Recipe: A Good Breakfast

So today, I woke up rather late, saw that my fridge was full of good ingredients. I made breakfast, which I usually don't do.

Nothing complicated, just scrambled eggs, a simple arugula salad, and bacon, with toasted sourdough bread.

The result: Nothing's better than having a slow Monday Morning: watching World Cup and eating comfort food.

A Good Breakfast:

Scrambled Eggs:

Ingredients:

2 eggs

1 tablespoon of European Butter

1/2 tablespoon Creme Fraiche (optional)

Generous portion of freshly ground pepper

Directions:

Break eggs into a small frying pan or small pot and add butter. Stir over medium heat until eggs clump. Do not stop stirring, or else eggs will heat too quickly and will harden to a rather rubbery consistency. If available, add a 1/2 tablespoon of Creme Fraiche. The Creme Fraiche will make the consistency of the eggs much smoother, and more mild. Season with salt and a generous amount of freshly ground black pepper.

Arugula Salad:

Ingredients:

Handful of Arugula

1 tablespoon of good extra virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Salt and pepper to season

Directions:

In a small bowl, whisk olive oil and lemon juice together until combined. Add seasoning. Taste and adjust if needed.

Combine arugula with dressing, until each arugula sprig is coated evenly with dressing.

Cooked Bacon:

Ingredients:

Good Bacon (Not the crappy cheap mass produced kind, make sure you buy bacon with no artificial smoke flavors or no preservatives)

Directions:

Set flame to medium low. Add bacon to pan. Make sure that when placing bacon on the pan, bacon does not overlap with other strips of bacon.

When bacon fat begins to render off and one side starts to change color to a gold brown, flip bacon. Don't be hesitant to continually flip bacon. By frequently flipping bacon, you will be able to tell whether or not its burning on the other side.

The puddle of fat in which the bacon is cooking in, is truly a flavor element, and SHOULD NOT BE POURED OFF THE PAN. The rendered fat that the bacon is cooking in makes the bacon taste delicious.

When the bacon grease starts to show some white bubbles of fat, the bacon is just about ready. take it off the pan, and pat it dry with paper towels.