A little Nigella for Alexis
Hmm, what to have for brunch on New Year’s day? I had oatmeal and coffee, which was fine, but I would’ve really loved to have Nigella Lawson’s tomato and bacon hash. Oh mama, so salty and bacony. This recipe was on the Food Channel a few months ago and it’s been stuck in the ‘ol melon since then. I can’t think of a better kinda-healthy-after-party-breakfast.
Why not take a moment and watch the video right here?
If you’re looking for some ideas for breakkie tomorrow, here’s the recipe taken from the episode “Breakfast all Hours.” Hope you had a fantastic New Year’s Eve!
Bacon and Tomato Hash
Ingredients
- 4 rashers streaky bacon
- 2 teaspoons garlic-infused oil
- 1 tomato, diced
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Serving suggestion: bread
Directions
Cut each piece of bacon into 3 or 4 pieces. Heat oil in a skillet. When oil is hot, fry bacon until crispy (the bacon will also give up flavorful fat of its own). Remove the bacon to a piece of kitchen towel.
Add the diced tomato, with all its seeded, gluey interior, into the hot oily pan, which will cause a great spitting and sizzling, and stir for a couple of minutes. Add the Worcestershire sauce and stir again, then put the bacon back into the pan, mixing it into the tomato before transferring to a plate.
Scatter with some parsley and freshly ground black pepper, and serve with bread to dip in the oily juices.
Filed under Non-fiction, breakfast | Comments (3)Where will the time go?
With New Years only a few days away I’m starting to wonder what types of projects or changes might be in store for 2009. Not in a New-Years-Resolution type way, however, which are always broken immediately. (Who bought a gym membership and went three times in a year?)
I think I’d like to simply get things done this year. Pure and simple. Turning 30 might also be to powering this list – I was supposed to be living in California and fluent in German by now. Mach schnell!
So, one obtainable goal I’d like to set I’m going to set for this year is to try to make breakfast at home more often. Instead of coffee and a croissant every day from the coffee shop at work, as much as I love them, I’ll whip something up at home. I found a flickr set not long ago that has the tastiest set of photos taken at breakfast every morning. This picture in particular kills me:
If I could stop hitting snooze so many times and hurry up and get out of bed, this is what I’d like to have for breakfast in the morning. I’d also love to be organized enough to make homemade scones, freeze them, and heat them up in the morning. But that seems to much to ask at this juncture.
Hmm… I’m still not sure this plan is feasible. Maybe I’ll hope for this Christmas miracle instead.
