Monday, October 29, 2007

Sharing Meals and Sunday Mornings...



I love to feed people. All too often, I end up cooking for myself and having a ton of leftovers. Unfortunately, I haven't quite mastered the art of cooking for one. I eat leftovers but sometimes I just cannot keep up with everything that I've made.

This weekend was a special treat because I got to share three meals with my honey; one of which was also shared with my good friends, Ben and Tessa. There were no leftovers!

On Sunday morning, I awoke to the sun shining and a sweet and snuggly boy in my bed. It's was nice to lay around for a while and NOT have to jump up and get ready for work. I relish in those lazy mornings where I can wake up slowly, throw on some wrinkled clothes, and walk to the nearest breakfast establishment for some poached eggs, home fries, and chicken sausage. Well, this weekend, I made breakfast.

I made a roasted turkey hash, and poached eggs with toast. It was a really quick breakfast, came together in less that 25 minutes and tasted really great. As usual, I didn't follow a recipe and just threw stuff that I thought would taste great together.

Here's my recipe for two:

3 small yellow potatoes (You can leave the peels on if you would like to. I peeled two and then got lazy)

Dice the potatoes and par boil them in salted water(or chicken broth for extra flavor) for about 5 min. You don't want them to be too soft. They will finish cooking in the skillet. (The longer you leave them in the there, the less they need to cook in the pan; you don't want them too mushy, though)

Meanwhile, get the rest of the ingredients prepped/cooking:

1/2 medium onion, diced
1/3 small red pepper
1T olive oil or butter
a few sprigs of thyme
3 ounces of roasted turkey
a few dashes of worcestershire sauce
pepper to taste
salt to taste
sprinkle of parmesan or sharp cheddar cheese.

Saute the onions, peppers and thyme in the olive oil/butter over medium heat until soft and translucent. Add the parboiled potatoes and let them finish cooking and brown up. Once they are getting near desired doneness, throw in a few shakes of worcestershire sauce, the pepper, and the turkey. Heat the turkey through. Taste for seasoning and serve it up with a sprinkle of freshly grated cheese. Plop some poached eggs on it and it's good stuff.

1 comment:

Stump Cohen family food blog said...

very nice way to start a lazy weekend morning!