I’ve been on a fancy toast kick for the last month, and it has saved my ass several times when deciding what to make for meals. Those items I stocked up on a couple of weeks ago have also been a God-sent since I cannot run out to the store alone because of this damn vertigo.
Eggs Benedict is my favorite breakfast dish, slightly ahead of biscuits & gravy and huevos rancheros coming in third place.
We picked up some gluten-free english muffins at Trader Joe’s after reading so many people raving about them on the Gluten-free Albany Facebook page.
They are as good as all the hype and then some. I made breakfast sandwiches with them a couple of weeks ago that were fantastic. I decided today to make eggs benedict, something I haven’t made or eaten in a few years.
Then, I started thinking about how eggs benedict were one of the original fancy toasts! How do you like that?
I used a few meager pieces of leftover prosciutto from the other night because I didn’t have any Canadian bacon on hand. I crisped it up slightly in a frying pan. It did its job providing salty goodness to the dish.
I toasted the english muffins and got the eggs ready for poaching. Then, I made a tiny batch of hollandaise sauce. I used a cheaters version this morning because I am still unsteady from vertigo and didn’t want to stand at the stove whisking the fuck out of egg yolks, butter, and lemon juice to make the sauce. I’d be upset if the sauce broke, so I played it safe.
It’s hard to get perfect poached eggs eating out, let alone making them yourself, but today the breakfast gods were shining down on me and helped. The eggs benedict came out amazing! This gluten-free dish can never be ordered out, so I appreciated that much more. I found it only once at a restaurant on Long Beach Island, NJ.
Some other fancy toasts I’ve experimented with are pesto, fresh mozzarella, and roasted red peppers—sautéed mushrooms and onions with melted Gruyère cheese. Finally, pears, prosciutto, and blue cheese. They all have been good, and I will make them again, plus they come together so quickly.
Today, the vertigo seems to be calming down, but the meds still make me so tired. I’ve been listening to my body by resting and drinking lots of water. I tried to have a glass of wine last night because I like to drink wine when I cook but almost fell over dizzy after the second sip. Dammit! 😣
Enjoy the Super Bowl tonight if you are watching it. We used to look forward to it and have so much fun at big Super Bowl parties a few years ago. Most of those friends have either moved away or died. We were the youngest couple in the group, even though it didn’t seem like age mattered back then. Apparently, it does.
The Super Bowl isn’t the same when it’s just the two of us. It’s all about the food served and commercials anyway. Have a great night; I’ll catch up with you next week.