So after last Saturday’s spectacular meal, our food extravaganza continued with breakfast. Eggs Benedict, no less:
Lynne made the hollandaise in the food processor and then gently heated it up over a pot of warm water. It was perfect. No reason to NOT make it in a food processor in my humble opinion.
Later that day, we headed out to our friend, Alicia’s house for dinner. Not just any dinner, you understand, but we were on a mission to trial some dishes for a caterer friend of Alicia’s who was practising dishes for an upcoming event. How could we resist?
We started with some hummus and crackers:
Followed by a version of French onion soup (but made with vegetable broth and minus the cheese overload):
The main course was pan-seared cod (finished off in the oven) served with chick peas and spinach and Spanish saffron rice:
We all heartily approved of these menu items and think Jesse will be a total hit serving these at the end of the month!
So there you have it – a weekend of much indulgence. Needless to say, last night’s dinner was homemade soup (leek and potato) and English muffin grilled cheese. Because you can’t have spectacular meals every day, right?
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wow, your picture of those eggs is just mouth-watering!
You got my vote! Love reading your blog.
Yummy!
Such delicious eats for your weekend! I would love those eggs benedict for my breakfast right now and loved the crepes from the previous post!
Yay! More hummus! 😀
The eggs benedict look awesome!
Eggs benedict is my favourite preparation…It's my go-to brunch selection!
Simply Life – thanks!
Dawn – yup!
Anncoo – thank you
5 Star – yes, thankfully it's not every weekend we are eating like that!
Conor – YAY for hummus!
Fresh Local – they were!
High Low – yup, Neil almost always orders them when we go to brunch!
I love LOVE Eggs benedict. So rich and velvety. My kind of breakfast, lunch & dinner
Penny – thought you would like it!
Lovely meal! It's making me hungry and I JUST ate…
You're making me hungry now.
Maria and Divina – sorry!!! 😉
oh wow great food love the healthy french onion soup do you have the recipe for the cod, i would love to feature it on a Alaskan Seafood Blog I write and link to ya
rebeccasubbiah at yahoo dot com
love Rebecca
Ah…food coma: a phenomenon I'm quite familiar with! This all looks great, especially the gratin!
Rebecca – I will try to get the recipe for you…
Megan – the gratin was goooooood!