Category: Breakfast & Brunch

Bacon and Cheddar Frittata

A Cookbook Collection

Frittata – a great ‘fast food’, perfect for brunch lunch or a light midweek meal. More robust than an omelette and it can be served hot or at room temperature. 

French Toast – Two Ways!

A Cookbook Collection

French Toast, Pain Perdu, Eggy Bread… the list of names for this dish is endless. They are all essentially the same thing: old bread dipped in egg and milk or cream and fried in butter. The name ‘Pain Perdu’ translates to lost bread as it refers to stale bread that would otherwise have been lost […]

Mediterranean Eggs

A Cookbook Collection

Is it too late to wish everyone a Happy New Year?! I took a bit of a break from the blog for a few weeks which was great as now I’m refreshed and have a load of ideas for posts.

Overnight Oats or Bircher Muesli

A Cookbook Collection

This is another bandwagon that I am shamelessy jumping on! Nearly all healthy eating websites are promoting this as a convenient breakfast. I don’t think they’d approve of my version using so much Greek yogurt though. Basically, overnight oats are 1 part oats mixed with 1 part liquid and left to soak overnight in the […]

Roasted Tomatoes and Avocado on Toast

A Cookbook Collection

For some reason I can’t keep tomatoes fresh at the moment. Because of this I had a glut of them that were looking a bit overripe. Instead of making Tomato Soup like I normally would, I decided to try this recipe from Diana Henry’s A Change of Appetite for brunch at the weekend. It is […]

‘Instant’ Buttermilk Pancakes with Berry Compote

A Cookbook Collection

There’s a big day coming up – Pancake Tuesday!! One of my favourite days of the year.

Waffles

A Cookbook Collection

I love waffles! Whenever I go somewhere that there’s a food fair, I check to see if there is a waffle stand. I always liked them quite plain just with a dusting of sugar. Then we went on holidays to the Las Vegas and every morning I had breakfast of waffles with whipped cream and […]