Cute Breakfast

Good Morning everybody!

I know I haven't written in a while, but that does not mean that I have not had breakfast every day, no, I had great breakfasts daily and had a super start in the day.

Today I am not writing about what I had for breakfast, but about the cute photo I got sent the other day. I am not a big fan of food being dressed up un naturally, but this one really was very cute and I wanted to share the photo with all of you.

I often eat rice for breakfast as I am not going on that well with Gluten anymore (still love my bread and pasta, but have to reduce) I thought that the way it is presented is really great, just something different......still I would not do it for my breakfast, but it makes me smile

And I hope it puts a smile on your face

Have a great day

My daily Breakfast nr.9

This morning was another Sandwich morning. Similar to the last breakfast sandwich, I had fried eggs, bacon and all the juicy sauces int he sandwich, but this time I got it served in a soft bun.

The eggs were still liquid and of course it dribbled on the plate and on my chin......yes not very "comme il faut" but so yummy.

To get every morning a nice surprise with breakfast is really a great way on how to start the day on a happy note.

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.

Breakfast Sandwich

Today I got e real treat, a breakfast sandwich.

Yes, it is nice to have a change, still the same ingredients, but presented a bit different. The sandwich had the following layers

White Toast
Tomato Sauce (Ketchup)
Cheddar Cheese
Fried egg, still with a bit runny egg yolk
Bacon, nice and crisp, but not dry
and topped with another white toast

I didn't even want to cut it in half, I just wanted to bite in it and everything started to ooze out, it was just so delicious, every bite was a treat

This sandwich and a cup of coffee just made me so happy and carried me through a hectic and busy morning.

My daily Breakfast nr. 6

Today had had another absolute treat, low cholesterol this time, at least sort of. I had rice, white scrambled egg with onions, tomatoes and peppers and a little beef stew. I tell you this is the real power breakfast.

We had some egg white left from making a Leche Flan, so ,y Fiancee used it to make scrambled eggs, Spanish style with peppers, onions and tomatoes, really nice.

Then we had a bit beef stew left from last night, so I had some of that and then of course the rice, the gluten free version of power int he morning.

Now I am ready to tackle the day, Friday the 13th.....had already my first ups and downs but there are more ups, so it will be a good day

Pan Cakes

Now I am getting very serious, I have eaten many, many pan cakes in my life and most of them are not even worth talking or writing about because they are simply made from a pan cake mix

To make homemade pancakes is actually really easy, the only difference is that one needs to beat the egg white to make them fluffy, but otherwise there is no difference, except in taste. To have this lovely flavor of the vanilla bean is just great.

There is no baking powder in it, no preservatives, just plain nature, fresh eggs (maybe even organic ones) fresh flour, sugar, vanilla bean and milk, that's it. one can add of course the usual suspects, bananas, blueberries, chocolate chips or anything else that makes the pan cakes even more irresistible

We had ours just plain but then we had some lovely crispy bacon with it, that was really a great breakfast treat

The recipe makes a huge stack of pan cakes, so make sure you invite enough friends to try them out, you will see it is a great success

Try it out!

450 g Flour
180 g Sugar
6 ea Egg yolk
6 ea Egg white
300 ml Cream
300 ml Milk
Half a Vanilla Bean

Mix all ingredients together except egg white
Beat egg white till soft peak
Fold under the batter

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