Home fries (potatoes from the CSA!) baked, not fried. I guess I need to call them something else. A few months ago, we unfortunately had to eat at a Cheesecake Factory in the USA, or some restaurant that looked just like one…I can’t tell…you know the type…in a shopping mall, crap on the walls, uniformed waitresses…very happy…very large portions. I noticed a lot of menu items were named “Santa Fe”, like “chicken Santa Fe” or “Santa Fe Salad”. There did not seem to be a clear style that unified these items, and I thought that to be a great example of American marketing. So I will call these Home Fries Santa Fe.

Bacon from the quarter pig I bought from our CSA. Delicious. Thick. Artisanally smoked without any extra chemicals.

Salted tomato slices, from the CSA.

Unbelievable. I cannot believe I used to buy vegetables from the grocery store.

After a big glass of raw milk each, we got to work on our veggies, which are almost all from our CSA at Cadet-Roussel. We boiled some potatoes for home fries and sauteed garlic scapes, swiss chard, and mushrooms (the only veg not from the CSA) for the eggs.
Once boiled, the potatoes got thrown into a cast iron skillet with some chopped onion, butter,and olive oil. We also threw half a pound of bacon from Oscar’s Smokehhouse onto our flat top, and as that artisanally smoked bacon gave up some grease, we used it to further lubricate the home fries.

Once the veggies were properly sauteed, we added the eggs (also from the CSA), some Cabot extra sharp cheddar, and a tablespoon of raw milk, and scrambled it up. Garnished with kamut toast from our local bakery, here is the finished plate:

Here are our plates, finished:

Sounds like a good way to start the day to me! Check it out here!

Fellow BreakfastBlogger Muffin made her own bacon cookies here. (edit: link is no longer good… see comments) The pictures are to die for.

I’ve just found out that Muffin is going through an unspecified illness at the moment. Let’s all wish her the best and a quick recovery. We’re thinking of you babe! Get well soon!

Another issue that I’ve been having is the fact that I’m super busy working on my house. I’ve been taking lotsa pictures of the work I’ve been doing and JFlo has been bugging me to start a house renovation blog! I’m not sure if I have time to do that, but it’s something to think about.

I’m still very dedicated to breakfast, and things will probably pick up eventually once I work through this comment moderation problem. I’ve found a way to go through each unmoderated comment one by one. There were over 3000 and I’ve got that widdled down to 1500 now. I’m hoping that I won’t lose any of the new comments, but it’s possible that I lose some as I get closer to having all of these sorted out.

I’ll update once I’m done- I’m hoping that the problem is because of a badly formatted comment that the server gets borked on when it sees it. I’m hoping with this alternate method of going through them will get rid of it and things will be back to normal.

As for breakfast news- well, I find myself these days having a traditional breakfast during the week and easing off on the weekends with healthier breakfasts. Still not the healthiest, but I’m addicted.

Hang in there folks and don’t lose your coolness.

They came in a pack of 3 for about $12. There is an elephant, a lion and a seal with a ball on his nose. They are non-stick and pretty sturdy.

I just whipped up a batch of my fav pancake mix and filled em up!

I was worried about the tails and such breaking off when I removed the molds, but it is really good non-stick. They turned out beautiful!

Due to some careless flipping on my part, the seals ball fell off his nose

But after dressing them up in some butter and syrup,

they were more than enough to WOW my little man at the breakfast table.

He ate the whole plate worth!

*burp*

I mean seriously, WTF.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what grinds my gears. Goodnight.

I’m having a hard time trying to imagine what these taste like!

Thanks KB! ;-)

Or maybe it makes you black!

via reddit. reddit discussion.

I saw this at the grocery store last week and snapped a shot-

I dunno ’bout you, but if I’m going to have something like this, I’d rather make it myself or have one hand made for me…

Out of curiosity, I flipped the box around to check out nutritional info:

I think that’s about what you’d expect for something like this. That long list of ingredients is kinda scary though :-/

Well spring time is here and the mountains of snow around me are slowly melting away– I’m dying to eat outside again. Let’s hear it for some spring time breakfast adventures!

Ya know what I DON”T Love? Having to scrub the lumpy cream of wheat pot after.

*burp*