june 14, 2012 breakfast

time for the second half of that bottle of kombucha. happy thursday!

...and the last of the spanish tortilla. did you know rutabaga could be so succulent? neither did i.

june 13, 2012 breakfast

top of the morning to you! i haven't had kombucha in awhile, so i had a glass before breaky. tart and fizzy, just the way i remembered it. i went through a phase about ten years ago when i would drink this stuff daily!

and breakfast itself should be no surprise - it's a rerun! spanish tortilla with ham, rutabaga, roasted red pepper and vidalia onion. i pledge to do something different next week, although it hasn't gotten old yet..

kara kara tako girl would like a piece.

june 12, 2012 breakfast

another wednesday, another slice of spanish tortilla for breakfast. there has been a lot of ham lately, as we are trying to get through a big ol' hunk of it. we were happy to find a non-nitratey brand (applegate farms), but it came in just one (big) size, so we are working it into a lot of meals currently.

june 11, 2012 breakfast

the spanish tortilla was well-received last week, so i made another. the little green guy approves.

june 8, 2012 breakfast

should a garlic and jalapeno double-stuffed olive be the first thing you eat in the morning? how about 4 of them? plus a cold wedge of spanish tortilla? friday morning is all about tapas. because if i'm eating tapas, i can't possibly be at work. next time i just need some squid cooked in olive oil and paprika, and i could be in spain..

june 7, 2012 breakfast

thursday breakfast was a cold slice of leftover spanish tortilla. nothing like a little breakfast tapas.

june 6, 2012 breakfast

this is my take on the spanish tortilla - with the humble rutabaga standing in for the traditional tater. sounds odd, but it works in an insanely delicious way. i cooked this up last night, and had a wedge of this for breakfast, served cold.

making it was pretty darn easy too. first, i carmelized a whole vidalia onion, sliced in rounds.

then i added a jar of drained roasted bell peppers.

i set all that off to the side, and sauteed a couple of rutabagas, thinly sliced, in some olive oil.

after they were nice and soft and starting to brown a bit, i added back in the peppers and onions, plus some cubed ham and a few sliced green onions.

finally, i poured ten beaten eggs over the whole thing, added a pinch of salt and pepper, gave it a stir, and let it set. you are supposed to slide it onto a plate and flip it, but i just covered it, and it cooked through on its own. keep it on low heat, though, and run a rubber spatula around the edges from time to time. you don't want the bottom to burn before the rest of it is done..

totally adaptable too - you could do this with chorizo, baby shrimp, regular potatoes, drizzle with a nice garlicky aioli, the possibilities are endless!