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Open-Faced Chorizo Breakfast Quesadilla

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Sean and I are attempting to diversify our breakfasts more. Grok wouldn’t have been able to eat eggs and bacon everyday so neither should we. This week I made some Open-Faced Chorizo Breakfast Quesadillas. I made the filling/topping all at once and then reheated it a bit every morning for breakfast. It tastes the best the first day you make it, but it tastes fine reheated as well.

Ingredients (for 6-8 servings)

2 whole sweet potatoes, cooked

2 chorizo links, casings removed

1 yellow onion, chopped

1 large bag of frozen mixed bell peppers

1-2 jalapenos, chopped

grass-fed butter or bacon grease for cooking

1 egg per serving

Directions

Cut up the sweet potatoes into cubes and throw them on a skillet with some butter/grease to get the outsides brown & crispy. When they are done set them aside.

In a skillet cook the chorizo, breaking it up into chunks. When done, add to the sweet potatoes. Cook the onion and jalapenos in the chorizo grease until tender & browned. Then, add to the sweet potato and chorizo mixture.

Cook the peppers in a skillet. When I cook the frozen bagged peppers I don’t put any butter or grease in the pan. I just put it on medium-low until they start to defrost and then the water gives them something to simmer in. When they’re done add them to the filling/topping mix. If there is still a lot of water in the pan, be sure to drain it first.

So that makes the filling/topping; that’s what I would heat up every morning for breakfast. To make the “tortilla” for the topping all I did was cook one scrambled egg in a small non-stick skillet. It can be kinda hard to get one omelet-style egg off a pan, but the key is to add a good amount of butter/grease and to cover the pan while it’s cooking. That way the top of the egg starts to cook so it’s kind of fluffy when you try to flip it/pick it up. If the top of the egg is still wet you’re not going to be able to flip it without breaking it.

Anyways, you cook your egg patty then add your toppings and it’s ready to eat!

 

CSA Week 7

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So I’m liking this posting with a week delay. Rather than speculation, I have results. This week (last week) was sort of a transition week. More summer veggies and a really great variety. Spinach and lettuces are less frequent. Summer squash is plentiful. This week included:

    • 1 lettuce. Instead of salads this week we did chicken lettuce wraps. We cooked skinless chicken thighs in enchilada sauce I had frozen with a dash of homemade hot sauce. I would say this was a marginal success. The chicken was really good but it was too messy.  I have yet to find a good paleo tortilla. I’ve tried coconut flour but they were too fluffy and fell apart easily.
    • 3# squash. This was mostly the yellow summer squash and 1 large green zucchini. We incorporated this into “meatless Monday” by making a squash “pasta bake”. Essentially this was cooked sliced zucchini, onion, garlic, diced tomatoes and italian seasonings topped with fresh mozzarella and baked until brown and bubbly.
    • 1 large onion
    • Leeks. Now I love leaks. I posted my favorite preparation a while ago served with seared sea scallops. This time I quickly charred them on the grill, then wrapped them in foil with a little balsamic vinegar and let them braise on the grill for about 10-15 minutes.
    • Swiss chard. We made Jacquie’s breakfast casserole again using local sausage and sweet potatoes. Went really well with the homemade hot sauce and yielded breakfast for four days this week.
    • Beets. One of me and Jacquie’s favorite veggies. Nothing better than roasted beets with a little olive oil. There weren’t many so we also made roasted parsnips to go with them. Both were a great side dish for chicken Kiev.

      Chicken Kiev

      Chicken Kiev

    • Cucumbers. Made some quick pickles with these to serve with a marinated and grilled flank steak.

Quick Pickles

Sausage, Sweet Potato, and Swiss Chard Breakfast Casserole

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Awhile back Sean and I got rainbow swiss chard in our CSA which we used to make a breakfast casserole. I made the casserole on Sunday night and would heat it up in the microwave for 30-45 s every morning and serve it for breakfast. Healthy, tasty, quick & easy… not much more ya can ask for!

What You’ll Need

  • 1 pound of breakfast sausage (I got some sausage from the farm… it was delicious beyond words)
  • A bunch of greens (I did swiss chard but you could also do spinach, turnip greens, collards or kale)
  • ~2 sweet potatoes
  • ~6-8 large eggs

I started off cooking the sausage in a skillet.

While it was cooking I cut up the sweet potatoes into thin slices and lined the bottom of an 8″ x 8″ baking dish with them.

I chopped up the swiss chard a bit and once the sausage was done cooking I threw it in the skillet as well. I cooked the mixture until the swiss chard was nice and wilted. Then I evenly topped the sweet potatoes with the swiss chard & sausage mixture.

In a separate bowl I whisked the eggs and poured them on top of the casserole, making sure to distribute the eggs evenly throughout the dish.

Baked at 400-deg until the eggs were thoroughly cooked (30-40 minutes). If you stick a knife in the thickest part of the casserole and it comes out clean, it’s ready to eat!

I like the sweet potato & egg layers at the bottom – it made it fun to eat :-)

 

Chocolate Avocado Pudding

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I’ll be the first to admit this sounded strange when I first heard of it but it is awesome. Even if you are an avocado hater (I know they exist but I haven’t figured it out) I really encourage you to give this a try. The texture is smoother and creamier than any dairy-based pudding I’ve ever tasted. Plus it packs on the vitamins, minerals and healthy monounsaturated fat from the avocado and fiber, antioxidants and minerals from the cocoa powder. Jacquie says it had a hint of ripe banana flavor which I agreed with after refrigerating for a day or two. Even though the honey and cocoa make this fairly rich, I guarantee it won’t last long.

We served ours with our CSA strawberries. You could also try adding some banana or other fruit. Some cinnamon would also be good.

Ingredients

Recipe from freecoconutrecipes.com.

  • 2 ripe avocados
  • ½ cup honey
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Procedure

Mash the avocado and blend with the rest of the ingredients in a blender or food processor. Enjoy immediately of refrigerate in an airtight container.

Vegan Pancakes

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Vegan Pancakes

Pancakes are perhaps one of my top 5 guilty pleasure foods.  As soon as I found out how to make perfectly round and fluffy ones at home, Mary and I would frequently have them for brinner and weekend brunches. Then I stopped eating butter and had to start the journey of perfecting the recipe all over again. After countless batches, I believe I found it!

The key to fluffy vegan pancakes is to mix equal parts baking soda and baking powder. This creates just enough rise so you are not eating syrup slathered bread (well, I guess technically you are…) and enough air pockets inside to get that fluff.

For liquid ingredients, you can use any non-dairy milk, or even water if you had too. My favorite is unsweetened almond milk.

Do not forget to add the vanilla!

Recipe

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons vegan sugar (I use Florida Crystals)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups almond milk
2 tablespoons melted vegan butter
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

Sift together all of the dry ingredients, including the sugar, in a large bowl.  In a separate bowl, combine the melted butter, milk, and vanilla.  Pour the wet into the dry, being careful not to over mix.  If it is too dry, add another splash of almond milk.  At this point, you can add berries or chocolate chips.

Heat a lightly oiled griddle over medium-high heat. Drop the batter by large spoonfuls onto the griddle, and cook until bubbles form and the edges are dry. Flip, and cook until browned on the other side.

Makes 8-10 three inch wide pancakes.