Light Meals and Weekend Treats from an English Woman in Berlin
I have a new favourite brunch recipe – these delicious Ham, Egg and Mushroom Muffins! I came across the idea for these when thinking about healthy and appetizing breakfasts. I don’t really have that much of an appetite for breakfast until it gets to about 11am and then my stomach is rumbling. I am firm believer that breakfast really is an important meal of the day and that we need to eat something…
Ah, Eggs Royale! This has to be my favourite brunch dish. In fact, whenever I go out for brunch or a hotel is offering this on their breakfast menu then it is guaranteed that I will order it. Eggs Royale is basically replacing the ham in an Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon. And while many like to call Eggs Royale the more inferior dish (along with the Eggs Florentine that is made with spinach) to it’s popular Eggs Benedict I would argue …
Sometimes I wonder what we all did before the likes of Yotam Ottolenghi introduced us to the delights of Middle Eastern cuisine. This baked eggs dish works just as well for dinner as it does for breakfast and is a pure joy to eat! It is also incredibly cheap and easy to make that it is no surprise it remains as one of the worlds most popular foods. In fact, I am sure there are students out there wondering why on earth Delia didn’t introduce this low-cost, super-fast dish back in the 80s when her recipes were geared towards simple and easy, so that their parents could hand this one down….
I love this time of the year in Berlin as it is packed full of public holidays although it is probably one of the things I miss the most about the UK. The UK has plenty of Bank Holiday Monday’s whereas in Germany a holiday is always on a specific date and therefore can easily fall on a Saturday or Sunday. This year May 1st falls on a Monday which means we actually get a long weekend! And what better way to spend the weekend than enjoying a lazy brunch?…
The weekend for me is all about a lazy brunch and a pot of tea! When I was younger I used to hate Sundays. I saw it as a waste of a day with not much to do and associated a day of rest as something negative and boring. These days Sunday is my favourite day of the week. It is a day to switch off, enjoy a lie in with a good book, a delicious breakfast, a long walk in the fresh air or a relaxing afternoon in front of the tv….
One of the things I love the most about the weekend is a lazy brunch! Mexican scrambled eggs are a real pick me up, which makes them perfect the next day after a long night and are a lovely alternative to your standard scrambled eggs in the morning….
I love a weekend breakfast. It is what Sundays are all about: lie in, lazy morning listening to the radio, reading the paper and a day to relax and do whatever you want! All shops are closed over in here in Berlin on Sundays which leaves plenty of time to go for a long Sunday walk or to a cafe. …
I first had Bauernfrühstück on a cold Autumn day during my original study year in Berlin. A friend of mine was living in Rüdow and staying with a host family where she had a great deal – home cooked food and a cosy, warm bedroom were slightly better than my WG, although in a nice part of Prenzlauer Berg, consisting of a mattress on the floor and limited furniture!…
