Eat Something Good

We’re overdue for a major grocery shopping.  We’re out of even the basics like sugar in the raw and splenda.  We’ve been “suffering” without out the sweet stuff for over a week now.   So I’m searching around the kitchen and I find some red skin potatoes that I’d eventually peel and make into little cubes or rather messy rectangles.  Anyway, I was pretty happy with the discovery.  Then it was time to check the refrigerator and comb each shelf, even in the back.  The foods that make it to the back usually don’t get used and eventually thrown out.  So, I checked around and I found one whole tomato, 1/2 onion, eggs of course and after checking cheese door, I had the final ingredient Pepperjack cheese.  Steve got me into it.  At first, I didn’t like it just like I didn’t like chili all that much.  But I’ve learned to enjoy the combination of them.  So while the diced tomatoes were sitting there I sprinkled a small amount of dried oregano on it and more.

breakfast scramble & home fries

Steve likes his home fries well done.  Whenever we go to diners, he orders one cheeseburger (with out fries), 2 eggs over and home fries well done.  And just like anyone would be, he gets upset when they’re not done enough and sometimes doesn’t finish it.  So, I was aiming for the crispies, nicely brown potatoes.  At first, I wasn’t sure if the red potato was the wisest choice for home fries.  I was always under the impression that diners  used russets (or baking) potatoes.  I hit the potatoes with a very slight hint of paprika and then an even smaller hint of chili powdered.  I got the idea to use chili powder because I thought of the pepper jack cheese.

I was curious and nervous about how the scramble would turn out.  I don’t think I’d ever made one.  Nonetheless, I gave it a shot.  First I sauteed the diced tomatoes with oregano.  Seasoned.  Oh, I always use butter when I’m cooking eggs.  Any style and so does Martha Stewart if that means anything to you.  Then I added the eggs that I’d scrambled.  I moved the eggs around with my large wooden spoon  As it was getting less liquid’ee and started to set up, I had Steve shred the  pepper jack cheese.  I hit the breakfast scramble with cheese and mixed it in.  I’m always on the fence on this one.  Cheese hitting the frying pan makes me feel like it’s going to stick like crazy and ruin the dish.  But, no, it came out really nicely and the cheese mixed into the eggs and flavored it well with a little hot kick.  There were no gobs of cheese but if you want more then by all means.  Oh, I hit the potatoes with a little salt & black pepper.  I think it worked out nicely.  And he said that I moved up in the ranks and made home fries better than he did.  Just as a note, I used a decent amount of vegetable oil but not too much.  It wasn’t swimming in grease.

Ok guys!  Take care and as always, Eat Something Good!