Tuesday Treats

Starring... Egg-in-a-Hole, Leftover Lunch, and Stir-Fry Veggies with Brown Rice in Peanut Garlic Sauce!

 

Breakfast was a treat!  I never make a fancy breakfast on a weekday morning, but I thought I deserved it!

 

The bread kind of fell apart because it was getting stale, but it was still a great use of the bread and last egg.  

Lunch was a delicious leftover meal. 
 

Remember these roasted veggies from last week?   They have been in the fridge getting more and more delicious.  For lunch they were tossed with leftover macaroni from last night and a bit of butter.  

Yummy, easy, and frugal.  Go me!

Dinner was Stir-Fry Veggies with Brown Rice in Peanut Garlic Sauce.  The sauce was a gift, which is super-cool since I never buy stuff like this for myself.  

  

The ingredients weren't creepy, either.  BONUS!
 

 To start this, I made John cook rice.  

Just kidding. 

I asked him nicely.

For my part, I stir-fried a bag of frozen green-bean stir-fry in a teaspoon of coconut oil.

 

When they were just about finished, I added in the sauce. 

 

I added some soy sauce, actual whole roasted garlic cloves, and an extra spoonful of peanut butter to the sauce.  Because I can't leave well enough alone.  

 

Served over rice?

 

Perfection.

This whole meal (minus the rice) was ready in about 10 minutes.  How's THAT for a quick weeknight meal?!

PS.  I may have made cookie dough babies for dessert.  Maybe.

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Home-cooked Breakfast

John and I were lucky enough to be given SO MANY cool presents at my bridal shower (THANK YOU ALL!!) and we experimented with some of the breakfast gadgets the next morning.  

First, I had to make waffles on our new waffle maker

 

Ooooo... pretty!

 

Since we were making peanut butter waffles, we needed flour, sugar, vegetable oil, milk, salt, vanilla, baking powder, an egg and PEANUT BUTTER.

I didn't follow the directions well, but the waffles turned out okay.  

  

(Me beating the egg white into peaks)

 

(Me mixing all the ingredients together)

John took all the pictures while I was mixing and he couldn't resist snapping this shot.
 

(Notice the focus is not the delicious waffle mix, but on my engagement ring.)
 

Anyway, the mix was then poured into the waffle maker.  Make sure to oil it first.  We don't really use those non-stick sprays like Pam anymore, and they are forbidden on non-stick surfaces anyway.  We have this cool new Misto Oil Sprayer that I used for this. 
 

Oooooo a finished waffle!  You may notice to the right there is a red plate with ruined waffle on it.  That is because I didn't oil the waffle maker before making the first one.  I figured, hey, it's non-stick, why would I need to oil it?!  Because non-stick does NOT equal easy food release.  So, take my advice.  Oil the waffle maker.  

 

We were ALSO given an electric griddle.  As I struggled and succeeded with the waffles, John made bacon and eggs with ease.

  

Beautiful breakfast, no?

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Breakfast of Champions!

This is a two-part breakfast extravaganza!  I wanted to treat John to breakfast delight, and I think I did.  He reported that is was, "The best breakfast you have ever made!"  I'll take that!

I started with cinnamon rolls.  It is one of our favorite snacks, but as we attempt to eat more whole foods, the store bought or "Pillsbury" type have gone out the window.  How did I make them?

First, I rolled out some whole wheat pizza dough and...

brushed melted butter on it.  I am still learning to use this camera, and haven't quite mastered the close-up focus thing yet.  That's why the focus is on the brush-person's belly and not the brush part.  Oops.

Anyway, then I (heavily) sprinkled brown sugar and cinnamon on top.  The brown sugar is the darker brown, the cinnamon is the lighter brown on top. 

After it was rolled up...

and sliced, I placed it in the oven at 350 for about 30 minutes.

While that cooked, I made a version of the Pioneer Woman's "Egg-in-a-Hole." 

Now, her recipe says to melt a bunch of butter in the pan, then throw the "holey" bread in it.   I didn't want to

waste the butter, so I buttered the BREAD before I put a hole in it.  I sliced the holes with my new ravioli cutters, aren't the ridges cool?!

One-by-one, they went into the pan

and were filled with egg.

I ALSO cooked up the centers, because, ya know, waste not-want-not.

By this time, the cinnamon buns were done!!!

 

Mmmmmmm!

 

The whole plate?

Yeah, that's a cool breakfast.

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Long Time No See!

I have been gone for a long time, but I have been making good things in the meantime, trust me!

Scrambled eggs with grapes and blackberries

Salmon, peas, and onions over spaghetti squash

Veggie stir-fry with pierogies

In the next few posts you will see fun stuff with my two new toys!!!

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