- 4th meal, appetizers + hors d'oeuvres, breakfast + brunch, comfort food, party food + snacks, sandwiches + roll-ups
Toast 6+ Ways
Toast is one of my ultimate comfort foods. When I was very little, toast was front and center of my morning routine with my father. I was his official self-appointed toast maker. Every morning, as he was shaving, I would prepare his toast. How many times had I under toasted the bread or was overzealous with the butter or the dollop of my mom’s homemade peach preserves? Who knows, because my sweet dad said it was “absolutely perfect!” every.time. Dad and I took turns fixing each others’ toast for many years. Toast was our love language. Toast was our thing. Today’s toast transcends the white bread stereotype. It is no…
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Huevos Rancheros Breakfast Nachos
Nachos for breakfast? Yes, please! It makes perfect sense, if you ask me. What could possibly be better than Huevos Rancheros Nachos first thing in the AM to get you off to a super-charged version of yourself? Actually, that’s pretty much the entire purpose of huevos rancheros, if you think about it. Historically, I mean. Traditionally served midmorning, huevos rancheros originated as a breakfast dish consisting of eggs, beans, rice, and potatoes, served with tortillas + sometimes guacamole + sometimes a sauce. It was served–you guessed it–to ranchers as the breakfast of champions. I took a delicious huevos rancheros recipe and twisted the rules a bit by converting it to…
