Lazy Day Breakfast

It was a hot and lazy morning.  For a change, our only plan for the day was doing much of nothing.  I got up early to take the dogs on a much needed walk (too hot lately for our regular exercise) and then showered.  I decided I would have a nice colorful breakfast and finally break into the juicy and oh so tempting watermelon in the fridge.  It was delicious!  Probably the best watermelon I've had in a couple of years.  Even the strawberries were sweet.  I added the egg white omelet with a little bit of Havarti cheese and some toasted and lightly buttered french bread.  After  adding some tea with cream and OJ, I was a happy camper!  I will have to remember to have this breakfast again.

Wake Up Late Breakfast

I didn't get up until 7am yesterday (Friday).  What tha?  This meant I had to rush to get a breakfast and construct some sort of lunch.  I decided to go old school and do toast with jam and OJ.  This got me to thinking....I don't have a toaster. I love toast and make it often.  I told a friend this and she said, how do you make toast if you have no toaster?  Well, I am a broiling fool let me tell you.  Feast your eyes on my quick breakfast.

Fast Collards and Chops

We were hungry and tired and needed something fast and easy.  I searched the freezer and came up with another saute.  It's always good to have that to fall back on.  So,  I had thin cut chops and frozen collards.  I'm going to give this a thumbs up.  Maybe next time I'll add a little spice to the greens with the addition of some red pepper flakes. 

Thin cut chops seasoned and lighted dusted with wheat flour. 

Frozen chopped collard greens, sliced onions, bouillon, seasonings.

Sliced Roma tomatoes



Saute onions, tomato and bouillon with a little canola oil.



Add collards and water and cover until greens are tender.

The end result.

Brussel Sprout Intro

So, neither me or my husband have ever tried brussel sprouts.  I saw them at the farmer's market and the guy said the flavor was not unlike the cabbage. We like the cabbage and I like small cute produce.  I purchased larger ones and brought them home.  Six you ask?  Well, I wasn't sure if I would like them or not.  So anyway, I decided to use them today.

I searched for recipes but decided to just slice and sauteed them with onions and peppers.  I neglected to get a pic of the ingredients but it's basically salt, pepper, McCormick's Perfect Pinch seasoning and a little bit of Worcestershire sauce.  I didn't measure any of this but tasted as I seasoned. 



Seared steak



I seared a steak for the husband.  After searing the steak, I removed it and added a frozen mix of onions and red and green bell peppers.  I added the sliced brussel sprouts and seasoning.  I sauteed everything together and then added a couple teaspoons of the Worcestershire and about a 1/4 cup of water then covered and let it steam a bit until the veggies were just tender.



 

Brussels with steak


 
Since I don't do steak, I boiled myself an egg.  Sounds strange but it rounded out the dish very nicely. 



Same dish minus the steak with a hard boiled egg.



It turned out much better than I expected.  As for the comparison to cabbage....he's was right.  I'm gonna go ahead and give this dish a thumbs up and add it to my list of dinner choices on the fridge!