Up at 5am to make breakfast. Carl was already up and had made coffee, cut up the fruit and put out the baked goods he bought yesterday. Carl calls them souffles-I call them stratas, but either way, I cubed rosemary bread (from Whole Foods) and tossed the cubes with minced fresh rosemary and diced sun-dried tomatoes in oil, then drizzled some of the oil from the jar of tomatoes over the bread and tossed the cubes again. Then I divided them up between all my ramekins (Carl says it makes a nicer presentation and gives each guest a "fresh" egg dish when you do them in individual ramekins). Then I added a small dollop of fresh goat cheese that had been mixed with a little pesto on top of the bread cubes. After that I whipped eggs (I used 18 for 15 people), milk, salt, pepper and garlic powder together in a bowl and poured some of this mixture into each ramekin. Then I waited to bake them until people started coming down for breakfast. Before serving guests, I sprinkled a little Parmesan cheese and herbs fines over the stratas and then plated them with bacon and a croissant and bought them out to guests as they came out of the oven (425 degrees for 15 minutes). They were a big hit!
I think I am getting a little better at serving. We were really busy between 8:30-9:30am so I helped Bailey bus the tables and wash dishes. Did I mention Carl uses Polish Pottery to serve guests? He has several patterns he mixes and matches and they are beautiful!
Once I had the ramekins ready, I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies and we put some of those out on the buffet for breakfast-they DID get eaten, lol.
I also made up a batch of oatmeal muffins with white chocolate chips. Those were great, if I do say so myself. Next I mixed up some "Cowboy Cookie" dough to bake tomorrow. That dough seems to have almost everything in it! Should be good! I also mixed up some bread dough to bake tomorrow. I plan on taking it to school, see what my class thinks. Carl was amazed at how much I was mixing up, lol. I like to bake, says I......
I am having dinner tonight with Kim and Eric, the couple I stayed with when I came to Denver in March. It will be nice to catch up with them!
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