A Good Morning

My first attempt at breakfast, consisting marinated mushrooms, a sunny side up plus a hashbrown for carbo :)  this time i went with button mushrooms.  button mushrooms are really soft and their flesh falls off easily when you press them, but i guess it is this texture that makes them so good to eat!

Pretty straightforward here so there wont be much instructions.  The marinated mushrooms followed my earlier recipe, but the texture of button mushroom, chewy and buttery, is especially suitable for breakfast (my personal opinion) There is a monetary premium for this magnificent texture though.

Also my first attempt at sunny side up and it was surprisingly easy.  Not my first attempt as eggs though, and i previously had trouble keeping the egg yolk intact after cracking it.  the trick is to crack the egg on a flat surface rather than on an edge.  tap the egg lightly and a fine line will appear and the shell will come apart quite easily.  not cracking on an edge also avoids the problem when you end up with shells in your egg.



The most important thing needed to prepare this meal is actually a non-stick frying pan. the egg white slides right off the surface, so cooking it was really easy.  it was also easy to flip the egg onto the other side to cook it over-easy.  i recommend Greg's Kitchen for a video on cooking eggs :)  Cook for about 3 minutes (before the egg white turns brown), and season with some salt and pepper.

The hashbrown was from the frozen food section and all i did was to heat it up on top of some olive oil on a hot pan for about 5 minutes on each side, while checking to see if it was cooked.

The Verdict
I made this for my sister and i, and she said that it was pretty good.  my opinion doesnt count of course, since i always think that my cooking is delicious, even if it isnt.  I had three main take-aways from this experience.

• Practice! Practice! Practice!  I could taste the improved flavour after cooking the marinated mushrooms for a third time.  Cooking well improves one's confidence, and it really made my day when my food was appreciated
• Taste while you cook.  Always important to make sure the food tastes right so you can make adjustments along the way.  Also important to check and make sure that you dont under/over cook of course!
•  Taste aside, it is also important to balance carbo/protein/vegs, as well as the colours for presentation

Prep time:10 Minutes.  Cooking Time: 20 Minutes.  Price: $3.50 for a box of button mushrooms (300g), $3.50 for a box of 10 hashbrowns