Carrot cake pancakes. If I could have a breakfast rallying cry, a breakfast mantra, if you will, it would be, It’s not cake!
It’s breakfast! It would be rather dull, naturally. I know that the line between Cake For Breakfast and our various formats of Breakfast Cakes (muffins, coffee cakes and pancakes) is thin, I know the distinctions on either side of it are, at best, tiny, but they are what allows me to pretend I’m eating cake for breakfast when I’m really not, so I cling to them. Fatty’s Grandma’s Cheez Eggs. Fat Cyclist and I became “innernet” friends around two years ago, and I remain a big fan of his rabid passion for cycling, his analytical, in-depth writing, his tireless work for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and most of all, his unending love and commitment to his wife Susan, who’s been fighting metastatic breast cancer for some time now.
I marvel at anyone who can write so much about a subject like cycling and attract scads of readers, many of whom (myself included) couldn’t care less about cycling. Now that’s a gift. Anyway, a few weeks ago Fatty wrote an update about Susan and mentioned that one of the only things she’s able to eat these days are his grandmother’s delicious, cheesy scrambled eggs. And that was all he wrote on the subject. Then he moved on and wrote about some gel-covered bicycle seat or some wreck his friend Dug had or some other thing he has a tendency to write about…but all I thought about the rest of the day were those eggs.
He did. Make-Ahead Breakfast Recipe: Broccoli & Spaghetti Frittata Recipes. This frittata will warm beautifully in the microwave or toaster oven and is the perfect companion to a slice of buttered toast.
If you're pressed for time, wrap a square in a napkin and nibble it on your way to work. This is one breakfast where crumbs and utensils won't be an issue. Broccoli & Spaghetti Frittata serves 8 About 2 teaspoons butter or nonstick cooking spray1 teaspoon olive oil1 onion, diced2 cloves garlic, minced4 cups (8 ounces) broccoli florets and sliced stems, steamed or blanched (see below)Pinch red pepper flakes10 large eggs3/4 teaspoon kosher saltA few turns of freshly ground pepper1 1/2 cups (5 ounces) grated cheese (Emmentaler, Gruyere, Cheddar, Monterey Jack, or mixed)2 cups cooked spaghetti Lightly butter or spray a 13 x 9 inch baking pan and preheat the oven to 400°F.
Warm the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Beat the eggs until well-mixed and frothy. To Blanch the Broccoli: Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cheeseburger Frittata. Trying to manage a balanced diet is difficult for me.
One of the hardest things is to make sure I’m getting enough healthy protein. During a busy day, carbs are usually the quick go-to meal for me, but I’ve found when I focus on getting more good protein during the day I function much better, physically and mentally.
French Toast. Browned Butter Blueberry Muffins. There are three things I want you to take away from this post.
No foolin’ around… I’ll get straight to the point. One. You’ll want to stop by tomorrow if you think you might like to be one of those people that attends my (holy heck yes!) Summer party. It’s in August. Two. Three. Browned Butter Fresh Blueberry Muffins adapted from The Gourmet Cookbook makes 12 glorious muffins Print this Recipe! 7 Tablespoons unsalted butter 1/3 cup whole milk 1 large egg 1 large egg yolk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
Cake Batter Pancakes. I’m fairly convinced that the world would be a better place if more sprinkles were involved.
I know. I just made pancakes. It seems I have an unnatural obsession with cake batter. Well I do. But hear me out. When I develop recipes, I try to make all of them for a purpose. Case in point: it isn’t anyone’s birthday. But I don’t need an excuse to eat cake and sprinkles. And because pancakes always need some sort of topping, I went with a sprinkled glaze. Because nothing goes better with cake than more sugar! These are just plain fun. Sure, they would be best for a special occasion like a birthday, but they also work on a random Saturday in January when it’s -2 degrees outside and all you want to see is some sunshine. That wasn’t me. And yes, this means you will have an open box of cake mix, just like you did with the cake batter bark.
Cake Batter Pancakes makes about 12 pancakes 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 2/3 cup yellow cake mix 1 tablespoon sugar 3/4 teaspoon baking powder.