Despite my avowed resistance to the charms of morning [see yesterday’s post], I am far from immune to the delights of breakfast, no matter what time of day it is served and enjoyed. O brave (if perhaps gluten-free) toast soldiers, stand up and be counted! Your being bathed in butter before pan-browning is a gift that I would not willingly snub even when I’d rather sleep in and I’m trying to reduce my carbohydrate footprint anyway.
Of course, eating proper stuff to start the day is smart. I’ve heard that. I’ve even experienced the truth of it. If I get a fair dose of protein, a nice gloss of good fat and a dash of sweetness in my breakfast I tend to have a better day following it than when I’m under-fueled.
Also, I like yummy food.
So it’s pretty simple, then. Put together a tasty and reasonably balanced breakfast, gnash it all up happily to get the day underway, and be glad. Maybe even productive.
Eggs are very often on this kind of menu for me. Scrambled, poached, fried, baked. Plain or in a complicated dish. Hot or cold. I’m reasonably catholic in my tastes, yet contented and thrilled enough when presented with easily predictable but well-prepared classic combinations of breakfast-related goodness.
The Full English, as I’ve said here before, is never amiss, in my estimation; would I dream of saying no to a heap of eggs, streaky bacon, sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms, beans and toast? Certainly not. A glorious Bauernpfanne loaded with sausages and potatoes and their friends, yes, that too is heavenly. I am dangerously fond of baked goods and quick breads, so I find waffles or pancakes or pain perdu or my particular favorite, crepes, a dream worth suffering for, but ultimately if left to choose, I’ll opt for something a little heavier on the protein side of the balance. The day finds me less lethargic and more useful on that diet. My aging body responds much more kindly to a cake-and-cookie-deficit than to shortchanging it of protein and fat.
So I enjoyed concocting this plateful on that particular plan. Bacon’s a fun place to start. Or end, or eat all the way through the meal. So there’s that. But for egg pleasure, here’s a quick way to get a little variant pizzazz into the cheese omelet kind of treat: fill one side of a small nonstick frying pan with shredded Gouda and cook it over medium-high heat until it’s beginning to crisp up and turn golden, drop a touch of butter, a few fresh sage leaves and then two whole eggs into the other half of the pan, let them fry up until the eggs are nearly set, and fold the crisped cheese side over onto that other layer to finish it all up. Slide it onto a plate with the crispy bacon and serve a nice sweet-and-juicy helping of fruit (a little Satsuma is a fine complement) alongside, and I am ready for a big day of Doing Things. If I don’t happen to get around to anything very significant in the way of accomplishment, at least I’ll have had a very enjoyable start to my latest day of Not Doing Things, and I won’t complain. If breakfast is brilliant enough, why should I need to be?
Art-Colored Glasses 
oh, that sounds heavenly!
Happy to share it when you make your appearance at my earthly table. 😉
this person really knows how to make people drool with her food antics 😀 !!
Takes one to know one! The only thing infinitely better than eating well is to eat well in great company. 😀
can’t agree more that the start of the day should be fabulous.
I think it true no matter *when* the day starts! 🙂
Mmmmmmm bacon 😉
Wink-wink!!!
I’m not much of a breakfast person except when I travel and then your breakfast is just what I like to enjoy.
You notice that I say it should be brilliant, not that it should be eaten early! I tend to break my fast at midday, but am quite happy to do so with breakfast-style foods, anyway. 🙂
I’m hungry now. 😀
I’m practically *always* hungry. 😉
I could have all sorts of breakfast food any time of the day! Your dish looks so tasty!!
As you can tell, that is my belief, too: breakfast food is great, whether it’s breakfast *time* or not! And that sage-egg concoction *was* just delightful for dinner!
What a wholesome start to a day~! You’re an amazing chef, Kathryn.
Less amazing than simply curious and hungry! And that’s quite enough. 😀
If I ate what I’d like every day for breakfast, my veins & arteries would not flow in either direction…
I’ve a tendency to think (especially whilst eating) that a slightly shorter life is worth all of the yummy butter and sugar. Might be wrong, but hey, it’s worth a shot. 😀
xoxo
The “slightly shorter” part takes on a different meaning as time wears on…
I am not a morning person these days, like you. But I could eat this any time of these day! Coffee until noon and then an omelette with gouda – yum. You are such a good writer – your voice is clear and you make me smile. Happy Foodie Tuesday! 🙂 Shanna
You are too kind, Shanna! But I’ll happily share an omelette with you any old time. 🙂
xoxo
Kathryn
Wow, that is probably the most creative and new way to make an omelette that I’ve seen in a very long while. I can imagine the crispiness of the cheese is such a nice contrast with the soft egg.. just wonderful. I’d start every day with one of these if I could:)xx
I think it’d also be interesting to try a chip-and-dip approach with Parmesan tuiles and poached/soft boiled eggs….
xoxo!
Yum!! xx
I love weekend breakfasts when I can indulge in all that is brilliant 🙂
Weekends are lovely for so many reasons, no? 🙂
xo
Yummy and now I’m wondering if I want breakfast for dinner! 🙂 xoxo
That’s pretty much always a pleasant option, in my book. 🙂
xoxo!
Although I normally eat granola or oatmeal in the morning, I love a hearty breakfast with bacon and/or sausage, eggs, hashed browns, and some kind of bread.
I might not even mind ordering “all of the above” for *my* breakfast, but it’s probably better if I refrain from it. 😀
That is my sort of breakfast!
While I’ve always found sweet stuff and starchy foods very alluring, I’m finding as I get older that more and more I crave breakfasts of really hearty protein with a dose of good fats; they literally break my fast with a burst of energy that lasts a lot longer than sugary things offer.