breakfast

Feb 25 2012

The Best Breakfast Muffins to Make

My Saturday morning started early when I woke up at 7am because my internal clock does not believe in sleeping in. So because I was awake I wanted to make sure I did something productive, which normally results in a big egg sandwich. This time though I wanted to try something different.

Ever since I got back to Yellowknife, my friend Frankie has made these amazing breakfast muffins at the Gourmet Cup. The muffins are jammed packed with bacon, cheese and onions, and I grab one almost every morning on my way to work. The recipe originated from another mutual friend from Yellowknife, Amy. Amy was kind enough to share it was me and some other Twitter folks, so I want to make sure she gets the credit for this amazing creation.

Here is what you need:

2 cups of all purpose flour
1tbsp baking powder
2 tsp granulated sugar
1 tsp dry mustard powder
1tbsp Italian spice
1 tsp salt

1 1/4 cups shredded cheese
1/3 cup crumbled cooked bacon

1 cup milk
3/4 cup canola oil
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
2 large eggs
1 tsp corn syrup

*note: I did add the Italian Spice to the muffin recipe after a recommendation from Frankie. It adds a little extra savory taste to the finished product.

The first thing I did was get everything prepped, pulled out of the cupboards and have the oven preheating at 400°F. I diced up the bacon and lightly pan-fried it. I did the same with the onion. I should note also that I would normally use all Green Onion, but ran out so I just a white onion, which I sautéed a little in the same pan of the bacon.

Next step was to mix the floor, baking powder, sugar, mustard powder, salt and Italian spice.

Once that mixture was mixed together I added most of shredded cheese and diced bacon to the floor mixture.

In a separate bowl I mixed together the milk, canola oil, onions, eggs and corn syrup.

Both bowls of ingredients were mixed at this point, so I then mixed them together. The batter is thick and heavy. I mixed it together just until all the floor was mixed.

Now, Amy’s recipe calls for lining a 12 cup muffin tin with paper liners, but since I didn’t have any I just sprayed it with PAM.

Once the batter was evenly dispersed into all the muffin cups, I placed it in the oven for 18-20 minutes.

I pulled them out at about 19 minutes and added the rest of the cheese to the tops and stuck them back in for 30 second.

Once they were out of the oven for five minutes they all slid right out of the tin. It was like perfection.

They were ready to be devoured, which I did, but like Amy recommended they will make for perfect on the go mornings. I also plan on freezing them and eating when needed.

Now if there ever a recipe that should be shared on Pinterest, this would be it. Enjoy

Dec 26 2011

Christmas Morning Breakfast Tradition

It is no secret I like to cook. I could do it all day if I had a good idea of what I was doing. So I have my own Christmas tradition, and that is to cook Christmas morning breakfast for the family. It has gone on now for about 4 years and I don’t plan on stopping unless I’m not here. Each year and I get fancier and fancier and try to improve.

Last year I had come up with the brilliant idea of Eggnog French Toast and it was good. So this year I wanted to hit it out of the park – which I didn’t – and found a recipe on AllRecipes.com.

Eggnog French Toast

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eggnog-french-toast-2/

I’ll spare you the details of how to make it and just let you know, using the proper bread is essential. I didn’t, instead used fresh normal sliced toast and that failed. They came out to soggy and didn’t cook well. The trick is to use french bread that is stale or semi-stale, so it still holds it form when it the egg is cooking. Nevertheless though they still tasted great.

Creamy Cheese Scrambled Eggs

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/creamy-cheesy-scrambled-eggs-with-basil/

Scrambled Eggs are easy to make, a little milk in with the eggs, salt, pepper and done. They are hard to screw up unless you cook them too long. I wanted something different though, something unique. So again I hit up AllRecipes.com and found these. I had never made them with Sour Cream before, but I thought it as it still was a dairy product, the eggs would be fine, and they was. They turned out fine and tasted good, although the texture was different from regular scrambled eggs. These seemed to crumble more and I believe that is due to the Sour Cream. Good though.

The Meat

Of course no meal with KyleWith would be complete without meat. This is nothing special though. In a fry pan I just cooked up 1lb 1/2 of bacon and some breakfast sausages.

That is my Christmas morning tradition, after the family gathers to exchange gifts of course. What Christmas Day traditions do you have?

May 22 2011

Make an Egg with what you got

This morning was a breakfast of combined ingredients found in my fridge. The combination of things that might not normally go together to make in a magnificent breakfast.

The ingredients:

three large eggs, free range if you can
half a cup of milk
handful of spinach
spoonful of cream cheese
a little bit of cheddar cheese
and of course rounds of ham

Using one frying pan I cooked up the ham first. Once it was done I put it in some tin foil to keep warm. I then greased the pan and turn the heat down low. I then mix the three eggs and milk in a bowl and add some salt and pepper. I chopped up the handful of pinch into finer slices. I then mixed everything together, including the cream cheese, cheddar cheese, eggs and spinach into the pan. I let it slowly cook for a while until almost all the liquid was gone.

Photo May 22 10 30 04 AM

Photo May 22 10 30 20 AM

Of course my plans for making a great egg sandwich were squashed when I realized that my loaf of bread had gone bad. And I wasn’t about to pick mold off of pieces of bread. Instead I happen to have a bunch of tortilla shells in my fridge. So egg wrap it is.

Photo May 22 10 40 51 AM

Photo May 22 10 41 01 AM

Although three eggs and ham was a little too much for this one tortilla shell, it did offer more flavor. There is something that a tortilla shell offers that toast just cannot.

Have you ever tried to make an egg wrap?

Feb 05 2011

Saturday morning breakfast

I would love to have a Saturday morning routine where I go to a favorite coffee shop and have breakfast.
Today I find my self at Whole Wheat and Honey Cafe. I am enjoying Eggs Benny, which is tasty.
My issue with this whole Saturday morning thing, is the Saturday morning thing. I do enjoy being able to lie in bed for a while without having to get up to go somewhere. Although, I am one of those people that if I were to get up and go out for breakfast, I would want to get up early enough that it would feel like lunch.
I think my best alternative is to make it a bi-weekly routine. Cause I do find it nice to be able to blog here in the cafe, which i am doing right now.