If you like pumpkin pie, you’re going to love this. Delicious, pie-like wonder for breakfast. Socially acceptable breakfast food. And to top it off, since it’s baked, it’s pretty much impossible to screw up, and you can have a big batch ready all at once—perfect for family breakfasts!
When I was 12 and on a road trip out to British Columbia with my parents, there was almost nothing better than motel diner breakfasts that were 75% hash browns, 20% toast, and 5% eggs. Then, of course, I would shift the balance with copious quantities of ketchup. Yum yum yum.
After loving Poached Eggs over Quinoa, I branched out to this, with a great side of roasted veggies. Yum. The California short grain brown rice is beautiful; chewy, nutty, and fluffy. The eggs, with their lovely runny yolks, are great over the rice, and the veggies, laced with caramelized onions, are wonderful (and add a wonderful feeling of virtue to breakfast time).
Poached eggs and toast is pretty much my default breakfast, but sometimes toast gets a bit old. Sometimes I want an upgrade to something more interesting, something with some pizazz, and perhaps a different (better) nutritional profile.
This is one of my favourite classy-ish breakfasts. It’s a wonderful combination of sweetness from the ricotta and the roasted pepper, and savoury from the chives and eggs. It’s also pretty easy to pull off once the pepper is roasted (which is easily done in batch, in advance).
There’s something wonderful about having refried beans on the ready in your fridge. They’re kind of like cold cuts for vegetarians. Versatile, delicious, and very dodgy if from a can. I made a batch of refried beans yesterday for a quick lunch, so after I got home from an awesome overnight camp-out party this morning, using them for part of my breakfast seemed like a very delicious idea.
If your beans are already cooked up and waiting in the fridge, this breakfast takes all of 8 minutes to pull together. If not, make yourself some. I used one can of black beans and one of chickpeas for the lovely variation in textures. (more…)
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