Brunch Game Strong – Episode 12

Simit with Poached Eggs and Cucumber

Ingredients

• Simit – a Turkish bread. I found it at Trader Joe’s.
• 2 eggs
• 3-ish cherry tomatoes
• 1/2 English cucumber
• Greek yogurt – 2 tbsp.
• champagne vinegar – 1 tbsp.
• olive oil
• salt
• black pepper

Directions

Bake the simit to package directions. I toasted mine in the toaster oven for 15 minutes or so. Meanwhile, poach two eggs. (https://withaglassofwine.com/2020/09/26/low-stress-poached-eggs/).

Wash and slice the cucumber and let sit in a bowl of champagne vinegar until everything else is ready. Wash and slice your tomatoes.

Slather the bottom of a bowl with Greek yogurt, salt, and drizzle with olive oil. Place the simit in the center. Line the outer edge with the cucumbers. Place the poached eggs in the center and top with cherry tomatoes. Top everything with salt and pepper to taste.

Three Toast Flight – Avocado, Raspberry, Egg

Ingredients

• 3 small pieces of sourdough or bread of choice
• 2 tablespoons of ricotta cheese
• 1 tablespoon Boursin cheese
• 2 eggs
• 10 raspberries
• 1/2 avocado
• salt
• pepper
• lemon juice
• lemon zest
• honey

Directions

Poach two eggs (easy poaching link in previous recipe). Toast three pieces of bread. Halve an avocado, remove skin, and slice. Wash your raspberries.

Once the bread is toasted top slice one with half the avocado. Top slice two with ricotta and raspberries, then drizzle with honey. Top slice three with Boursin cheese and two poached eggs.

Top all with salt, pepper, and lemon zest. Yes. Even the raspberry toast!

Sweet and Savory Waffles – Cucumber and Blueberry

Ingredients

• 2 waffles – my favorite is the gluten free waffles from Trader Joe’s
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• cucumber – 6 slices or so
• blueberries – a handful – or about 22
• Everything but the Bagel Seasoning
• honey
• lemon zest

Directions

Toast the waffles. Wash and slice the cucumber. Wash the blueberries.

Spread the cottage cheese evenly between the two waffles. Top one waffle with cucumber rounds. Season with Everything but the Bagel. Top the second waffle with blueberries. Drizzle with honey. Top both with lemon zest.

Savory Tomato Breakfast Bowl

Ingredients

• tomatoes – these were from my garden – I used a combination of early girls and cherry tomatoes
• 3 tbsp. hummus (bonus points if you can find lemon hummus)
• 1 slice of dark rye bread
• 1 egg
• calamata olives
• Boursin cheese – 1 tbsp.
• pickled banana peppers
• fresh basil
• fresh thyme
• salt
• pepper
• olive oil

Directions

Soft boil one egg…or soft boil 6 and make egg salad later (https://withaglassofwine.com/2021/08/29/egg-salad/)

Toast the slice of rye. Spread hummus on the bottom of the bowl. Top with sliced tomatoes, olives, and the cooked and halved egg. Spread the Boursin cheese on top of the toasted rye bread, then top with pickled banana peppers.

To finish, drizzle the entire dish with olive oil and salt and pepper the tomatoes and egg. Place a few small basil leaves on the tomatoes and sprinkle fresh thyme over everything.