Breakfast scramble

This started out to be an Asian-inspired scramble, but then I veered off track and decided to add ham. It ended up more like the kind of farmer's breakfast scramble that Dad makes on Sunday mornings. That one is so very yummy, this one... not as yummy, but still pretty tasty.

Be sure to drink plenty of black coffee with this. I made a thick brew with some Cafe du Monde coffee and chicory that I picked up at a Vietnamese market yesterday. Zowie!

Fresh herb and tomato scramble

Wow, it's been over a month since I last posted. Or rather, since I last cooked anything! This is quite a bland entry, but I'm trying to ease back into this. Hopefully I'll make something a little more adventurous tonight. Assuming I can remain awake long enough :-).

I woke up this morning feeling jet-lagged and pretty hungry. My empty fridge wasn't exactly screaming breakfast food, but I did manage to cobble this dish together.

Spanish tortilla

This is the one dish that I ate most frequently in Spain. I had it for breakfast in a gritty, authentic café in Santiago and it was a ubiquitous selection in the AC Hotel buffet (unless the equally ubiquitous surly waiter refused to replenish it). I also had it with wine as a tapa (with or without bread) and as part of a more elaborate tapa topped with some kind of confit and/or roasted pepper and/or small fish. So when I went searching for some Spanish recipes to try this was the first one that I sought out.

I was a bit shocked when the first recipe that I found called for an entire cup of olive oil. I thought it was a typo and checked the next few hits. It wasn't a typo. Yikes. Although this is one seriously oil-laden dish, I had to try it anyways.

Generic burrito

Since I didn't cook anything this past weekend I felt compelled to make something on a (gasp) work night. So last night I threw together a quick salsa to support some burrito initiatives.