Weekend Breakfast

During the week, I do not care too much for big breakfasts. Give me a good (!) cup of coffee and a piece of bread and I am good. However, on the weekends I like to indulge myself a little. Since I am always disappointed when I go out for breakfast (just to clarify – I do enjoy eating out for lunch and dinner) I created/or adapted my own little breakfast heavens. Here is one of them…

French Country Omelet

Cook three thick slices of bacon until crisp. Take the bacon out and cook 1 cup, peeled and cut into 1-inch-dices, Yukon Gold potatoes in the bacon grease until they are brown. Take the potatoes out of the pan. In a bowl beat 4 eggs, a little milk, some chopped chives and add salt and pepper. Clean the pan (take out the bacon grease) and add a little butter. Pour the egg-mixture into the hot pan, add the bacon and potatoes over the top and place the pan into a 350F (preheated) oven for 6-8 minutes (until the eggs are set).

Serve hot (with homemade salsa)

Guten Appetit!

Mushroom Tartlets

Not exactly a “fat free” food, but you can detect a theme here….uummmm so good! Thaw one sheet frozen puff pastry and cut (with a regular juice glass) into ~3inch rounds (put it back in the fridge until everything else is ready).

Heat a little olive oil in the pan and add ½ of a diced onion. Cook until soft and add 1 pound sliced Baby Bella mushrooms. Cook until soft and browned (~10 minutes). Season with salt and pepper. Add about ½ teaspoon of dried thyme into the mixture.

Spray the muffin cups with olive oil (lightly). Add about 4 tablespoons of the mushroom mixture. Then top each with 2-3 tablespoons of shredded Gruyere cheese. Now top each with the pastry round and bake at 375 F (preheated) for about 25 minutes.

Let it cool for a few minutes and then turn onto a large plate to release the tartlets. These are great appetizers.

Guten Appetit!