I was up and about at 6am this morning, which is unusual for me — this girl loves her bed. I don’t think I’ve been up that early since I was catching trains and puttin’ pedal to the medal this summer.
I blame the early end to my slumber of a the fact that I woke up very thirsty at 5am. My mind kept racing and I couldn’t go back to sleep for the life of me, so when the clock struck 6, I thought, What the heck, and bounced out of bed. I figured I could get a start on my day and my to-do list, so I did. I made coffee, then had to re-make the pot once I realized that I had essentially just made brown water. I fried an egg, nearly set the smoke alarm off at 6:15 (wouldn’t THAT have delighted my roommates), which sent me racing around the kitchen, frantically waving a towel to clear the smoke. Luckily, breakfast and I were saved (apparently our smoke alarm doesn’t like to get up before 8 either). While working at my desk I enjoyed a cup of Round 2 coffee and a yummy Trader Joe’s English muffin, my fried egg atop one, some pecan butter atop the other. (Fear not, I only dribbled a little egg onto my desk calendar.)
I am currently all over the Interwebs, trying to plan out meals for this week. We barely have any leftovers from The Boyfriend’s meal last night. One of my favorite sites is Big Oven. Big Oven is a recipe database with a unique option: you can do a search based on leftovers. So if you cooked too much rice last night, type in rice and whatever random ingredients you have lying about the fridge, and Big Oven will show you what you can do with your leftovers! It’s a great tool for the days when the creative culinary juices just aren’t flowing. Today is one such day for me.
Nothing is better than breakfast. To me its the trophy of all meals. Setting off the smoke alarm at 6AM would be a cardinal sin, but if its about breakfast, its cool…its cool