My daily Breakfast Nr 8, Champorado

Today I got a special treat. It is another Filipino Breakfast called Champorado. It is sticky rice cooked with a little sugar and cocoa powder. It is not really sweet, except you add some more sugar at the end

This was really special and I love the start, my fiancee used a really good cocoa powder from Barry Callebaut and it made the Champorado nice and dark and tasty, just as it should be

Then at the end she served it with a bit of milk on top, I added still a bit more sugar, so it was actually like a soft rice porridge with chocolate. It is a great breakfast as it is nice and filling and holds me easily through to the afternoon, when I usually have my lunch

The most important item on this dish is that you have a good sticky rice, then everything else is easy. The sticky rice makes everything a bit like a porridge. If the rice is still a bit al dente...that is how I like it, just with this gentle bite to it.

My daily Breakfast nr 5

Just because one is trying not to eat gluten, one does not have to suffer, no, not at all. I have just changed the bread int he morning for a lovely, fragrant Basmati rice, with fried egg and bacon, just the way I like it.

So this morning was great, getting up and then shortly afterwards the smell of bacon, eggs and freshly brewed coffee went through the apartment, that is the way to get up.

With a full tummy I don't even get annoyed when the transport is late for a couple of minutes....not like our neighbor who has a big thing every morning because she gets picked up a couple of minutes too late....have a nice breakfast, a up of coffee and chill.

Breakfast is the most important meal in the day, OK, maybe not as "unhealthy" as mine this morning, but one should make sure that one has a good breakfast. My day usually goes a lot better after breakfast.

So enjoy your breakfast and have a great day

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

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

The perfect scrambled egg

It is not difficult to make a scrambled egg.......so why do we get so often a scrambled egg that is not perfect, not even close to perfect, sometimes so bad that it is just terrible?

Very simple, it is actually not that easy to make an absolutely perfect scrambled egg, one has to follow a couple of basic rules, have a good non stick pan, heat should not be too high, the egg needs to be seasoned only slightly and only before it is cooked and then of course.....you need really good, fresh eggs! There really is a difference between a good egg and a not so good egg.

The secret is to have some cold cream and add it at the end when the eggs are basically cooked as this will stop the cooking

So that is what you need for 4 people

8 ea Organic, fresh Eggs
2 Pinch of Salt
1 Pinch of white ground Pepper
50 g (1.8 oz) Butter
90 ml (3 oz) Cream

Whisk the eggs with a whisk till they are well scrambled














Heat a non stick pan to medium heat
Add the Butter, melt. It will bubble but should not get brown
Then add the whisked eggs, season now with salt and pepper

With a non scratch spatula mix the eggs on the heat till they are nicely scrambled

When the eggs are done add the cream, mix and take off the heat.

Serve immediately with garnishes of your choice