Showing posts with label Brooklyn Label. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brooklyn Label. Show all posts

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Breakfast

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  Lately, on the weekends, I have been eating a simple but delicious breakfast.  Baguette, cured meat, gourmet cheese, and a little guava paste.  I haven't been able to find the bread that Catalans use for their bocadillos but this is pretty damn close.

I am also of fan of eggs benedict especially at Brooklyn Label.  I used to be able to make my own eggs benedict.  I haven't done this in a while though.  The trick is to crack one egg into a cup and then drop that egg (carefully!) into boiling water and take the handle end of a wooden spoon and stir the water around the egg so it spins.  Then turn down the heat to simmer and let the egg simmer for a while.  I still have yet how to figure out to make hollandaise sauce.  I got a recipe from weight watchers which said to take egg subsititute like egg beaters and squeeze half a lemon into it and whisk.  There you go.  But I always but it in the microwave for 15 seconds so it doesn't cook but gets a little warm.  I know there is supposed to be some double boil action in there somewhere.

During the week, I am on a boring diet.  So I just eat lowfat vanilla yogurt (activia is my favorite) with raisins, sunflower seeds, and maybe fruit if I have it.  I always have a triple espresso with milk.  I have been drinking that flavored cream stuff but I think I am going to stop and instead use fat free half and half with splenda again.  I don't know.