Fortify That Breakfast!

We had takeout Japanese food last night. What to do with the leftover rice and miso soup? In Japan, they often have these for breakfast with some fish. No fish in the house, so I popped in a beaten egg and made the soup into an egg drop miso soup. I jazzed up the rice with furikake topping. Can't forget dairy and fruit, which explains the blueberries topped with Greek yogurt (and mountain honey). Coffee is a must.

Enchiladas From Mother's Day Leftovers

More from the "what's in the pantry?" file.

Yesterday was Mother's Day. Our big celebration was going out for a fancy brunch with two of our sons, my wife, her Mom, and me; along with two other couples and their grown daughter and sons. We've been doing this with them for about 30 years.

So, Marsha and I were home with our youngest son at dinner time. Boston Market was running a Mother's Day special; plus we had a coupon expiring yesterday.

Today, lots of chicken leftovers. We also had their garlic spinach side dish. There were corn tortillas and scallions in the fridge. Enchiladas for Monday's dinner!

What to use for cheese? Aha, Israeli sheep's milk Kaskaval, ready to be grated. All we needed was sauce, so I picked up a bottle of enchilada sauce at Trader Joe's, the only thing I had to buy.

I softened the tortillas in canola oil, and filled them with a chicken, spinach, scallion, and cheese mix. I spread a little sauce in the baking dish and put in the rolled filled tortillas, topped by more sauce and more cheese. Baked for 20 mins. in the oven at 350° F.

Here's the picture before it went in:

Enchilada casserole done:

On the plate:

Pad Thai Eggs

Why save for dinner the leftovers from last night's dinner? Eat the oatmeal tomorrow and have last night's dinner for breakfast!

I had a little bit of pad thai left. I freshened it with shaved carrot and scrambled it in a pan with a couple of eggs. Sprinkled a little sriracha rooster sauce on top. Warmed pita on the side. Black coffee to drink. Mmm!

Leftover Collard Greens (With Kimchi) Omelette

We had leftover cooked collard greens in the fridge, as well as an open jar of kimchi. Why not just chop them up.? I added some chopped scallions and srirachca, because I just could. Brunch on a Wednesday. I put pita on the plate, too.