What's for Breakfast?

Posted: 05/17/09 09:43pm Link | Print | Notify Moderator
Someone mentioned something unique for breakfast, so I dug up this recope I posted back in 2006. It's good!

> Breakfast stuffed potatoes

Like potato skins, but for breakfast:

Bake the number of potatoes you want- baking potatoes are best. Rub with a little olive oil, prick skin, bake at 375 or 400 til done but not overcooked.

Cool potatoes, slice in half, scoop out flesh, leaving a generous amount of potato still in the skin (do all this the same way you would for homemade potato skins)

Rub inside and outside with olive oil, season if you wish, and place in a 500 oven til skins crisp up some.

Meanwhile, soft scramble some eggs, precook whatever breakfast meat you want (crumbled fried buld breakfast sausage is good), toss meat, potato insides, soft egg, and your favorite cheese together.

Sauteed onions or peppers work well too. BAsically, put anything inside that you like in an omelette (raw does not work well, precook everything)

Place egg mixture inside potato skins, return to hot oven til warmed thru and cheese melts.

CAn top with salsa, sour cream, hot peppers, whatever. Can make ahead and refrigerate and warm up before serving.

For "healthier", use extra eggs and throw out (or feed to dog!) half of yolks. I use Jimmy Dean lite breakfast sausage. Skip the cheese or use lite cheese (this weekend I used Sargento lower fat mexican cheese blend). Throw in plenty of veggies, like spinach and broccoli. Serve with fruit, yogurt, or oatmeal and only eat ONE!!!!

TexasShadow wrote:
For easier:
chunks of cantaloupe and watermelon
donuts and muffins, store bought

I'm with you...cooking breakfast is not one of my favorite things. Luckily for me when we are in the RV my DH has a griddle that he loves to cook outside on!

Break a dozen eggs into a 12 cup muffin tin and bake (350° for about 10 min. until just firm). Serve them at the table with cooked bacon, sliced ham, cheese and English muffins or biscuits. Everyone can make their own breakfast sandwich.

Or, do it Mexican style by scrambling the eggs with a can of black beans and some taco seasonings. Serve it at the table with salsa, sour cream, grated cheese, and tortillas. Custom breakfast burritos for everyone. Less work for you.

(Sorry, but I can't do the plastic bag/omelette thing. The thought of that plastic leeching into my eggs is enough to ruin my appetite. Just sayin'.)

Our grandkids love "Motormuffies". I developed these when we where going racing every weekend in the summer. They are a quick 1 handed breakfast. Grandkids are old enough now to make their own. Start with a toasted and buttered English muffin, break an egg into a small bowl, add a little butter and stir, cook in the microwave 1 min, add a slice of cheese on the muffin along with pre-cooked bacon, put the egg on top wrap in a napkin and it can go right outside if needed, add coffee or juice and your done !

Leo Benson wrote:

Pangaea Ron wrote:
Chiliquiles

Saute red peppers and sweet onions in an oven proof frying pan until soft.

Add cumin and oregano.

Add red (or green) salsa and chicken broth and cook until well mixed and warm.

Add tortilla chips (deep fried restaurant type work the best) and gently fold into the salsa pepper onion mixture until well coated.

Break eggs evenly over the surface, and bake in a 350 degree oven until the eggs are cooked.

Serve with sour cream, Mexican Cotija cheese, sliced radishes and fresh cilantro.

It's my favorite breakfast in Mexico. It's a great way to use stale tortilla chips, uses one pan, and left over chicken, beef, or pork can be added.

That sounds really good!

Here's a link to the recipe that I modified:

Chilaquiles

It seems that each beach palapa restaurant in Mexico has their own version of this, mostly with fried eggs. I've even gotten it "divorciados" with both red and green salsa.

For a crowd, I've cooked the salsa mixture, and poured it over tortilla chips in Pyrex baking dishes, or foil-lined rimmed baking sheets.

When our grandson is with us, there's no doubt;"Pancakes, Grampa!" Otherwise, most of the time, cereal and fruit. Sometimes I just have to have sausage with milk gravy and biscuits or something like that. You can't eat healthy all the time, that stuff will kill you!

Straight from the Ziploc website:

Can I boil in Ziploc® brand Bags?
No. Ziploc® brand Bags are not designed to withstand the extreme heat of boiling.

So, who is right?

Pangaea Ron wrote:
Chiliquiles

Saute red peppers and sweet onions in an oven proof frying pan until soft.

Add cumin and oregano.

Add red (or green) salsa and chicken broth and cook until well mixed and warm.

Add tortilla chips (deep fried restaurant type work the best) and gently fold into the salsa pepper onion mixture until well coated.

Break eggs evenly over the surface, and bake in a 350 degree oven until the eggs are cooked.

Serve with sour cream, Mexican Cotija cheese, sliced radishes and fresh cilantro.

It's my favorite breakfast in Mexico. It's a great way to use stale tortilla chips, uses one pan, and left over chicken, beef, or pork can be added.

That sounds really good!

Our typical breakfast camping is scrambled eggs and bacon on tortillas with cheese and salsa. If we are by ourselves we add green pepper and onion. If we were ever in a hurry camping we would bake our bacon a little bit before we went...but we are camping...meals prepared whenever we get around to it. Also nothing eaten outside causes any health issues ~ a proven fact.

For easier:
chunks of cantaloupe and watermelon
donuts and muffins, store bought