A Great Start to the Week

When I woke up this morning, it was 27-degrees... that's not a very good start to the first full week of Spring, now is it? Well, I walked the dogs on the sunny side of the street, so it wasn't so bad.

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Ready for breakfast!

I always feed them a small wet food breakfast when they come in from their morning walk, so I thought this morning (afternoon, really) would be a great one for me to have a nice breakfast, too.

I started with a hot cup of coffee, which is something I haven't made in a long while. In fact, I haven't even had a coffee to drink since... before the end of January? I tried to water it down a little, so the caffeine wouldn't overwhelm me.

My breakfast comfort food is chilaquiles, and now that I'm eating eggs again, I decided to make my chilaquiles with fried eggs instead of scrambled. I've always worried that there would be some gross texture things going on, what with the combination of egg yolk and sour cream, but it turns out it was delicious! I'm talking, the most delicious chilaquiles I've ever eaten, hands down.

This cast iron pan is one of the lights of my life. It cooks everything so evenly, and it's easily "washed" with a quick paper towel wipe-down.

I finally found a carton of eggs that I'm not grossed out by.  Phil's Fresh Eggs are certified humane, tasty, and affordable -- hooray!

A gorgeous plate of food.

I made my own salsa, but started before I realized we were out of onions, so it only had pablano pepper, Kumato tomato, garlic, black beans, cilantro, and a little salt. I couldn't believe how tasty it was, even without the onion! This might be my new go-to salsa recipe.

I hope y'all are having a nice start to the week, despite the still-cold temperatures. Just hang in there. :)

The Best Thing I Ate... Last Week

The time to cook -- to actually carefully put together a meal and sit down to enjoy it -- is few and far between these days.  I had been thinking about an awesome brunch all week, and on Sunday I finally got it.  I didn't get it until 4pm, hehe, but better late than never, right?

Mmm... chilaquiles... the food of the gods, as far as I'm concerned.

Fried tortillas topped with eggs scrambled with milk and salsa, with fresh queso, fresh scallions, more salsa, chopped fresh cilantro, and sour cream.

This is probably my favorite breakfast meal of all time, and is quickly becoming my go-to comfort food, as well.  It's so simple, but so perfectly wonderful.

What I'm Eating... Chilaquiles

Ever since the Yelp brunch, I've been wanting to make chilaquiles at home.  Mine were, of course, a little different (mostly due to a lack of all the ingredients I would have liked to have used), but still completely satisfying.  This is probably my new favorite breakfast dish, and one that's worth the effort in the morning.

Recipe:

Chilaquiles

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Ingredients:

Corn tortillas, salsa, grated cheese, green onion, olive oil, eggs, milk

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