Leftover Brisket Breakfast Tacos (LBBT)

Ah, brisket. The first day is delicious, but soon enough you start running out of ideas on what to do with all this left over meat. The first thing you should do, is freeze maybe half of it. Do this so you don't get burned out, and then you'll have some for later.
Here are some ideas for left over brisket:
Sandwiches, of course
Quesadillas
Nachos
Chili
Queso (use the recipe for velveeta and rotel but substitute brisket for the meat, it's delicious!)
Empanadas
BBQ pizza
Enchiladas
Burritos
Ragu
Hash
The list is endless. But I'm going to give two recipes that are so good and so easy, you'll love them.
Brisket Lettuce Wraps
You can be real creative with this one. All you need is some large lettuce leaves, shredded brisket, red onions (chopped), yellow corn, shredded cheese, and a mild bbq sauce (black beans work well in this too). Add or remove ingredients as you choose. Put each ingredient in its own bowl/container and set up a sort of assembly line so that each person creates their own wrap.
Left over Brisket Breakfast Tacos (LBBT)
This recipe feeds 2, double to feed 4
1 med/lg potato
1/2 medium yellow onion
2 large eggs
1 Tablespoon milk
1/4 to 1/2 cup green chiles (I used Hatch chiles and it was amazing)
about 1/3 lb leftover brisket
2 Tablespoons oil
Salt and Pepper

       Heat oil in skillet over medium heat. Dice the potato and slice the onion, fry in the oil until browned. While potato and onion are cooking, combine milk and eggs in a bowl and whisk until well blended. When potato/onion are done cooking, drain on paper towels and set aside. Place brisket (shredded) and green chiles in hot skillet and heat through. Push the meat/chile mixture to one side of the pan and pour the egg mixture onto the other side. Scramble the eggs and toss with the meat once they are done. Now add the potato/onions back into the pan and stir.
       Serve on flour or corn tortillas with shredded mild cheddar and Herdez salsa. Enjoy!

Super Chunk Oatmeal

How do you make a healthy breakfast into a delicious, and slightly glutinous, one?
Just like this.
(also works well as a dessert on a cold night)
Prepare one serving of plain oatmeal to package instructions.
I use one minute quick oats, but the single serving bags work just fine.
While hot, add the following:
1 Tablespoon butter
3 Tablespoons brown sugar
1 Teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 to 1/4 Cup heavy cream (depending on how thick/thin you want it)
1/4 Cup raisins
1/2 a banana, sliced
chopped walnuts
(cranberries work well too)
Stir until well mixed and butter is melted.
Enjoy!

Gee wiz G +

So G+ just started, at least for me it did.
And I'm not sure how I feel about it.
I like how private it seems but that also seems to be the thing I like least about it too.
Not very many of the people I talk to often, or care to keep in contact with, even have a gmail account.
So boo to that.
But on the plus side, I am no longer inundated with stupid ads about what people did on Yoville.
Who cares if you re-decorated your room, it's still not a real room!


As many of you know, the school year is now in full swing and that means little time to do the fun stuff.
But that's ok, it just means when I do get a chance for our next late night breakfast,
it's going to be a good one.

It's been a while...

Apologies for not posting in a while.
Some of you may know, but for those who don't, we just got back from vacation.
New Orleans was great. The music, the colors, the architecture, the food!
I am still feeling inspired, especially since eating the beignets at Cafe Du Monde,
and the delicious meal we had at Brennan's.
I'm contemplating some sort of Banana's Foster mix up.
You know I have to do things my way :)

French Toast in Revolt

Don't ask about the title. Just finished watching Youth In Revolt and it seemed fitting.
Tonight's Late Night Breakfast consists of traditional French Toast.
Instead of traditional white bread, we currently have Italian white bread. It's a little bit saltier and I never made French Toast with it before but it seems safe enough.
Let's get on with the recipe shall we?
8 slices bread
1/2 cup milk (or 1 cup half and half)
3 eggs
2 Tablespoons honey (warmed in microwave)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
Butter
Cinnamon

In medium size bowl whisk together the eggs, honey, vanilla, milk and salt. Preheat a non-stick pan over medium heat. Dip each piece of bread into egg mixture, coating each side for a few seconds and set aside on a cookie sheet for a minute or two before cooking. Melt butter in pan and cook 2 slices at a time for 2-3 minutes on each side, or till golden brown. Dust very lightly with cinnamon.
Serve warm with syrup, whipped cream or fruit. Enjoy!
Let me know how this recipe turns out for you, or share your own version of French Toast :)

Injustice

This has nothing to do with late night or breakfast or late night breakfast, but it's going on here anyways.
Have you ever had an experience where an injustice was being done to a friend?
And there was nothing you could do about it?
It's frustrating to say the least.
I am partially speechless at the moment so I'm not going to go into detail on this but I will say that it angers me to see true hard work and dedication be replaced by favoritism and rank.
I could rant on and on about this, but that won't change anything.
I want to know about your experience with injustice.

Tell Me What You Think

So I thought I had this great idea. An original one.
Well...no idea is original anymore.
I wanted to make a new website titled "Midnight Breakfast".
This came after a status update I made on facebook one night.
I had a craving for pancakes even though it was midnight.
After deciding to cook up some delicious golden cakes swimming in gooey pools of sweet syrup, I posted a comment mentioning what I made and commented that "Midnight breakfast is the best."
On the website I would blog every Friday after midnight of what I had made, the recipe for it, and perhaps some pictures. (Because I just can't see myself making breakfast at midnight every day).
Other people could comment on what they had made, post up pics or comment on the recipes they had tried.
Apparently, the "Midnight Breakfast" is a common occurrence at Universities where a communal meal is served at a late hour during finals time.
So, the question is, should I still make my website?
I would make a facebook page for it, but Midnight Breakfast is already taken.
What do you think?