My daily Breakfast nr 4

 

Today I had a mega sausage with some scrambled eggs. It was just delicious and yes the sausage was so big that I shared it, otherwise it would be too much for the breakfast.

I love sausages for breakfast, lunch and dinner....and even between meals. This one here is a sausage called Knackwurst. It is a German sausage which makes a cracking sound when one bites a piece of, therefore the name.

I guess one could have smaller sausages, but I got it as a sample and have to say, it was delicious and I might get some more soon

We just fried it a bit with little oil, then took the sausage out and made the scrambled eggs in the same fat, so it has a bit of the flavor of the sausage

My daily Breakfast nr 3

Another wonderful breakfast, something that really gives one power for nearly the whole day. It is called Lugaw and comes from Philippines. It is a rice soup that is made with chicken, garlic, onions and ginger and often a little saffron is added.

Today I had my Lugaw with a boiled egg but no saffron, so it is a bit white, but really yummy. I love eating it and scraping the meat of the chicken wing that was in it, a great start for the day....with coffee of course

In Philippines you will eat Lugaw all day long, there are many different versions but one is always the same, it is based on rice. We eat often a cup of Lugaw when we are in town, just if there is a little hunger coming

My daily Breakfast Nr 2

today I got these lovely fried eggs over easy on Pumpernickel with little pork chipolatas. Mmmmm, what a start of the day. The eggs were still beautifully soft inside and I love it when the egg yolk runs over the bread.

The pork chipolatas come from a local shop. The meat was ground very fine which is not my favorite, but they were still nice. It is not easy to find great breakfast sausages here in Accra, but I don't give up

For the hotel I have somebody in France looking for a butcher that will make the sausages for us, so we will have a unique breakfast sausage here in the hotel. I will tell you more when I get the first samples

Simple breakfast but delicious, of course with my coffee, today no sleepy picture of me....better so it might fright readers away

My daily Breakfast Nr 1

I had a new thought....yes it happens sometimes. We photograph all the times when we eat, never mind if we have taken already a picture, we take another one when we do it again, so I thought, why not post them so apart from the recipes there are just simple breakfast ideas.

Every morning while I get ready for work my Fiancee treats me with a surprise breakfast, I tell you I feel so spoiled, being a chef and being able to just sit down and getting a breakfast cooked with love

Today I got treated with a lovely Spanish omelet, a light version without the potatoes. There was just fresh green peppers and tomatoes in it and as a surprise some lovely cheese filling. With that I had some toasted baguette and some pumpernickel. I love pumpernickel, especially with lots of butter and jam....which I had after the omelet basically as my dessert

Like this and a lovely cup of coffee, my day just starts absolutely in the best way.

Still sleepy!

A Swiss Tradition: Bircher Muesli

I know, I know, most of us can't even pronounce it properly, but what the heck, it is a lovely start of the day, admittedly not as healthy anymore as the original one.

The original one comes from the Bircher Clinic, a luxurious retreat of the rich and famous in Zurich when they want to loose weight. In these retreat Dr. Bircher concocted this lovely breakfast containing oats, loads of grated apples, nuts, raisins and milk. That's it, no more! Yes like I said, it is to loose weight and live healthy.

Now there is of course a modern version (there are many, many modern versions by the way) but this one is really so delicious, you will not be able to resist.

The main ingredients are still the same, oats, milk, apples and nuts, but now comes the difference, I put in yogurt, sugar, honey, other fruit and to top it off, just before serving a little bit of whipped cream. This is decadent, I know, but once you try it, then you will be addicted to it, totally and forever.

Now here is the recipe for 10 Friends

200 g (9 oz) Oats
50 g (2 oz) Sugar
25 g (1 oz) Honey
500 ml (0.5 quart) Milk
500 g (0.5 quart) Yogurt, plain unsweetened
450 g (1 lb) Apples
50 g (2 oz) Raisins
100 g (3.5 oz) Hazelnuts, ground
30 ml (1 oz) Lemon Juice

2 Bananas
Fresh Berries
Any other fruit

60 ml (2oz) Whipped Cream

Method
Mix the oats with sugar, milk, honey and yogurt
Wash the apples and then grate them with the skin into the Muesli, mix again
Add raisins and hazelnuts
Leave it for a couple of hours to rest, if needed add a bit more milk

The fresh fruit and berries are optional as well, but will enhance the Bircher Muesli so much, I always say the more fruit the better it will be

Whip the cream and carefully fold into the Muesli

Serve and enjoy