add more sour cream.

8) Place 1/2 of dough on almonds in pan

9) Spread 1 cup whole cranberry sauce on dough and stay away from edge

10) Spread remaining dough on whole cranberry sauce

11) Sprinkle topping on dough before baking

12) Bake for 60-70 minutes until the middle is set

Mizu Sushi

Do you enjoy sushi? This is the right place to eat for your sushi, seafood, soups, and noodles. Come enjoy some incredible food.

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Windmill Restaurant

The windmill restaurant serves both breakfast and lunch and has been family run since 1983. Enjoy some traditional American food.

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Good Earth Cafe

Looking for a bakery? Look no further, the Good Earth Cafe offers an assortment of baked goods as well as sandwiches and fruit.

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Bowerman's on 8th

This wonderful bakery & cafe serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, along with savory sweets and drinks. They have varying hours and offer pick-up. Check out their website to learn more.

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Daddio's Carry Out's

A appetizing array of seafood, chicken and other southern dishes are served here. Enjoy some traditional barbecue at Daddio's carry out.

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Butch's Dry Dock

The perfect place to dine out and unwind, Butch's Dry Dock has a lunch and dinner menu as well as a dessert menu. You can also enjoy some of the wonderful wines that they serve.

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The Curragh Irish Pub

The Curragh Irish Pub serves delicious traditional Irish food. They have daily specials, desserts, and serve lunch and dinner, as well as a great variety of beers to drink.

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Boatwerks Waterfront Restaurant

The Boatwerks menu features items of every taste. Including appetizers, salads, seafood, pasta, chicken, steak, pizza, and desserts. While dining, you can enjoy a great lakeside view of beautiful Lake Macatawa.

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