If I Wrote a Cookbook....Breakfast

I'm going to spend a few days giving you my favourite recipes. This will be my 'If I wrote a cookbook series'. These are the recipes that would be in my book, if I wrote one.

Today I'll tell you what my family loves to have for breakfast.

Like most parents I to am busy in the morning, trying to get three kids to school. This can be a hectic time for me, so for the most part, my kids to get toast or cereal for breakfast. 

However, there are days when I have had a party the day before and I have purchased too much bread so French Toast is made the next morning. Or when a cake needs buttermilk, I use up the leftover to make My Best Ever Pikelets. Or on days when I don't have bread or cereal and I look in the pantry and I find I only have flour, milk and eggs in the house, so I make crepes. These recipes are for those days.

Sundays are a fun breakfast day at our house. A day when new things can be tried. I really do enjoy a special Sunday breakfast.

At least once a week I try to make something they love.

School holidays are also a great time for me to get adventurous with breakfasts.

The recipes are for the most part simple, you just need to be organised. 

So here are my favourite breakfast recipes that would be in my cookbook, if I wrote one.
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Bacon and Egg Bread Cups: I'll start with these as I really love them. This breakfast has it all, bacon, eggs, bread, cheese and shallots. What I also love is there is very little mess, there is no splattering bacon, no egg frying. Very simple, very tasty. 

Spinach and Cheese Spirals: These are the best spinach and cheese spiralsI have ever had. I know that is a big claim, but they are absolutely delicious. I have placed this in my breakfast section, why, because this is something I would eat for breakfast. 
This is a weekend dish for me. And it starts out as breakfast, but if any are leftover it becomes lunch to. It can be eaten hot, warm or at room temperature, but it is best eaten hot.
Simple and tasty, you have to try this.

Bacon and Egg Roll: In my house this is called the Sunday morning special. My husband usually makes it, this is his thing, I just make the sauce before everyone wakes up. The sauce is delicious, the lemon rind adds a burst of flavour and the egg yolk needs to be runny, it's messy, but delicious.

Best Ever Berry Pikelets: These pikelets are fluffy, these pikelets are light, they are thick, yet so soft to eat. These are simply put, amazing. Give these a go, you will not regret it, and don't wait for the weekend, they are so quick and easy to make, these can be a weekday breakfast to.

Scrambled Eggs with Asparagus: This is one of my all time favourite breakfasts. I first had this on my honeymoon 19 years ago in Croatia, and it has remained an absolute favourite ever since. This is so fast and easy to make, no need to wait for the weekend for this one.

To Die For Cinnamon Buns: So I follow Kristina Kuzmic on social media, I find her quite funny, she has a Croatian background like myself so when I found her recipe I figured I had to try it. One because I like her, two because we have similar backgrounds and three her recipe looked so good. Well, these were the softest Cinnamon Buns I had ever tried, she called them To Die For Cinnamon Buns and I had to as well, they are so good, I mean really really good. This is definitely a weekend recipe. So, if you are like me and have wanted to try Cinnamon Buns but haven't yet, you need to make these, soft and delicious cinnamon buns, and they are simply to die for.

Eggs in Purgatory-Hangover Eggs: My family love this, it is a spicy tomato sauce that is put together in minutes, then you crack eggs into the tomatoes and you poach them for about 5 minutes and that's it, in a total of 10 minutes you have one of the most delicious breakfasts on the table and everyone is mopping up the sauce and eggs. Although this is usually a weekend breakfast for us, it's so easy to make, it could easily be a weekday breakfast.

Acai Bowl: For ages I had heard of acai bowls and had no idea what they were or how to make them. Then one day I discovered they are just smoothies in a bowl made with acai berries and a few other ingredients. This is tasty and fresh and far cheaper to make at home, than buy it out in cafes.
Made in a blender, this takes less than 5 minutes to make, seriously, as I said, quick and easy.
When rushed for time we just have it in a mason jar and drink it like a smoothie.

Medimurske Langusi: I first had these on a visit to Croatia visiting my husband's family, my mother in law made them and my kids loved them. This is like a little fried bread. It has a crispy outside but the middle is so soft and fluffy. We love it for breakfast and each of us like it with a different topping. I like it sprinkled with caster sugar, my kids all love it smeared with nutella and my husband (and boys) love it with jam.

Waffles with Berries, Ice Cream and Maple Syrup: These are so easy to make, about 10 minutes of preparation, another 10 in cooking them and you have waffles. Top them with whatever you like and they become a great breakfast, dessert or snack.

Chicken Livers with Onions: This is one of my favourite things to eat, something I make for my husband and myself on a lazy Sunday. I know some people won't like this, but it is a favourite of mine, so I had to add it.

Bacon and Spinach Omelette: ​Simple and tasty, what more could you ask for in a breakfast. But why stop at breakfast, this is perfect for lunch or even dinner.
This omelette is a favourite with my family, the flavour combination is just so good. 
Give this a try soon, you won't be disappointed.

Crepes: This is my go to recipe when I have no cereal or bread in the house, because I will always find flour, eggs and milk in my pantry. After years of crepe making I can whip these up in no time, I don't even use a recipe anymore. Don't have any fruit, just serve them with jam or nutella. I make a few on weekdays and make a mega stack if it's the weekend.

So there you have it, my favourite breakfast recipes. It is not in any order, they are just my go to recipes when I'm making breakfast for my family, it is food my family love.