Weekend Breakfasts--Sharing Your Love

   

I was reading the paper one weekend morning, drinking my coffee and thinking about how much I love a hot breakfast.  Last year we visited Texas and discovered Migas; onions, peppers and corn topped by cooked eggs, served over crispy fried tortilla strips, topped with melted cheese, sour cream, salsa and avocado.  Even better than Rancho Heuvos in my mind, but considerably more work.  To make Migas, first you fry up the tortilla strips and keep them crisp.  Then you sauté up onions, peppers and corn and season with cayenne, chipotle and salt.  Next you fry up your eggs the way you like them.  To serve,  layer the tortilla strips, onion/peppers mixture, and the fried eggs, and melt cheese over it all; Serve it up with salsa, avocado and sour cream.  Whew! 

With these flavors in mind, I decided to try an omelet breakfast.  I had red pepper and onion on hand, so I diced up half of each and sautéed that up with a sprinkling of salt, cayenne and black pepper; after they were somewhat brown and softened, I added about ½ cup frozen corn, and let that sizzle.

 

Next I added some leftover whole grains that were in the fridge from last night’s dinner—a combination of wheat berries, wild rice and barley.  Once everything was heated through I removed it to a plate and covered it with foil to keep warm. 

--> In a large bowl, I cracked 3 large eggs, added about 1-teaspoon water, and a big dollop of SWAD Coriander Chutney.  I absolutely love this stuff and find so many uses for it!  I whisked that all together and my significant other said, “OH we must be having green eggs and ham!”  But no, we were having something entirely different, something that we’d never had before.

--> .  I poured the egg mixture into my hot pan, sprinkled some of the pepper/onion mixture over the eggs, grated some cheese on top, covered the pan and lowered the heat.

--> About five minutes later the edges of the eggs are brown, the eggs are set, the cheese is melted and we are ready to eat.

--> As you can see, I sliced up some oranges too, and thought the plate looked pretty, and the combination of flavors was terrific. 

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