I started to keep a journal each Sunday when I discovered we liked to actually sit down at our dining room table and enjoy breakfast together. Normally I cut up fruit, pour cereal into bowls garnish with berries and bananas. I make my tea, he makes his coffee and we retire to our respective rooms to eat at our leisure. Me watching morning TV and he watching the stock markets. My husband is very sweet. One of his sweetest traits is bringing me orange juice which he squeezes fresh,while I watch the Today show still in bed. Being on a work schedule, I allowed 1/2 hour lounging in bed before getting up to make us breakfast, lunch,showering and out the door.
The first Sunday I had off I made the coffee for him, baked off some raspberry muffins, cut up fruit and served it at our dining room table. We decided if this schedule lasted we would do it every Sunday.
The next Sunday I made pancakes from Trader Joe's Multi grain baking mix. Those were accompanied by Arroyo Robles Winery's Vermont Maple Syrup, brown sugar baked applewood smoked bacon, fruit and berries. The brunch looked so appetizing arranged on my favorite, little used, plates.
After that I started to elaborate on our brunching. The third Sunday we decided to make Mimosa's. We have had sparkling wine every Sunday since. I like Mimosa's but I usually buy pretty good bubbly and would rather sip it as it should be sipped. Our town was celebrating the life of a man who passed away way to young leaving two young children and his wife in the afternoon. We cheated and had another glass of bubbly.
Every week I told a little story about our days activities and wrote down the recipes . In 2009 I started take photos of the table and plates of food. Our brunches got to be so much fun, especially for me as I tried new recipes, used organic eggs and got to bake up a storm.
Now I have to either start this blog from 2011 or go back and try to copy and paste some of my old documents.
That is the dilemma. Two and a half years worth is alot of stuff. The pictures are mostly good and I do duplicate some recipes but they are never exactly the same depending on the season and what I have on hand.
I am keeping my "Two By The Sea" blog too as that will be non-brunchy stuff.
Let's just see where this goes. Oh did I say that I am not working full time anymore?! So far so good!
Here is a little recipe from the early days.
Scrambled Frittata
Dice up 1/4 c. each red and green bell pepper plus onion
Quarter and slice 4 med. crimini mushrooms
Finely chop 1 serrano chile
Heat 2 tsp. butter with 1 Tbsp. olive oil in a non stick skillet. When the butter melts add the veges.
Saute until soft. I cover the skillet for a few minutes to steam them.
Add 1 slice of ham, chopped up ( about1/2 c). Taste a little of the mixture and season with salt and pepper.
Have on hand about 1/2 c. grated cheese of choice. I usually have some cheddar with Trader Joe's 5 cheese blend as well as Parmesan.
Whisk 4 organic whole eggs and 1 egg yolk together with 1 Tbsp. chopped It.parsley, 1 tsp. chopped fresh oregano and a few dashes of Tabasco sauce. Pour the eggs over the sauteed mixture and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon over low heat until the eggs are just starting to set but are still runny.
Add cheeses and optional dollop of creme fraiche ( I happen to have some on hand). Stir to combine. Place the skillet in a 300* oven for about 5-7 minutes. It should be very soft almost soupy.
Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on the frittata when it comes out of the oven.
Serve over a toasted English muffin half. I always have a spicy ketchup on hand, either my own homemade or Trader Joe's that I blend sirachi sauce into.
It looks like our fruit du jour was pears, apples, pineapple and strawberries that day.
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