Being as it was the family day long weekend, and since there wasn't much going on in the city, i ventured up to my parents place - aka winter wonderland.They told me they didn't have too much snow, but for anyone who's spent this winter in Toronto, it was quite a bit. Waking up on sunday, no one was really in too much of a hurry to eat. It was sort of a dreary morning and we were all taking it easy hanging out with our coffees.
Eventually i got a little motivated for breakfast, so i just started looking around for inspirations. I didn't really want to make anything too spectacular, but my mind was all over the place - i get like that cooking in a foreign kitchen. My mother has an amazing kitchen - granite island, gas stove, good pots, every gadget and her kitchen is always stocked. Its always a pleasure to cook there.
Looking at all my options, i couldn't decide, my pallet was all over the place - i had eaten chocolate first thing in the morning (it was Valentines after all) and had a huge meal the night before. (Grouper with roasted veggies) So i just decided to make a little of each of my favorite brunch items - eggs, toast, hash browns, salad and guac.
For the hashbrowns, i just sauteed some heavily seasoned potatos, garlic, red onion, red pepper and jalapeno on the stove. (god i love gas) While that was cooking i made the salad - spinach and arugula in olive oil and balsamic with salt and pepper. The guacamole wasn't really true guac, it was more of an avocado salad, i didn't really mash it or add garlic or cilantro, but i did use lime juice to dress it. Once the potatos were almost done, i fried a couple eggs and threw the toast in the toaster.
Voila - Country breakfast. We washed it down with pineapple juice.
Above:
Breakfast
Ingredients
Avocado Salad
Potatos ready for the stove
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