In our house, it became a tradition to do Sunday Morning Brunch. It gave us an excuse to get our kids up and out of bed at reasonable time (they would sleep till 3 in the afternoon if I let them). This was also the day when everyone was at home, we could all sit down at a meal together and talk about what happed last week and what our plans were for next week. Sunday was the day we dedicated to getting ready for the coming week. This included meal planning, cleaning bedrooms, and washing clothes. So it better be a hardy meal cause I'm not cooking again till dinner. Back when I was first married, we only had a couple of kids. We would go out for Sunday Morning Brunch at our favorite restaurant, Tiny Nailers (lots of small carpenters). They had a stuffed French toast to die for. As we added on more children, it got too expensive to go out to brunch except on Mother's Day, Easter, and my birthday. So, I started cooking brunch at home. To this day, I still do brunch every other Sunday and the kids come over and bring my grandkids.
This included:
1. Some kind of meat, bacon (turkey or pork or both), ham, or sausage.
2. Scrambled eggs
3. One or more of fruit bread, French toast, pancakes, coffeecake (is pancake baked in a pan).
4. Fruit salad
5. Sometimes adding yogurt or cereal
I would make a fruit salad with whatever I had around. Usually it's canned peaches and pears or fruit cocktail drained. Add sliced bananas and orange slices. Maybe some frozen blueberries or other frozen fruit. During the summer, I'll add fresh strawberries when they are cheap. You can even make this the night before and leave it covered in the refrigerator over night.
Preheat oven to 375. Take a large bowl, crack two eggs per person and add enough milk to make the eggs a pastel yellow. Whip with fork and set aside. Place meat on a broiler pan and place in oven. Cook till desired crispness. In large bowl make pancake batter (you can use boxed, but sometimes I make it from scratch). Now, I can either stand there for an hour making pancakes 2 or 3 at a time putting them on an oven safe plate to stay warm or I can pour it into a greased cake pan. Place fruit or brown sugar crumb mixture* on top and gently swirl in with a knife. Bake for 45 minutes. 15 minutes before breakfast time for us it's 10AM. In a large frying pan, heat up two tablespoons of oil, pour in eggs you set aside earlier, reduce heat, scrape pan bottom and mix in until eggs reach desired consistency. Sometimes I melt cheese into the eggs. Everything should be ready to serve.
If I happen to get up early, I might make banana bread as a treat. You can substitute any canned fruit (i.e. pumpkin, peaches, cranberries and mandarin oranges).
Smash 3 or more bananas in a bowl. Add 2 eggs 1/2 cup of milk 2 tablespoons of oil, 1/2 cup of sugar, tablespoon of cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix well. Add 1 cup of Bisquick TM and 1 cup of flour or two cups of flour, 1 tablespoon of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of baking soda and 1/2 tablespoon of salt. Mix and pour into an oiled cake pan. Bake 375 for 35 minutes or until golden brown on top.
*1/4 cup of brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of white sugar, 2 tablespoons of butter or margarine, 2 tablespoons of flour, 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Mix till crumbly.
This included:
1. Some kind of meat, bacon (turkey or pork or both), ham, or sausage.
2. Scrambled eggs
3. One or more of fruit bread, French toast, pancakes, coffeecake (is pancake baked in a pan).
4. Fruit salad
5. Sometimes adding yogurt or cereal
I would make a fruit salad with whatever I had around. Usually it's canned peaches and pears or fruit cocktail drained. Add sliced bananas and orange slices. Maybe some frozen blueberries or other frozen fruit. During the summer, I'll add fresh strawberries when they are cheap. You can even make this the night before and leave it covered in the refrigerator over night.
Preheat oven to 375. Take a large bowl, crack two eggs per person and add enough milk to make the eggs a pastel yellow. Whip with fork and set aside. Place meat on a broiler pan and place in oven. Cook till desired crispness. In large bowl make pancake batter (you can use boxed, but sometimes I make it from scratch). Now, I can either stand there for an hour making pancakes 2 or 3 at a time putting them on an oven safe plate to stay warm or I can pour it into a greased cake pan. Place fruit or brown sugar crumb mixture* on top and gently swirl in with a knife. Bake for 45 minutes. 15 minutes before breakfast time for us it's 10AM. In a large frying pan, heat up two tablespoons of oil, pour in eggs you set aside earlier, reduce heat, scrape pan bottom and mix in until eggs reach desired consistency. Sometimes I melt cheese into the eggs. Everything should be ready to serve.
If I happen to get up early, I might make banana bread as a treat. You can substitute any canned fruit (i.e. pumpkin, peaches, cranberries and mandarin oranges).
Smash 3 or more bananas in a bowl. Add 2 eggs 1/2 cup of milk 2 tablespoons of oil, 1/2 cup of sugar, tablespoon of cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix well. Add 1 cup of Bisquick TM and 1 cup of flour or two cups of flour, 1 tablespoon of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of baking soda and 1/2 tablespoon of salt. Mix and pour into an oiled cake pan. Bake 375 for 35 minutes or until golden brown on top.
*1/4 cup of brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of white sugar, 2 tablespoons of butter or margarine, 2 tablespoons of flour, 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Mix till crumbly.
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