Brunch + Thoughts From Bed
I dislike hollandaise sauce, but I love the idea of eggs benedict particularly for Sunday brunch. I am, however, English muffinless with no smoked salmon to be found in my fridge and lord knows I’m not going out in this NYC rain to shop. In my freezer I found one last wild salmon filet to defrost in cold water. You can also use canned wild salmon or smoked salmon, which I’ll be jelly if you do have it on reserve in your home ‘cause a hint of smoke in this would be the flavor boom. With a bunch of spinach to use before I leave for South Carolina next Saturday, this solo Sunday brunch was brought together.
This meal was made with a few things in mind and here they are in no particular order, I think, although they may have some order because it’s all been on the brain. These thoughts happened at around 9am while I had coffee in bed.
I think I’m getting hungry
Am I hungry or do I need water?
How can I use that yogurt that’s been lonely on the top shelf of my fridge?
Do I have capers and dijon mustard?
I think I have capers and dijon
Maybe if I combine yogurt, dijon, capers and olive oil I can make a faux hollandaise, at least in color, and infuse it with some briny love?
Smoked paprika could give this plate the pop I’m missing by not having smoked salmon
Why am I single?
How could I have gained 8 lbs while doing health work this year?
8 lbs of happiness and, well, truffles?
2pm wine? 7pm wine? There’s been a lot of wine …
I’d totally wanna wake up next to me for more than my cooking ability and rack
Maybe I was ovulating when I was weighed last week?
Well, curves are in
I’d prefer to wake up alone, eat alone, think alone, be alone then wake up next to the wrong person anymore
I dislike online dating
Why do men show up to first dates with stains on their shirts?
Should I get on my exercise bike before or after I eat?
Romance isn’t dead as long as I don’t believe it’s so
Be patient
I think I’ll lay in bed and watch Moana today
Maybe I’ll skip the bike all together
This 8 lbs is suddenly making sense
I should start trying on my bathing suits for S.C.
I had to have been ovulating, that’s like 3 lbs and some salt, right?
This brunch will have a lot of salt
It’s definitely the salt
Let it all go, cook your ass off and heart out, you're more than enough
For all of my hungry, hilarious, possibly emotionally starved, overthinking single girls - this is for you.
XO
PS: the bathing suits all looked on point even pale, can't wait to tan this extra 8 lbs. of flesh!
Supplies
Some form of salmon: smoked/lox, canned and drained, a fresh filet you’re gonna steam out for 10 minutes and flake
A heap of spinach and any other veggies you may have on hand, if you like, I had half a zucchini on its way out
1 6 oz container of yogurt
1 T.good olive oil
1 T. dijon mustard
2 T. capers
1/2 tsp. turmeric for an added yellow blast
1 tsp. smoked paprika that you can either toss with your canned or fresh salmon OR you can mix it in your faux hollandaise
Plate greens and any extra bits of vegetables
Place salmon on top
Mix yogurt, olive oil, dijon, capers and spices in a bowl
Place egg on top of greens and salmon
Spoon with faux-hollandaise