Mexican for Breakfast

The next time you are hungry for Mexican flavors try this for breakfast:

Ingredients

Eggs

Milk

Red Onion

EVOO

Avocado

Cilantro

Lime

Garlic

Salt

Pepper

Guacamole 

1. Chop cilantro, dice avocado, chop red onion (sit half aside), and mince garlic. 

2. Mash ingredients together in a bowl with lime juice, salt, and pepper

3. Sit aside

Eggs

1. Heat two skillets with EVOO

2. Crack eggs into bowl

2. Add small amount of milk

3. Whisk

4. Add eggs to one skillet and remaining red onion to other

5. Mix scrambled eggs and cook onion

Serve

1. Plate egg and onion mixture

2. Top with a generous helping of guacamole

3. Pair with favorite chips and salsa

Open Faced Farm Breakfast Sandwich

I am a firm believer in starting the day off with a good breakfast.  During a typical weekday I usually have two berry smoothies, a cup of coffee, a mini bagel with cream cheese, and a glass of orange or apple juice.  On the weekends I will have pancakes one day and bacon and eggs the other.

On those surprise days when there is no school, I like to make breakfast sandwiches.  Today I had an "Open Faced Farm Breakfast Sandwich."   It begins with one piece of whole grain toast on the bottom followed by a nice fresh, green leaf of lettuce and a slice of colby cheese.  Then I add two thin sausage patties and two eggs over easy.  Lastly, a nice thick slice of tomato tops it all off.

What is in a name?  I use the phrase "Open Face" because there is no top, and you eat the sandwich with a fork--not your hands.  This is a common phrase.  However, the word "Farm" means there are both vegetables and meat on the sandwich.  Don't think about it too long--you won't enjoy this breakfast.  

House Pancakes

"Treehouse Cafe" is the restaurant my wife and I run out of our kitchen.  Our exclusive guest list consist of close friends and family (the guest list is exclusive because all meals are free).  New customers are welcome, but must be pre-approved.

We try to create an experience for diners filled with delicious, beautiful dishes, engaging conversation, and lasting memories. 

Our menu offers something for everyone.  One of our long-time breakfast favorites has been pancakes.  Recently we started playing around with the batter and came up with our "house pancakes."

Here we served house pancakes with two eggs over easy and two strips of turkey bacon.  To wash it down we offered a triple berry smoothie: strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries.

Pancakes:

- 1 cup pancake batter

- 3/4 cup water

- 1/4 cup chopped pecans

- 1/4 cup brown sugar

- 1 tsp vanilla

- 1 tbsp cinnamon

Smoothie:

- 1 cup crushed ice

- fresh  or frozen strawberries

- fresh or frozen blackberries

- fresh or frozen blueberries

- 1 cup apple juice

- 1 cup orange juice

- 1 1/2 cup greek yogurt