July 2011

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A Week of Unordinary Breakfasts: Saturday

Hey folks! I am reposting a series of posts I did last year on another blog that I don’t use anymore. It was called “A Week of Unordinary Breakfasts”. I decided to make something a little unusual each morning for one week to break up the morning yogurt routine =) Enjoy the photos and some tasty recipes!

Monday Raw Vegan Flaxseed “Oatmeal”
Tuesday Mango and Banana Pancakes
Wednesday Poached Eggs in Tomato Sauce
Thursday Huevos Rancheros
Friday Quinoa Cereal with Pomegranate
Saturday Egg and Avocado Wrap
Sunday Pumpkin Oatmeal

Since I had a breakfast date with some long lost friends, I wasn’t able to make a super unusual breakfast. But I did have something a little out of the ordinary at the “Roast and Toast Cafe”: Breakfast egg wrap with bacon, cheddar, onions, and….. Avocado! It’s so good. Along with a side of spicy potatoes and oranges. Not terribly out-of-the-ordinary, but a little different so I’ll let it slide.

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A Week of Unordinary Breakfasts: Sunday

I think today, Sunday, ends my unordinary breakfast week. I never thought about if I wanted to do a 7 day week, a school week, a work week… Haha. Well this morning was sort of unordinary. Pumpkin Oatmeal. The first time I made pumpkin oatmeal I fed it to the dog. That was last year. This year it has sounded sooo good and I finally made it! No recipe because I didn’t use one. Oatmeal+Pumpkin Puree+Maple Syrup+ Cinnamon Sugar+Nutmeg+Ginger. Topped off with raisins, dried cherries and toasted maple walnuts. Nom. Also ate an apple with PB, honey and nutmeg.

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A Week of Unordinary Breakfasts: Tuesday

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I got up early this morning to make Closet Cooking’s Mango and Banana Pancakes. Sadly, I couldn’t scrounge up any Cardamon in the kitchen so I was missing that ingredient. I like my pancakes a little thinner, so I thinned the batter out with a little extra milk. Bad idea. This recipe, with the mashed banana and mango, wasn’t meant to be thinned. They wouldn’t cook properly… Even after I added extra flour. They were still tasty with chopped mango ad banana on top drizzled with maple syrup, but I won’t be making them again. Maybe an only banana variation with mangos on top, but I couldn’t taste the mango in the pancake itself. Worth a try, but not a repeat.

{Breakfast}

3 small mango banana pancakes
1/2c Chopped mangoes and bananas
1TB Maple Syrup
1 small protein bar, because I was feeling protein-deprived with all the carbs in the pancakes and fruit.

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A Week of Unordinary Breakfasts: Thursday

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I woke up at 6:30 this morning to cram study for a test, read my Bible and…… make Huveos Rancheros! Yummmmmm. Another new favorite breakfast. I loosely followed a recipe I found on Smitten Kitchen, found here.

Mmm, Tony’s Creole. This is a staple at my house.

More deliciousness. I found these peppers at Meijer the other day. Inexpensive and good! From the looks of them they would burn a hole in your mouth bigger than the grand canyon, but they are not hot AT ALL- super sweet and great for breakfast!

Just like in Mexico…. Carbtillas. =P

Black beans, peppers and corn with some chili powder, Tony’s and salt.

After try #3 ( 1 and 2 were conveniently fed to the father ;) ) I finally figured out how to keep the egg ON THE TORTILLA!!

Mmm yummmyyyynesss! Visit the link at the top for the recipe =)

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A Week of Unordinary Breakfasts: Friday

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I’ll be honest, I didn’t want to make this for breakfast. I wanted pumpkin oatmeal. With walnuts. And maple syrup. But no, I’d already had that before therefore disqualifying it from the “unordinary” category. I had another recipe, Quinoa with Pomegranate. Quinoa? I eat that with chicken. We had pomegranates in the house, although. So I made it.

Let’s just say this:

Liv takes first bite, “Wow!! This is actually realllllly good!”

Recipe found on Eden Kitchen, here. Make it!!