Seasonal Sundays (Week 8) Breakfast Occasions

Seven breakfast recipes, ones that work for real occasions sure but better than that, help us create our own occasions, just by slowing down for a short while to ... break the fast.

~ Skip Straight to the Good Stuff ~

Welcome to Seasonal Sundays ...

Hey, all. Thank you for following Kitchen Parade, for checking in on these Sunday missives. It means the world to be welcomed into your InBox and RSS readers and most of all, your kitchens. So thank you, thank you. How I'd love to sit down with you for a coffee!

How does breakfast go, in your life? Do you even eat breakfast? or grab something heading out the door? If so, sorry, I've got nothin' for you, at least not this week.

Instead this collection of recipes is for days when there's a little extra time, maybe days off, maybe on weekends, maybe those Monday holidays like Presidents Day which aren't entrenched with food tradition.

So this collection isn't for "actual" occasions like Easter etc but for mornings when the very meal becomes the occasion, the very gathering becomes the celebration.

Isn't life moving so fast that slowing down, for just an hour or two, makes breakfast itself an occasion?

Put the coffee on, people. We've got breakfast to make.

About the Photo By Popular Request, a Little Insight into the Top Image: That's my first dog Lady, oh my, she so lived for kibbles! She was such a wonderful dog to live with and I still miss her. It seemed fitting, the day we adopted Luka, to learn that he was born the day she crossed the rainbow. Luka dances for kibbles!

In Praise Of ...

• ... giant round ice cube molds (affiliate link) which keeps those old-fashioneds my husband makes for us on special occasions (not breakfast!) so so cold, the large balls of ice take 3 or 4 hours to melt!
• ... Sitka Salmon Shares, the fish subscription service, all wild-caught, all by independent fishing families, all sustainable. We subscribed two years ago and love the monthly deliveries of salmon, cod, halibut, sablefish and some times other seafood. This is NOT a sponsored post, we just really love having good fish in the freezer. The fish thaws in cold water in about 30 minutes and cooks up in in half that time.
• ... finally finding red beans, they're soaking now for Red Beans & Rice for Mardi Gras Eve so we can do pancakes on Mardi Gras itself, that's Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Tuesday in some religious traditions.

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SEASONAL INSPIRATION: Breakfast Occasions

• THE RECIPE Spin Dip Baked Eggs A traditional North African and Israeli dish.
• ANOTHER TAKE Cabbage & Pepper Chakchoukah aka OogaChaka Eggs A savory Tunisian stew, perfect for nesting runny eggs.

• THE RECIPE Spinach Quiche with Red Pepper & Feta Pretty red & green for holiday brunches or year-round comfort food.
• ANOTHER TAKE Light Tomato Basil Quiche Make-ahead, light and healthy.

• THE RECIPE Cabbage & Pepper Chakchoukah aka OogaChaka Eggs A savory Tunisian stew, perfect for nesting runny eggs.
• ANOTHER TAKE Shakshuka (Eggs Nested in Summer Vegetables) A traditional North African and Israeli dish.

• THE RECIPE Refried Bean Sauce with Eggs on Top A hearty protein-packed weekend brunch recipe.
• ANOTHER TAKE Mexican Scrambled Eggs (Huevos Revueltos a la Mexicana) The most popular eggs in Mexico.

• THE RECIPE Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole No bread, just eggs, hash browns, salsa, cheese. Then adapt!
• ANOTHER TAKE Breakfast Casserole with Sausage, Apples & Caramelized Onions A make-ahead breakfast casserole, layers of sausage, apple and caramelized onion.

• THE RECIPE Mexican Gas House Eggs The new game in town, an egg fried in a tortilla.
• ANOTHER TAKE Gashouse Eggs The old-time comfort food, just an egg and bread fried together, with so many names.

• THE RECIPE Fried Bread (Skillet Toast) Slices of hearty bread, toasted in a pan until crisp and golden.
• ANOTHER TAKE Gashouse Eggs The old-time comfort food, just an egg and bread fried together, with so many names.

What's New?!

Wondering about a recipe from the last while? Check Recent Recipes from Kitchen Parade and Recent Vegetable Recipes from A Veggie Venture.

• THE RECIPE Manna Café Oatcakes (Oatmeal Pancakes) Famous pancakes from a much-missed restaurant.

Looking Ahead ...

• February 20 - President's Day (tomorrow!)
• February 21 - Fat Tuesday / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Night (this Tuesday!)
• February 22 - Ash Wednesday / Beginning of Lent (this Wednesday!)
• February 23 - Chili Day (this Thursday! though for us, every day is a good chili day!)

• THE COLLECTION Mardi Gras Cajun and Creole straight from N'awlins.
• ALL THE HOLIDAYS All the Holidays Year-round food for fun and celebration.

• THE CONCEPT Make Tonight a Pancake Night Especially on Fat Tuesday but move over Taco Tuesday and Pizza Friday.
• AND ANOTHER #PieDayFriday Because good pie deserves more than one day a year.

• THE TRADITION How to Plant Lenten Grass (Easter Grass) An old Finnish tradition, good to mark the season of Lent with children.
• AND ANOTHER A Birthday Cake for Jesus: A Story My sister's gentle way of keeping the spirit of Christmas.

• THE COLLECTION Kitchen Parade's Fish Recipes, many Quick Suppers, many healthy meals.
• AND ANOTHER Kitchen Parade's Seafood Recipes including shrimp, oysters, lobster, crab.

• THE COLLECTION Chillin': Favorite Chili, Chowder & Cornbread Recipes Stayin' warm from the inside out.
• KITCHEN PARADE's Soup Recipes Super-organized to help you find exactly what you want, fast.

Looking Back ...

SEASONAL SUNDAYS
• Breakfast Occasions (Week 8)
• Dinner for ♥♥ (Week 7)
• Winter Salads (Week 6)
• Leaning into Lentils (Week 5)
• Quick Breads (Week 4)
• Winter Dinners (Week 3)
• Winter Plant-Based Dinners (Week 2)
• A Cozy Cool Down (Week 1)

Just Updated!

• THE RECIPE Gumbo A classic Cajun gumbo, except that the roux is cooked in the oven.
• ANOTHER TAKE Vegan Chickpea Gumbo

• THE RECIPE Julia Child's Soubise (Onion & Rice Casserole) Thin ribbons of onion with rice and a little cream and cheese.
• ANOTHER TAKE Cheese Gnocchi Pie Kitchen Parade's debut column!

• THE RECIPE How to Roast Carrots Written especially for new cooks.
• ANOTHER TAKE Bourbon-Glazed Roasted Carrots Pretty spring carrots drizzled with sweet glaze.

• THE RECIPE How to Steam Carrots Fast, healthy, adaptable and delish!
  
• ANOTHER TAKE How to Roast Carrots Written especially for new cooks.

Don't Be a Stranger ...

I'd love to hear from you. Comment, send me a quick e-mail (my current address is in the FAQs), dot-dash in Morse code, build a fire for smoke signals, launch a message in a bottle, send a Christmas letter, get the dog to yip, toss me a note wrapped in a rubberband, write a message in the sky, scratch a note in the sand, listen to a seashell, tuck a question into a plastic Easter egg, whatever.

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Kitchen Parade is written by second-generation food columnist Alanna Kellogg and features fresh, seasonal dishes for every-day healthful eating and occasional indulgences. Quick Suppers are Kitchen Parade favorites and feature recipes easy on the budget, the clock, the waistline and the dishwasher. Do you have a favorite recipe that other Kitchen Parade readers might like? Just send me a quick e-mail, you'll find my current address in the FAQs. How to print a Kitchen Parade recipe. Never miss a recipe! If you like this recipe, sign up for a free e-mail subscription. If you like Kitchen Parade, you're sure to like my food blog about vegetable recipes, too, A Veggie Venture. When you make my recipes, I'd love to know your results! Just leave a comment below or better still, on the specific recipe's page.

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