New Cast Iron Pot

Cooked my last meal of the year and first in my new cast iron pot -- Man Breakfast!

Massive Stack of French Toast

Growing up we had a tradition of eating pancakes and sausage for dinner the first time we got a significant snowfall. So with all the polar vortex driven cold weather lately, I've really wanted to hole up and eat some great breakfast food for dinner. Last weekend I had to work on producing video clips to demo our software at the OETC, so Lauren offered to make French toast. We got a loaf of Italian bread from Donatelli's and she went to work. By the time she finished she had a mound of thick, golden brown slices of French toast piled high. We ate some and froze the remainder. I stacked the leftover slices between sheets of parchment paper in a Tupperware container and put it in the freezer. I just ate a few pieces now for a snack.

Breakfast Sandwiches!

I used to do this back in the day on Beeler: make a whole bunch of breakfast sandwiches and freeze them for future reheating. You only have to cook once, but you can enjoy breakfast sandwiches all week! I usually make sausage, egg, and cheese on English muffins. You could use sausage patties or links cut lengthwise, or make bacon. You can use non-meat like Gimme Lean, which works great, or replace everything with vegan products and go fully healthy. I think sliced American cheese tastes the best, but I prefer to use raw milk cheese for a healthier option. I usually make six and wrap them individually with foil. Then you can reheat them one at a time in the oven for about 30 minutes (or defrost first in the microwave on low power).

For this batch I used:

• 6 eggs
• 6 sausage patties
• 6 English muffins
• 6 slices of cheese
• Smart Balance for cooking the eggs and buttering the bread
• a pinch of baking soda to make the eggs fluffy

Start the sausage first, which might take about 10-15 minutes. Scramble the eggs and add a pinch of baking soda to make them fluffy. Cook eggs in butter, oil, or whatever while the sausage cooks. Toast and butter the English muffins (or whatever bread you want to use) while the sausage and eggs cook. Line up the bread, throw on a slice of cheese, a piece of the egg, and a sausage patty, and there you have it.

Man Breakfast

Man Breakfast!

A couple weeks ago I had these pork chops I needed to cook, and I woke up in need of a Man Breakfast, so I came up with this. I sliced and sauteed a red pepper in some olive oil while I coated the pork chops with flour and Old Bay seasoning. I fried up the pork chops and then cooked a couple dippy eggs in the pan. It tasted amazing.