You’ll hear a lot about breakfast here if you stick around. I cook breakfast every morning for my husband and myself. I feel blessed to have time in the morning together to sip coffee and share a meal. I know we enjoy an uncommon luxury, but I believe anyone can make a simple, delicious breakfast to start the day right with necessary protein and nutrients. I’m far from the first person to proclaim breakfast the most important meal of the day.
Sweets and doughy foods in the morning leave me tired and hungry two hours later. If I’m feeling tempted, I like pancakes or a waffle as much as the next girl, but instead of the stack, give me one pancake with an egg and a piece of bacon. My favorite breakfasts are not sweet. They contain one or more vegetables and a solid source of protein.
Breakfast this morning, and this post, were inspired in part by an NPR article my like-minded cousin Alicia posted on Facebook about adding vegetables to breakfast and the video below, which she posted months ago (thank you!) and which has inspired a dozen breakfast menus. It features Alice Waters, about 7 minutes in, frying an egg in a large metal spoon filled with olive oil over flames in the wood burning oven in her kitchen. I covet that oven. And while I’m at it, her garden.
This morning, breakfast took less than five minutes to prepare. In the time it takes to fry an egg, this can be on your plate. Toast a slice of good bread. Mine had sesame seeds throughout and was sumptuous and nutty. While the bread toasts, fry an egg in olive oil. Be generous when pouring the oil, it’s good for you. Into the same pan, toss a handful of grape tomatoes. When the egg is done, so are the tomatoes. Instead of butter for your toast, spread it with a generous dose of vitamin A and potassium-rich pesto.
By the way, I guessed correctly that Alice Waters is a Taurus, but I just learned that we also share nearly the same birthday! For those who watched the video, how annoying is Lesley Stahl? Can I have a show of hands of any readers who don’t use a microwave?
Thanks for reminding me how much I love tomatoes with my eggs at breakfast! I immediately fried up an egg and tomatoes and served it atop half a multi-grain sandwich round–no pesto, too much garlic for the general public. Mimi can tell you about our first trip to England where we discovered the ubiquity of tomatoes at breakfast. Lovely.
Hi Suzi! Thanks for the comment. I agree with you about the garlic. I love it, but was reminded about it all day after that pesto. I sometimes make pesto sans garlic.
I salivate every time I look at this. I want pesto and eggs for breakfast!!!