Don't mess with breakfast

So in my never-ending search for healthy things that I can eat that do not induce gagging I found my way to Joy Bauer's newest cookbook.  Yep, my Inner Skinny lady has come up with even more ways for me to get some variety in our meals while still following her rules.  YAY!  I got the book about three weeks ago and we've been busy trying new things.  The turkey meatballs in marinara?  Awesome!  The upside-down pan pizza?  Hello!  The Italian breakfast bake?  Bleh.  Yeah, bleh. 

Don't mess with breakfast.  It's an easy meal and pretty hard to really goof up.  We stick to basic breakfast foods that have withstood the test of time.  The bowl of cereal.  The toast.  The pancake.  The (occasional) bagel sandwich from Dunkin' Donuts.  You know, the stuff your mom and grandma made.  But I thought-- crazily--that I wanted to stray from what I knew and go for something different.  Well, phooey on that. 

The breakfast bake had such promise.  Eggs, potatoes, Canadian bacon, oninos, mushrooms.  A sprinkle of Italian seasoning.  Cook the veggies some and then mix it all together.  Pop it in the oven and take it out when the eggs have set.  Easy.  Bleh.  There is a pound (yeah, a pound) of potatoes in this thing.  And it was just too much.  The other veggies and bacon were good in the egg, but those potatoes killed it.  Steven loves potatoes.  He was not a fan of this.  Grrr.  I'm all for trying new stuff but that was a dozen egg--gone!  An onion--gone!  All that time--gone!  (It did take forever to prep and pre-cook everything.) 

Oh, well.  I know better now.  It's back to cereal and toast and bojang--oops!  Never mind.  Back to what I know.  Most of her recipes have been so good.  We're trying another one this weekend.  Buffalo Chicken Chili.  Fingers crossed.  And at least it's not breakfast.