Scrambled eggs, chicken chipolata,
apple-baked ham & parmesan-crumb crust on roasted tomatoes
I am a breakfast person. So is D. No matter how late we have slept the night before, we will wake up and eat brekkie. It can mean driving 20 minutes to botanic gardens to eat at les amis cafe or going to our nearby coffeeshop for congee and teh and kopi-o. We also been to corduroy and finch several times, but the last one several weeks ago got us thinking. Why should we drive 20 minutes to Bukit Timah Road, pay $10+++ for 2 eggs?! Or $4 for fancifully cut hot-dogs which looks absolutely silly and tasted exactly like those 10-for-$2 frozen hotdogs? So I decided we either eat local in our neighbourhood or at pek kio for our dose of prawn mee or I'll simply cook eggs my own way. With a little ingenuity, I can minimise the cleaning and have an excellent brekkie at home.
Parmesan-crumb crust on roasted tomatoes - a handful of dried breadcrumbs, a spoonful of fresh grated parmesan, mixed dried herbs, sea salt and black pepper. Mix altogether and top halved tomatoes. Drizzle on some olive oil. Roast till tomato halves are warmed through and crust is golden brown.
Throw in the chipolatas with the tomatoes to roast.
Scrambled eggs - 2 eggs, a splash of cream and a splash of milk and salt and pepper. Scramble till slightly runny and undercook. Don't chop at it just fold lightly and you'll get nicely scrambled eggs.
6 burps:
Now that's a good looking breakfast.
In my near future is a homemade Japanese curry. Instead of buying it premade as I have been, I bought the sauce cube (like bouillon) some carrots, onions, potatoes and chicken.
Since I have tomorrow off, it could be on the menu soon!
Hey jeff d: All the best with the curry. Do share with me how it went.
When you know your way around the kitchen and can whip up some 'brekkie' like the one in the pic, sometimes you wonder why one would drive out bleary-eyed in the morning, slap down 1 red note or more for the same at some fancy cafe ... my reasons - pure lazy-bones (and a sudden aversity to the stove and sink) and the wish to have someone else cook my breakfast well sometimes :-P (of course, the other alternative is to send hubby to cooking classes but doubt if he will agree)
Yum! Completely agree, have fallen victim to overpriced breakfasts way too many times. Plus the smell of homemade breakfast is unbeatable, yours must've been fabulous.
Hi Shaz: thanks so much for visiting my blog, and for the link. great breakfast, btw
Hello there, this is my first visit to your blog. Now THIS is an excellent looking breakfast! The picture of the chicken chipolata made me salivate. It just goes to show that homemade breakfasts are the way to go.
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