Breakfast for Dinner, Parisian style
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| October 03, 2011
In Cooking for One or Two, Desperation Dinners, Kitchen Basics
Featured Recipe: Fresh Egg Scramble with Ham and Cheese
From a recent Desperation Dinners column:
When my mom and I traveled to France recently, we loved shopping at the open market just up the “rue” from us. Each week we loaded up on fresh cheese, eggs, vegetables and, oh my goodness, the ham…
But some nights when we arrived at our apartment after a long day of walking in the city, we were just too tired to dive into preparing a big meal. So we found ourselves desperate for dinner, but for new a reason: Our feet hurt too much to stand up long enough to cook. It was in that moment of desperation that today’s recipe for Fresh Egg Scramble was born. Breakfast for dinner has long been a “Desperation” staple in my family, and being in Paris didn’t change this comforting and quick solution.
You can mix up the scramble anyway you want, depending on what you have in the vegetable bin. The only secret is to thinly slice or chop the vegetables and meats, and don’t overcook them before adding the eggs.
Scramble the eggs for only a minute or two, even if they look a bit runnier than you prefer. The eggs will continue to cook for up to another minute, (after removal from the heat source), due to the residual heat in the pan. This trick ensures a perfectly soft scramble and not hard little balls of egg… Bon appetite! Do you ever cook breakfast for dinner? What's your favorite solution? Pancakes? French Toast? Or are you eggs person like me?
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Fresh Egg Scramble with Ham and Cheese
September 30, 2011
You can mix up the scramble anyway you want, depending on what you have in the vegetable bin. The only secret is to thinly slice or chop the vegetables and meats, and don’t overcook them before adding the eggs.
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From Sam Cook - November 22, 2011
Wow, and the french call us English crazy for our fried breakfasts! Interesting combination