4-Egg Broccoli/Cheese Breakfast Scramble

Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. Nothing powers me up more than a good breakfast. And I definitely need the power when I come home from the fire station in the morning and Lupe, my wife, hands me my honey-do list for the day.

Here is one of my favorite breakfast omelets.....

Broccoli and Cheese Scramble

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:
· 4 eggs
· 1 cup of broccoli cut into small pieces
· Colby/jack grated cheese
· Parmesan grated cheese
· Butter for cooking (gisa)
· 2 green onions, diced for garnish
Options: Any leftover meat - gisa this prior to adding in.
Cubed potatoes – ½ in. gisa in butter prior to mixing into omelet


Instructions:
· Prepare the eggs for scrambling in bowl
· Cut the broccoli up into small pieces, rinse and either steam or microwave maintaining a cooked but not soggy texture. Allow to drain and set aside.
· Place 2 tbsp of butter into fry pan and heat to medium.
· Add in eggs, broccoli, Parmesan cheese (to taste) and any meat and other options at this time.
· Add in salt and freshly grated black pepper to taste.
· When done plate and sprinkle the Colby/jack cheese over the top.
· Garnish with the green onions.
· Microwave prior to serving for 45 seconds. 


I also like to add in Cholula Hot Sauce when I first add in the eggs and scramble this along with everything else. Almost gives it a Chorizo flavor. Very tasty. Optional.


Serve along with your other courses and finadenne.


Hope you give this a try. You're sure to enjoy it.


Until next time....

BBQ for Breakfast?.......Why Not?

When I BBQ and Grill, I always like to cook more than enough so that we will have a few meals worth of delicious BBQ. And one of my favorites for breakfast is leftover BBQ. Ahhh yes, the "Breakfast of Champions". You all know how that is....right? Oh yeah!!!

This morning my wife Lupe and I got up at the crack of dawn, had our coffee and turned out to the yard. We have a small lot of about 1/2 acre but we have so many plants, flowers, ferns and orchids, that it keeps us two old folks busy enough.

Right around 10 o'clock things were starting to wind down and Lupe went inside to cook us some breakfast. I finished up what I had to and went inside to cool off. Lupe told me, "Breakfast in 5 minutes!". That was music to my ears.

She brought my plate out and...whoa!!! What I saw was definitely a culinary treat. I had a feeling something was up when I smelled the aroma of coconut oil in the air.

Here's what I was served by my wife Lupe....

What you see here are the leftover BBQ'd marinated pork spare ribs, with white rice and the sautéed eggplant/green onion/cream cheese omelet.

The unique treat that she served up on me was the way she made her egg omelet. Here is what she did...

First she diced up the Asian eggplants, about 1/2 inch by 1/4 inch thin cuts and also diced up the green onions. She sautéed these in 1 tablespoon of virgin coconut oil. That was the secret. If you have never tried cooking with coconut oil, you are in for one big treat. The flavor, the aroma, is something so unique, it just characterizes the tropical island flair.

While sautéing the veges for about two minutes, my wife seasoned with granulated onion and garlic powders as well as freshly ground black pepper. When finished, she sets this aside.

Next she prepares the egg omelet (6 eggs) using a little butter. After the first flip she "folds" in about 2 oz. of cream cheese then flips the omelet over in half.

She then layers the sautéed eggplant and green onions over the top of the omelet.

The final step is to slice up the omelet so that all the flavors blend into one another and serve.

I have got to say, this was the first time I have tried this dish and it was delicious. Of course I had to pour a little of my Salsa Ranchero over the ribs and a little taste on the omelet just for a kicker. You can imagine, right?

What did my wife, Lupe, have to say about her scrumptious breakfast...."Don't Bother Me!!!!".

This is the "Don't Bother Me" look. Ever seen this look before?

Well, this powered me up for a few more hours out in the yard. It's pure hell working for a slave driver. All you guys out there know what I'm talking about. HeHeHe!!

Until next time....