Cooking into 2012

To round out the meal I pulled some applesauce from the freezer and the other half of a spinach gratin made at Christmas. We had a great New Year's Eve meal and no, we were not awake to greet the New Year. 

Since the plan for dinner tonight was leftovers from last night, I decided to spend some time making a New Year's breakfast. I warned my husband that it would take some time and got to the kitchen about 8 am. I started with the Mushroom Braid. I had to make and cool the filling of leeks and mushrooms before placing it on puff pastry. Then some cutting and overlapping and we had a delicious savory pastry. 

While the filling was cooling and the filled pastry cooled I worked on the eggs. I made baked eggs set on top of spinach and proscuitto, topped with a little Parmesan once baked. Very, very good. 

The breakfast recipes are from Williams Sonoma Breakfast Comforts by Rick Rodgers and I love it. I've made several recipes from it and all have been great. Pick it up and think about breakfast for dinner more often.

Tomorrow it's back to the real world. I made my weekly menu today and will be going to the DeKalb Farmer's Market tomorrow to shop. I think fish on the grill for tomorrow. We need light and fresh.