Asian + Italian + Mexican = Breakfast in Grand Style

Have you ever had egg pancakes 蛋餅 in a Chinese breakfast joint?
If not, you can find a picture of egg pancakes in my previous post.

I was craving for egg pancakes the other day,
But it was around 9 a.m. in the morning,
I just got off the bed (yes I'm currently unemployed and don't need to go to school),
And still in my pajamas...with an semi-afro hair style,
I don't think there's enough motivation for me to wash up, change clothes, and drive for who knows how long to buy egg pancakes.

"Egg pancakes.....egg pancakes...."
Ahhhhh what's that noise!?!
Am I still dreaming? Is my stomach talking to me?
Is it shouting out loud for egg pancakes?
Arghhh fine! I'll find a way to shut my stomach up!

Stumbled to the fridge...I saw...
Few leftover tortillas and mozzarella,
Mmmm even though I'm not supposed to use tortilla for Chinese egg pancakes,
But hey, they're pretty similar in a way right?
They're both round...flat...and made with some kind of flour,
I'm sure it'll tastes great no matter what.

But only tortillas and mozzerella seemed a little bit plain..
It'll definitely be better if I can spice it up with some other ingredients.
So I picked out a few "regular guests" in my fridge and made this tri-national version egg pancake!

Ingredients?

Regular guests in my fridge:
2 eggs
1/4 onion (diced)
4 button mushrooms (sliced)
1 sausage (remove the case and break off the meat, any flavor is fine)
Spaghetti sauce (marinara, but alfredo works too)

Random guests in my fridge:
Mozzarella (cut about 5 to 8 strips)
1 tortilla

Plus other long lived residents outside the fridge:
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt
Black pepper

How?

Let's make the sauce first,
First drizzle some olive oil in the pan,
Toss in diced onions, sprinkle with some salt & pepper, cook till color turned translucent.
*Don't add pepper if using alfredo sauce.

Add sausages and mushrooms into the pan,
Cook for about 1 minute,
Add 3 tablespoons of spaghetti sauce and cook for 2 or 3 minutes.

Give it a quick taste, add more salt if desired.
Sauce is ready.

Now it's time to work on the real thing!
Break 2 eggs in a ball, sprinkle some salt (only a little bit), beat it well.

Prepare another skillet and turn up the heat,
Drizzle some olive oil and wait till it gets really hot,
Pour in the eggs,
Be careful here, don't stir the eggs, just simply let the bottom part cook for a little longer,
Spread the cheese strips evenly on the top of the uncooked eggs,
Put the tortilla over it,
Use your spatula to weigh it down a little bit,
About 10 seconds, flip the whole thing to the other side,
So the tortilla should be on the bottom now unless the whole thing sticks to the ceiling when you try to hard flipping it.

Cook till tortilla is heated through, fold it in half,
Transfer to a cutting board and cut into strips-


Pour the sauce over-


See the cheese inside?


I think I'm eating too well in the morning,
But people always say thatbreakfast is the most important meal during the day,
And I did successfully shut my stomach up,
Oh, there's one more bonus,
I get to enjoy my tri-national egg pancakes in my pajamas!

Cindy's Rating: 7

Caramelized Banana with Creme Fraiche

I wake up at 8:30 a.m. every morning, without my alarm clock.

And that also applies to weekends,

Something must be wrong with me,

No matter how tired I was, or how late I went to bed,

8:30 a.m.

My eyes will be wide open, starring at the ceiling.

Same thing today.

And I'm starving.

Time to get out of the bed,

So my morning routine goes:

Fold the bed sheet, use the bathroom, clean up my face, and open the fridge.

Yeah! I said open the fridge!

I'll be walking like a zombie if I don't eat something in the morning.

Sticking my head inside the fridge,

There! I found a banana,

And I'm gonna pump it up with something else,

One simple banana can't satisfy my monster stomach this morning.

Caramelized Banana with Creme Fraiche-

Ingredients?

1 banana (preferably riped)

2 tablespoons of butter

1 tablespoon of brown sugar

2 drops of vanilla extract

2 scoops of creme fraiche

Some aged balsamic vinegar

How?

Put the butter in the skillet and heat it up,

After the butter's melted, evenly sprinkle some brown sugar into the skillet.

Add the vanilla extract,

Stir it well and wait until the the sugar started to caramelize.

Before the sugar get hard (don't wait too long), add the peeled banana into the skillet.

Sear every side well,

You can tell when the banana gets this nice brown color on all sides.

Transfer to a cutting board and cut into 5 or 6 pieces.

Scoop some creme fraiche (if you can make it, that's even better!) and drizzle some balsamic vinegar over the banana.

Banana makeover!

Even without creme fraiche and balsamic vinegar,

This dish will still taste good,

When you bite into banana pieces,

You get this crunchy sugar crust with soft and warm center,

Infused with the aroma from vanilla extract,

If you want,

Substitute creme fraiche with vanilla ice cream,

A nice breakfast turned wonderful dessert!

Cindy's Rating: 6