{"id":804405,"date":"2020-02-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=379240"},"modified":"2020-02-20T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T17:00:00","slug":"home-cooking-breakfast-with-friends-is-an-easy-entertaining-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/home-cooking-breakfast-with-friends-is-an-easy-entertaining-option\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Cooking: Breakfast with friends is an easy entertaining option"},"content":{"rendered":"
Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. Specifically, I love toast, preferably slathered with butter. But it\u2019s got to be a hearty bread: German seedless rye, sour sourdough or ciabatta with kalamata olives.<\/p>\n
Toast with soft scrambled eggs is my favorite breakfast, although I\u2019ve been known to branch out and have avocado toast with a three-minute egg on top.<\/p>\n
In an effort to expand my breakfast horizons, I\u2019ve asked two friends to share their favorite breakfast recipes. And I\u2019ve included a new recipe of my own, sweet potato hash, which is an easy one-skillet breakfast for four and quite economical at about $1.50 per person.<\/p>\n
Go ahead, invite friends for brunch and share these dishes! If you\u2019re feeling really generous, make extra granola and put it in jars for your guests to take home.<\/p>\n
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Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Melanie and Maggie\u2019s granola<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Recipe from Maggie Ducayet<\/em><\/p>\n
I was never a fan of granola. It was too sweet or too crunchy. But then I tried Maggie\u2019s granola and was an instant convert. Now I enjoy it at least once a week. I like to eat it with plain Greek yogurt and a drizzle of honey. This would be perfect for a \u201cgranola bar\u201d at your brunch. Set out a bowl of granola, a bowl of plain Greek yogurt and fresh berries.<\/p>\n
Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n
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4 tablespoons butter or vegan butter<\/li>\n
4 tablespoons coconut oil<\/li>\n
1 tablespoons honey<\/li>\n
1 teaspoon vanilla<\/li>\n
1\/2 cup dark brown sugar<\/li>\n
1 cup mixed seeds (sesame seeds, flax seeds, etc.)<\/li>\n
2 cups nuts (mix two or three types such as pecan, pistachio and almonds)<\/li>\n
4 cups old fashioned oats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n
Heat oven to 300 degrees. Put mixture on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Cook for 45-60 minutes depending on how dark you want your granola, stirring it and turning the baking sheets about every 15 minutes.<\/p>\n
Maggie\u2019s granola with coconut and dried fruit<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Adapted from Clint\u2019s Bakery & Coffee House granola recipe<\/em><\/p>\n
Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n
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5 1\/2 cups old fashioned oats<\/li>\n
3\/4 cup pecan pieces, sliced almonds and pistachios<\/li>\n
3\/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut<\/li>\n
1\/2 cup dark brown sugar<\/li>\n
1\/2 cup ground flax seed<\/li>\n
2 teaspoons cinnamon<\/li>\n
1\/2 teaspoon nutmeg<\/li>\n
1\/2 teaspoon ginger<\/li>\n
1 cup juice (orange or apple juice or a mix of the two)<\/li>\n
Heat oven to 300 degrees. Line 2-3 cookie sheets with parchment paper, and mix oats, nuts, coconut, spices and flax seed in a large bowl. Bring juice to a boil, and stir in maple syrup and coconut oil in a small saucepan. Pour over oat mixture in a bowl and mix well. Spread out on baking sheets and bake about a total of 30 minutes, stirring often and reversing the cookie sheets every 15 minutes. Let cool, put into bowl, add dried fruit and enjoy.<\/p>\n
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Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Verne\u2019s oatmeal pancakes <\/strong><\/h4>\n
Recipe from Pat and Verne Hoogheem<\/em><\/p>\n
One morning, before the airport shuttle picked me up, I joined Pat and Verne for breakfast. They served light yet hearty oatmeal pancakes with sausage patties and maple syrup on everything. The perfect way to start my journey. For your brunch, make the batter the night before and store in the fridge. Then heat up the griddle in the morning, and you\u2019re ready to cook.<\/p>\n
Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n
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2 cups old fashioned oats<\/li>\n
2 cups buttermilk<\/li>\n
2 eggs<\/li>\n
1\/4 cup melted butter<\/li>\n
1\/2 cup flour<\/li>\n
2 tablespoons sugar<\/li>\n
1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n
1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n
Mix oats and buttermilk. Let sit for 15 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and stir until blended. Spoon batter by the half-cup onto a medium-high, preheated, greased griddle or nonstick frying pan. Allow to cook on first side for 3 minutes or until bubbles form, then flip and cook for 1-2 minutes until cooked through.<\/p>\n
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Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Suzanne\u2019s sweet potato hash with sausage and kale<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Brunch idea: Double the recipe, cook in a large oven safe skillet or transfer to a 13-by-9-inch baking dish and double the eggs cooked in the hash.<\/p>\n
Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n
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4 eggs<\/li>\n
1 large sweet potato, cut into 1\/2-inch dice<\/li>\n
1 bell pepper, diced<\/li>\n
1 medium red onion, diced<\/li>\n
12-ounce package ground breakfast sausage<\/li>\n
2 large leaves of kale, stemmed and chopped<\/li>\n
1 tablespoon neutral oil<\/li>\n
Salt and pepper to taste<\/li>\n
A healthy pinch of Southwest seasoning or ancho chile powder, optional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n
Heat oven to 400. In a cast iron skillet, add the breakfast sausage and cook for 4 minutes, breaking into crumbles. Add the diced onions and peppers and then the sweet potatoes. Cover to allow the potatoes to steam until just tender. Remove the cover, stir in the seasonings and the chopped kale.<\/p>\n
Make four indentations in the hash with the back of a large spoon, and break an egg into each indentation. Put the skillet in the oven and allow to cook for about 10 minutes, until the eggs have reached the desired level of doneness.<\/p>\n
Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson\u2019s column \u201cHome Cooking\u201d publishes biweekly on Thursdays in the Summit Daily News. Anderson taught herself to cook after college when she discovered dinner parties were a cure for loneliness. Her latest cookbook is \u201cA Year in the Mountains Cookbook.\u201d She has lived in Breckenridge since 2016. Contact her at suzanne@suzanneelizabeths.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
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