Category: Eggs

Easy morning frittata

Breakfast and Brunch, Eggs, One pot meal

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I love frittatas. You can put anything in them. You can add leftover veggies, meats, cheeses; you can add any flavor combination you like. I added sliced onions and mushrooms and softened them up a bit. Then I added some sliced ham to warm it through. Then I added them to 6 whisked eggs and poured them back in the pan. Finally, I added sliced kalimata olives and goat cheese to the top. I cooked it on the stove top for a few minutes until the bottom is set. Then I put it in the oven on broil until the top was done, about 3 minutes. This was a great combination!

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French Toast and Eggs

Breads and Muffins, Breakfast and Brunch, Eggs

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Some people cook scrambled eggs too fast, which makes them dry and hard. They also don’t scramble them enough and they end up in chunks. I prefer my eggs soft and creamy. You don’t have to add the cream or the extra butter here, but I prefer the addition. They add a velvety and creamy texture that is hard to beat!

I cooked them after my French toast in the same pan, so there were a few yummy crunchy pieces of French toast in them. Sometimes I cook them after I make sausage or bacon. Delicious!

Low and Slow Scrambled Eggs
9 eggs whisked with a couple of splashes of heavy cream, 1 tablespoon of cut up butter, and some salt and pepper cooked over low heat. Stay with your eggs and continue to stir them constantly. Cook low and slow until creamy. Take off heat when the eggs start to loose that “wet” look. Continue to stir your eggs just a few more minutes.

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My girls LOVE French toast! I begrudgingly buy them those French toast sticks you get from the freezer section. They are fine for the occasional quick breakfast before school or easy dinner when we have a “whatever-you-want-night.” But there is nothing like a nice homemade French toast breakfast! It is pretty easy to throw together, but not quick enough for early mornings before school. I have thought about making lots and freezing them, but no matter how much I make, everyone seems to just eat more.

French Toast

Mixture- I really don’t use particular recipe…or exact measurements. Today I used 6 eggs, a mixture of heavy cream and milk- about 1 1/2 cups all together. Add some vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, and pepper. Whisk it all together, then dunk your bread on both sides. I just used honey wheat loaf bread. Warm up some butter in a pan and cook on both sides until browned. I keep my oven on 200 so that when my first batch comes out, I can keep them warm.

Easy Omelet

Breakfast and Brunch, Eggs, Vegetarian

I love omelets. You can make them complicated with lots of ingredients or you can just keep it simple and add in a bit of cheese and be done. That is what I did today.

Heat up a pan with a pat of butter. Whisk 2 eggs with some salt and pepper. 001

Then once the bottom is set a bit, maybe a minute or so, add your cheese. I added feta. You can add whatever cheese you like. 003002

Then fold over one side of the omelet to the middle.004

Then take your spatula and fold it over on your plate. I topped mine with a couple slices of tomato and lots of salt and pepper. Perfect!
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Baked eggs and tomatoes

Breakfast and Brunch, Eggs, One pot meal, Vegetarian

So many tomatoes! My garden is exploding with tomatoes. We planted other veggies, but this summer has been so rainy, most the other things have not been so successful. So besides the normal summer staple, the tomato sandwich, I have been thinking of other ways to use them. So this morning, I decided to cut some up and bake them with some eggs.

First, I chopped and deseeded 3 small tomatoes, coated them with olive oil, salt, and pepper and placed them at the bottom of a pan. I took out the seeds and juice of the tomato. That way the tomatoes won’t get soggy and mushy when you bake them in the oven. Then, I added them to a small cast iron skillet. You could use a baking dish, ramekins, or even teacups if you wish.

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Then I added about half a container of mascarpone cheese with a couple of tablespoons of heavy cream. You could use cream cheese if you have that instead. You could add milk or half and half instead of the heavy cream. 005

Then add your eggs on top. I added 2 for my size of pan. 006

Then bake in a 350 oven for about 20-25 minutes. I placed my eggs on a piece of toast. I have made this for my kids before in little teacups (minus the tomatoes) and they dunked in some pieces of bread. You could add in chunks of ham, bacon, other cheese, or other chopped veggies you may have on hand. The possibilities are endless!

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No dishes to do!

Breakfast and Brunch, Eating Out, Eggs

I love cooking brunch, but also love going out to eat. I can discover new things to make, and there are no dishes to do. This morning we decided to go to J. Christopher’s. Everything there is very yummy. This morning, they had a special that I knew I had to get. Eggs benedict with pimento cheese and fried green tomatoes. Yes, it was good. I definitely have to recreate this one!
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