January 11, 2026 Brunch - Mushroom, Shallot, Broccoli, and cheese Omelet with Bacon. Snack - Chicken Salad. Dinner - Romanian Cheese turnover and cheese cake

January 11, 2026 Brunch - Mushroom, Shallot, Broccoli, and cheese Omelet with Bacon. Snack - Chicken Salad. Dinner - Romanian Cheese turnover and cheese cake

Brunch was the best meal today.

At 10:00 after watching the Sunday morning news shows and a little British soccer

We decided to fry some of the thick cut bacon I bought at Smith’s on Friday and make a mushroom, shallot, cooked broccoli from last night’s dinner, and cheese omelet.

I sliced the omelet ingredients and whisked four eggs while Suzette fried six slices of bacon until crisp.

Then Suzette sautéed the ingredients in butter and olive oil. After about five minutes I added a shot of Amontillado sherry to help soften the mushrooms and speed their cooking.  Then Suzette added the whisked eggs to the ingredients. I sliced Jarlsberg cheese and lay slices on about 1/2 of the surface. We cooked the omelet for about 10 minutes to let the egg set and the cheese melt. Then I flipped 1/3 of the omelet onto the other side and Suzette turned off the heat and let the inside congeal. I toasted four slices of baguette and took butter and French berry preserves to the table.  Willy joined us.

Suzette served each of us 1/3 omelet and two slices of crisp bacon and I put the baguette, butter, and jam on the table and we had a wonderful brunch.

After brunch Willy went on a hike and I worked on my pleading until 1:30 when Suzette and I drove to the Bosque and walked to the lakes to watch the ducks. I saw one I could not identify.

When we returned I fetched the Romanian phylo breads from the garage. Willy also arrived with a chicken Shawarma from Jasmin’s while I was out in the garage, his reward to himself after a successful big hike. I was hungry also. I was going to heat one of the Romanian cheese turnovers but when I saw the leftover salad in the fridge I heated three bread sticks and dressed the salad with some green goddess dressing and joined Willy around 4:15 to eat our snack.

We also ate a lot of pistachio nuts today so we snacked all afternoon.

At 7:00 I heated a cheese turnover and made a cup of tea and added a slice of cheese cake for my dinner.

Suzette also ate some cheesecake for dinner.

We watched the two NFL Wild Card games. The San Francisco v. Philadelphia game was exciting but the Chargers versus Patriots game was terrible so we watched Miss Fisher Mysteries on P.bS at 7:00.

We watched the new series Bookish at 9:00 and then went to sleep at 10:00, although I blogged until 11:00.

Bon Appetit