Category Archives: Breakfast

Ham & Cheese Bake

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 4 May, 2014 None comments

I enjoy making a quick “fancy” breakfast to send with my husband to work to make it seem like he’s eating a decadent meal while he drinks his coffee and sits at his desk. :) This quick meal is easy and great to send throughout the week with one preparation. This meal is also great for breakfast for dinner!

Ingredients:

10 eggs
1 cup milk
¼ cup green onions, chopped
¾ cup sliced mushrooms
½ ham, diced
½ cup grated cheese
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp garlic salt
½ tsp salt
½ tsp black pepper
½ tsp cumin

In a mixing bowl combine eggs and milk. Whisk well!

In a greased pie plate, sprinkle mushrooms.

In whisked egg mixture, add onions, ham, cheese and seasonings. Mix well.

Pour on top of mushrooms. And bake at 400 for 25-30 minutes or until fully set. Jiggle the plate to make sure the middle doesn’t wiggle.

Serve warm!

Quiche Muffin Cups

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 1 April, 2014 None comments

I made these this morning as my sister and niece were coming over to visit and she always knows she can expect something to eat with her coffee.

So, since I had these on hand and they would leave leftovers for my husband to take to work tomorrow I happily made these real quick while Cooper was still asleep.

Ingredients:

12 eggs
¾ cup milk
1 tsp garlic salt
½ tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
1 cup chopped turkey
1 cup sliced mushrooms

In a large bowl add 12 eggs.

Add milk and begin whisking really well. (1-2 minutes)

Add salt, pepper and garlic salt.

Add shredded cheese.

Spoon a spoonful full of egg mixture to muffin cups filling 1/4 full.

Top with mushrooms and turkey.

Top muffins with remaining egg mixture.

Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

Serve warm and store in the fridge.

They are delicious and full of flavor. My niece loved them and ate 2 herself. (She’s 2 years old) My sister and I on the other hand ate more than I would like to share. :) BUT there are a couple left for my husband for tomorrows breakfast. ;)

Egg Casserole Comfort Food

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 27 February, 2014 None comments

This recipe is the ultimate comfort food recipe out there. It makes a very full 9×13 pan leaving you with plenty of leftovers and trust me, you will want the leftovers. I made this the other night for dinner although it is a breakfast treat. My husband was questioning the “casserole” look as I was plopping it into the oven. Once serving this hot dish he came back for seconds leaving him in a food coma as well as a food baby. :)

This is the best breakfast brunch casserole for guests and works fabulously for dinner as well.

Ingredients:

1 lb bag of hash browns, uncooked
1 lb spicy Italian sausage
12 eggs, scrambled
4 tbsp cream cheese
1 onion, chopped
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can green chilies (optional)
1 ½ cups sour cream
1-2 cups cheese, shredded

In a greased 9×13 casserole pan, spread hash browns evenly throughout.

Scramble eggs and cream cheese together to add a creamy texture to the eggs. Mmmm good! :) Layer on top of hash browns.

Meanwhile, cook the meat and onions until done. (Season to your liking)

Once the meat is cooked, spread on top of the hash browns.

In a small bowl combine the cream of mushroom soup and sour cream, mix well. Spread on top of the sausage layer. (If using green chilies, add now)

Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle cheese on top and broil for 1-2 minutes.

May serve with fruit or eat alone! :)

This meal is great to serve guests or take to a brunch. This dish can be made in advance or placed in the freezer for a later date. If freezing, compile all ingredients together as listed above and freeze before baking. When ready to bake, remove from the freezer and allow to thaw completely before cooking.

Does your child hate veggies?

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 22 February, 2014 None comments

Are you having trouble getting your kids eat their veggies? I know I do. Cooper refuses to eat vegetables unless it’s corn. Now and again he will eat cooked vegetables mixed into his dinner, but I have found the older he gets he judges the ‘look’ of his food before he tastes it. That is a sore subject for me. :)

I have mentioned my spinach shake previously and will go back to that again. The last couple days my husband has been talking about doing a juice detox. He and I have been watching a lot of food documentaries and he really has had stomach issues for quite sometime. He wants to detox and see if he begins to feel better. Due to this, I made a spinach shake last night for all of us pre dinner. This helps you eat less for dinner but also is packed full of the nutrients our body is lacking.

Note to ALL of you who say spinach in a shake sounds absolutely terrible: It isn’t bad, if you make it right, you honestly can’t taste the spinach. You could leave the spinach out but why if you can’t taste it? It has so many vitamins we need!

Cooper drinking the green monster! :)

Please try it before you judge it! I wont steer you wrong.

Ingredients:

2 cups packed spinach
2 bananas
1 orange
¾ cup blueberries (frozen fruit works great)
1 pear
1 large apple or 2 small apples
1 cup coconut milk
1 cup orange juice

If you get brave once you decide you like the shake add in more vegetables such as:

Snap peas
Carrots
Celery
Kale
peanut butter/almond butter
ginger

Yes, I have add all of these vegetables and I do this on a regular basis. Ginger helps with the stomach and very helpful for digestion. If you use protein powder add one scoop to the entire shake.

This serving size serves my husband, me and cooper.

Eggs Benedict

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 17 February, 2014 None comments

Eggs Benedict coming up! Yesterday was my husbands 35th birthday. I decided to start the morning off by cooking him eggs benedict since he absolutely loves breakfast and a good eggs beni.

Cooper was sleeping, Michael was working out and I stood in my stomping grounds whisking up a delicious breakfast right here in the kitchen. Eggs benedict, fresh fruit and asparagus with hollandaise sauce.

This breakfast was absolutely delicious. I was very happy with this meal and so was my husband. Happy Birthday Honey!

Ingredients:

2 English Muffins
4 slices of cheese (I used habanero pepperjack as we love spice)
1 avocado
1 tomato
1 package Canadian Bacon
4 eggs

Open the English Muffins and lightly butter them. Top each half with a slice of your favorite cheese. Place on a broil pan and set aside.

Slice avocado and tomatoes, set aside.

To crisp up the Canadian bacon, fry for a couple minutes each side.

Broil the muffins until crispy and cheese is melted. Remove from oven and top with Canadian bacon, avocado and tomato.

Begin the sauce now.

Meanwhile in light boiling water add one egg at a time. This will help poach the eggs. Make sure the egg whites are thoroughly cooked and the yolk becomes slightly done. I prefer a runny yolk. Remove eggs with a fork and place atop the English muffins. Drizzle with hollandaise sauce.

Sauce:

You can simply buy a packet of hollandaise sauce to alleviate the tension of making it yourself.

4 egg yolks
1 tablespoon lemon juice, fresh tastes best
½ cup butter, melted
½ tsp cayenne pepper
½ tsp salt

Whisk egg yolks and lemon juice together in a stainless steel bowl or kitchen aid mixer until the mixture has doubled in size. Place the bowl over a small saucepan containing 1/2 inch simmering water, making sure the water does not touch the bowl. Continue to whisk rapidly making sure the eggs don’t get too hot resulting in scrambled eggs. Slowly add in the melted butter and continue to whisk until the sauce is thickened and doubled in volume once again. Remove from heat, whisk in cayenne and salt.

Serve with asparagus and fresh fruit; mango, pear, oranges and grapes.

Steak and Egg Burritos

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 26 January, 2014 None comments

We made steak the other night and had leftovers. I was able to get 2 leftover meals after all we ate the first night. The first left over meal was Steak sandwiches on Ciabatta rolls with a delicious spread. Yesterday I decided I would make steak and egg breakfast burritos as steak goes insanely great with eggs.

This simple yet delicious meal was a great way to end my leftovers of steak.

Ingredients:

Steak, chopped
5 eggs
¾ cup chopped mushrooms
½ cup shredded cheese
½ cup spinach
Garlic salt
Salt and pepper to taste
4 Tortillas

In a skillet begin to cook your eggs. Once cooked partially add mushrooms as they take longer to cook.

When almost fully cooked add cheese and seasonings. Do not over stir the eggs; keep them chunky.

Heat tortillas for 7 seconds in microwave or use at room temperature to keep the tortillas from splitting.

Divide mixture between the four tortillas and wrap up. :)

Enjoy

Coopie Bites

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 24 January, 2014 None comments

Coopie Bites were created by the Cook Clan. We have had Aussie bites from Costco and their energy bars as well. Basically I wanted to create a clean mixture between the two and came up with these. The name came from my husband. I must proudly give him 100% credit for the name. :) Cooper LOVES Aussie bites from Costco so we had to incorporate him into the name of course.

Directly on the packaging for Aussie bites it states: honey, cranberries, sunflower seeds, canola oil, and flax seed. Basically I took exactly that and added flour and eggs to keep them together. I have made these a few times trying to get the amounts perfect. Today I felt pretty confident that the amounts I had were good as I ate two Coopie bites straight from the oven. :)

Dry Ingredients:

3 ½ cups oats
1 ½ cup branflakes
1 1/3 cup oat flour (may use all purpose)
¾ cup brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup coconut
½ cup flax seed
½ cup cranberries (dried blueberries or apricots work as well)
½ cup nuts; sunflower, almonds, pecans any or all work great

Mix together in a large bowl; set aside.

Wet Ingredients:

1 cup honey
1 cup Canola oil (may use coconut)
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla

Mix all wet ingredients in a stand mixer. Add dry ingredients a little at a time. Make sure it’s well incorporated.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 9×13 pan and spread entire ingredients into the pan and bake for 18-20 minutes. Allow to cool.

Once cooled cut them into small bites as they are a great snack or energy bar for breakfast or before a workout.

Enjoy

Avocado Fried Egg

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 16 January, 2014 None comments

Avocado fried eggs are incredible. I saw I picture of an avocado with an egg inside. “Brilliant” I thought to myself. I filled the center full of eggs and baked them to perfection. I topped them with a beautiful kale and roma tomato garnish.

Avocado Fried Eggs:

4 avocados
4 eggs
¾ cup chopped roma tomatoes
1 cup chopped kale
Dash of EVOO
Dash of Salt and Pepper

Split and pit avocados and place in a greased 8×8 baking dish. Break avocado a titch to allow a bigger hole for the egg and scoop egg into center.

Bake at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes depending on your preference of cooked egg. Turn to broil and broil for 1 minute until the top browns slightly.

Meanwhile chop roma tomatoes and kale and mix with evoo, salt and pepper. Top Avocado fried eggs with this garnish and serve with hash browns and toasted English Muffin Bread.

Very simple yet very delicious.

Biscuits and Gravy

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 16 December, 2013 None comments

If you have been paying attention lately, I have been on a breakfast/brunch kick the last couple weeks. I never make biscuits and gravy but this past week I have been craving them. I’ve been eating fruit and comfort food; resembles my pregnancy. ;)

Homemade gravy is super duper easy.

Ingredients:

1 lb sausage (I used spicy)
½ cup plus 2 tbsp unbleached flour
½ cup half & half
3 cups milk (I used whole)
Garlic salt
Dash of salt and Pepper
1 tbsp parsley
2 tsp chicken bouillon
Buttermilk biscuits

Directions:

In a large sauce pan cook sausage until no longer pink.

Add flour and stir well. (Adding flour prior to milk prevents lumps)

Add half and half and milk and mix thoroughly. Add seasonings and bouillon and simmer on low heat to thicken up.

Cook biscuits according to package instructions or make your own.

Serve with scrambled eggs!!

This dinner fit my fancy really well tonight. It was flavored with a swift kick from the spicy sausage and was definitely filling. I learned how to make incredible scrambled eggs from my mom as she teaches me many tips and tricks that add much flavor and desire than the standard “recipes.”

Crustless Quiche

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 8 December, 2013 None comments

YAY, we finally sold our car this past weekend leaving us with one car for a few days. My husband was planning on taking the bus for ten days as the holidays are rapidly approaching. This plan would leave us without a second car for a solid month which would work great considering he has plenty of holiday vacation not needing to drive to and from work. This grandiose plan lasted us a solid two days; one of which was on the weekend. I must say it was pretty humorous to see how quickly our “month” plan turned upside down as soon as reality hit. Come Monday morning, we were in a pinch again as we both had things to do while on the weekend we tote around together making life a little more simplistic. His coworker was nice enough to come and pick him up for work as we were hoping to purchase the car before the days end. With this in mind, I wanted to provide breakfast for their bellies as he was doing a nice gesture to pick up my husband.

Most mornings I make scrambled eggs for the little man and send my husband to work with either homemade granola or every now and again make him breakfast burritos. I would transition the granola with coconut milk or greek yogurt. He has been getting pretty tired of it lately as there aren’t many other breakfast options I send him with other than breakfast cookies. He is naturally not a big cereal or sandwich guy but does enjoy my granola at least. I on the other hand could eat cereal three meals a day; I LOVE it. So, I decided to treat him to a crustless quiche due to the adversity of his palate not enjoying a simple breakfast; he looks for the hearty eggs and bacon meals. :) If you want an easy quick breakfast that looks and taste as if you slaved over it all morning….here’s the key to your success; crustless quiche. :)

Listen carefully……I made this quiche the previous night and baked it in the morning. It was fresh and hot from the oven yet the work was accomplished before bed leaving me with an easy morning breakfast. :) I sent them off to work with quiche and my delicious croissants filling their hungry bellies.

Ingredients: