A short tale of two breakfasts
Breakfast is a subject I take seriously. Most mornings I start the day with some sort of heart-healthy cereal because let’s face it, I’m not getting any younger. But on weekends, that sensible thing flies right out the window, especially when I’m waking up to a frosty morning.
And nothing says weekend breakfast like eggs — they’re so delicious and versatile. Saturday morning, the last of our farmers’ market eggs provided the base for a refrigerator frittata — we had leeks, potatoes and a big bag of spinach hanging around, so into the pan they went along with some pecorino romano and good, fruity olive oil. Just the thing to get us going.
Our Sunday ritual continued with taking Rufus to the 9am (!) greyhound hike at Wawayanda State Park, so I decided to make another big breakfast to keep the chill out of my bones on the long trek. One of my favorite things about eggs is that you can poach one and add it to just about any leftover, and presto –Â instant brunch! So that’s how I polished off the last of my leftover aloo gobi experiment from a few nights earlier. So good, and it really kept me going on the long hike. I’m not saying this breakfast was the reason I felt energetic all day, but it certainly didn’t hurt.
Oh. My. God. I did aloo gobi and didn’t even know it last weekend. We did lamb chops and i found this random recipe for cauliflower and potato curry thingy, which was fab. Of course, I made too much of that and had leftovers…ate for lunch as much as I could. The poached egg is a totally brilliant addition!
Comment by Mary Coleman — November 21, 2008 @ 11:40 pm
Haha, I’ve done that before, too. Can’t remember the exact dish, but it went something like this:
“Mmmm, this is great stuff, why hasn’t someone thought of it before? Oh, right. The Italians did — it’s called bagna cauda.”
Comment by Amy — November 22, 2008 @ 5:54 pm