Breakfast for my geek!
Now I am not much of a breakfast person. At least not when I first get up. I am usually grumpy and tired when I am awaken just after dawn. Yes, I said "just after dawn". You see, God saw fit to bestow upon me crack-of-dawn children. And seeing as how I usually don't get into bed before midnight, I am very tired in the morning. So it isn't until I've been up for about 2-3 hours that I am ready to eat, which is around 9 am. But my children are more active and have had more sleep and therefore are hungry much earlier. What does this have to do with "breakfast for my geek" you might ask. Well, it is because they get me up so early that I have plenty of time to cook him a great breakfast. So I get them settled with cereal and get started. First I start the bacon, because it takes the longest. While that is cooking in my cast iron pan I start to prepare my version of skillet potatoes. This is my favorite because it uses lots of veggies mixed in with soft fried potatoes. And so by the time it is all cooked, I am ready to devour, er uh, I mean daintly and in a very ladylike manner eat my now finished breakfast. Right about this time my husband is wandering into the kitchen after having smelled the good cooking wafting through the house for the past 30 minutes. He kisses my neck and says "mornin beautiful,smells good and so does the food". Cheeky, I know, but I love him. My day is brighter now and I am in a much better mood. Come on, it's BACON for goodness sake! Here is rundown.
The list of ingredients
We have a zuchinni, a pepper, a onion, some mushrooms, redskinned potatoes and bacon grease. What? You don't have your very own bacon grease jar? Well, it's okay if you don't. I understand. You're on a diet. You're watching your weight. You're afraid the neighbors will find out and kick you out of the homeowners association. I'ts okay, Really. You can substitute olive oil and butter. Or just use olive oil and forget about it. It's up to you and your figure.
Dice all the veggies into 1/2 inch pieces.
Add butter and oil to hot pan, or bacon grease. Here, I used bacon grease (because we all know pork makes everything better).
Add all veggies, except potatoes and mushrooms.
Saute till softened.
Then add potatoes and mushrooms and seasoning. Turn heat to medium low and continue cooking for 5 min.
Doesn't this look yummy? Oh come on, anything cooked in pork fat is good! Ya know?
Serve with a side of that glorious pig and an omlette.
Now go get ya some groceries and make it in the morning for yourself! Oh, and your family. Better yet, make it for dinner tonight. Thats right, Dinner. Who doesn't do that?
Breakfast Potatoes
Serves 2, generously
1 Tbls butter
1 tsp Olive oil
3 red skinned potatoes
1/2 bell pepper, chopped (red, yellow or green)
1/2 medium sized sweet onion, chopped
1 small zucchini, chopped
pepper
1 Tbls Mrs. Dash Table blend
2 Tbls bacon grease (optional)
First rinse and pierce the potatoes with a knife and then put them in a bowl with 1/4 cup water and into the microwave for 5-8 min, depending on size. While that is cooking, put oil and butter in pan set to medium heat and when it is melted add onion and pepper. Cook them until slightly soft then add zucchini - let the veggies get some brown on them. While the zucchini is frying get the potatoes out of microwave, drain and chop into 1/2 inch pieces then add to pan. Sprinkle on the pepper to taste, Mrs. Dash and bacon grease. Stir or toss the mix to incorporate, let fry for 2 min more then serve.