So how do we make breakfast special but easy? It's a tricky meal. The cook will not want to be up for hours preparing things. Here are a few easy shortcuts for making it work:
- Fruit salad. Prepare everything the night before EXCEPT the bananas and strawberries. Add those in the morning. Toss with fruit juice to freshen it up. Plop some whipped cream on top.
- Strata. If you're cooking for a big group, breakfast strata is elegant and hearty. There are so many great recipies for this traditional breakfast dish. It's like a breakfast lasagna. Layers of bread, spinach, sausage or bacon, cheese. A one-pot meal. The great thing about strata is that it must be drenched in beaten eggs overnight to soak the entire dish, and pulled out to bake in the morning. Hard to mess this dish up!!!
- Coffee bar. Spice up the morning coffee with a selection of accessories (garnish!) such as cinnamon, cocoa powder, whipped cream, or the fixin's for Irish Coffee. This also works with tea.
- Fresh squeezed anything. Carrot juice mixed with raspberries. OJ with a hint of strawberry. Mango lemonade. Anything. Unique, homemade but really quick and simple (if you have a juicer....)
- Decor. Throw on a tablecloth and dress up the table with some white roses. Pull out those funny little bowls you've never used, or the teacups your grandmother gave you. It doesn't take much!
One last sage piece of advice. Don't forget to brush your teeth. :)
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Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. I'm enjoying a cup of coffee right now after my bowl of cereal and an english muffin. That's the standard when I'm not working. At the office I usually have a cup of organic flax seed instant oatmeal with raisins and a cup of yogurt. It's not a quiet place to eat, but when you get to watch the night turn to day, it's not bad.
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