Eggs Benedict with Spam

Source: San Miguel Great Food Club

Ingredients for 8 servings:

• 8 slices cheese singles
• 8 slices white or whole wheat bread
• 1/4 cup butter
• 8 pcs eggs
• 1 can spam, sliced crosswise into 8

Hollandaise Sauce

• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 3 pcs egg yolks
• 1/2 cup butter cut into cubes
• 1/2 tsp salt

For the Hollandaise Sauce:
1 Place yolks and lemon juice in a double broiler. Beat with a whisk until well blended. Cook over hot (not boiling) water until lemon colored.
2 Add cubes of butter one at a time, while continually stirring the mixture.
3 Add salt just before removing mixture from heat. Keep warm.


1 Pan fry Spam slices over moderate heat, 1 minute per side. Set aside.
2 Poach eggs to desired doneness. Keep warm.
3 Pre-heat oven/ toaster (oven to 350 F)
4 To assemble, lightly spread butter on one side of each piece of bread. To with cheese singles and bake until bread is lightly toasted and cheese has melted.
5 Remove from heat then top with Spam slices and poached eggs.
6 Pour Hollandaise sauce on top and sprinkle with freshly ground pepper.



Tip: There are ready mix Hollandaise Sauce available in Supermarket if you want to skip the sauce preparation. Try MasterFoods Hollandaise Sauce.



I was inspired to do this for breakfast because of this book I just read a month ago by Sophie Kinsella about a top-notch lawyer who accidentally became a househelp. Knowing basically nothing on house chores especially in the kitchen, she was asked to prepare eggs benedict and she was like, "i cannot make bloody eggs benedict?!" Funny 'coz I didn't even know something like it exists until I read it there! Ignoramus moi! LOL


Darwin's Verdict: 3 stars

Comment: It's good but the Spam slice is salty.

My Verdict: I may have mastered the art of cooking eggs but poaching is an exemption. I just can't manage to make it form a perfect circle when I cook it in water! So what I did with my eggs here is I pan fry it in very small amount of oil and I didn't turn it over so I won't break the yolk.

Yummy but I agree with Darwin, the Spam is salty. The Hollandaise sauce though is a winner. This is a very healthy breakfast. Just garnish it with fruit slices on the sides before serving and enjoy!

Scrambled Eggs with Chorizo

Source: Good Housekeeping Collector's Edition, Volume 6

• 1 chorizo de bilbao, sliced

• 3 large eggs

• 2 tbsp milk

• salt and pepper

1 In a medium size nonstick pan, fry chorizoin its own fat for a bout 3minutes over medium high heat.
2 In a small bowl, combine egg, milk and a dash of salt and pepper. Whisk with a fork.
3 Pour over chorizo and scramble using wooden spoon until eggs become fluffy.
4 Remove from fire and serve at once.


Ever had that 'im-too-lazy-to-prepare-breakfast' days? Well for me, it's Mondays. But now that it's already a Tuesday I just don't get why Im in no mood to cook breakfast... =(

It's during this days that you will love breakfast food like this one-- my favorite-- the classic-- scrambled eggs! A little scramble and voila! you're done!


Darwin's Verdict: Im too lazy and sleepy to ask... LOL

My Verdict: the best for lazy mornings! =)

Spicy Corned Beef Rice

Source: Yummy Magazine, March 2009 Issue

• 1tbsp oil
• 1/4 cup sliced onions
• 1 regular can corned beef
• 1 can corn kernels, drained
• 1 bird's eye chili (siling labuyo), chopped
• 4 cups cooked white rice
• 4 fried eggs, cooked to your liking

1 In hot wok, heat oil and saute onions until tender.
2 Add the corned beef and corn kernels. Cook until most of the juices from the corned beef have evaporated.
3 Add the chili pepper and mix well.
4 Stir in the rice and mix until the corned beef mixture is well incorporated with the grains. Served topped with fried eggs.

Done this one before minus the corn kernels and it's good. So its expected to be even better now that i added it. Darwin's too quiet when he had his breakfast today. His mind's somewhere else... it went ahead of him at the office before he even left home. =(

Darwin's Verdict: I know he loved it. He was crazy over it when I first served him this one a few weeks ago. He would probably have given this 4 stars....

Comments: NR

My Verdict: The corn kernels made it even tastier. I love it!

**Notes: I adjusted the ingredients because i only used around 3 cups of rice. So I had to use only one onion, half the can of cornned beef and half the can of corn kernels. I also sprinkled some spring onions on top for garnishing and added flavor. =)

Classic Pancakes

Source: Yummy Magazine, January- February 2008 Issue

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 2 cups milk at room temp
• 4 tbsp melted butter, cooled
• 2 eggs

1 In a large bowl. combine all the dry ingredients. Whisk to blend.
2 In another bowl, combine all the wet ingredients. Whisk to blend then pour into the bowl of dry ingredients. Using the whisk, mix just until dry ingredients are moistened; don't try to make the batter smooth or the pancakes will end up tough.
3 Using a 1/4 measuring cup, portion the batter onto a non-stick pan over medium-low heat. When bubbles begin to form and burst on the surface, flip the pancake over and cook 1 minute more. The pancakes should be a nice medium gold.
4 Place on a plate and cover with a dry tea towel to keep warm. Keep going until you have used up all the batter. Place strawberries or bananas on top, drizzle with maple or caramel syrup. Serve immediately.


Tip: For much easier preparation, use the ready mixes found on supermarkets. I used Maya Hotcake Mix. Prep instructions on package.



Breakfast served!=) We slept around 4am already but with the excitement of preparing this I was up by 7:30am! So early lah! hahaha!!

Darwin's Verdict: 3 stars and a "wow!" for the presentation

Comment: (He just told me this now after dinner) "The pancakes were a bit dry. I think it's because you made it thick."

What I did wrong: I think I overmixed the batter. It said on the package to just stir it slightly just until its lumpy. Oh well, will try doing it right next time.

My Verdict: This is one more reason to love breakfast!