Brunch Recipes

Slice Of Life By Eileen Goltz

One of the true benefits of having a long non-yontif holiday weekend is that we get to overeat and not feel TOO guilty about it. Oh sure bubbie, I'll have that extra helping of your sponge cake. More kugel AND tzimmis, you bet. Extra sauce on the sweet potatoes, no problem. So what if you can't zip your jeans, button your shirt or fit in the Lazy Boy at the end of the evening, isn't that what the true meaning of spreading the joy is all about? It's expected, encouraged and gosh darn it (this is a family column) it, this is what we diet for. One way to counter the effects of SOOOOOO much food is to combine your breakfast and lunch meals into one meal commonly known as brunch. Now I'm not saying you eliminate the calories you might just consume at one of these two meals, I'm saying that because you've combined the two you a. either eat them all at once there by providing yourself with extra time to walk them off or sleep or b. create something so extravagant and rich that you can only eat a little bit there by saving yourself from an Pilates or spinning nightmare marathon later next week. The following breakfast/brunch casseroles fall somewhere in the middle. Great, calorie laden dishes that can, by dint of low fat or no fat substitution, become less so. All have been served at one time or another by myself of a family member who has lived through the over indulgence that a holiday weekend brings.

• Tex Mex Corn Bread Scramble (dairy)
• Baked Eggs With Artichoke and Parmesan (dairy)
• Zucchini Pie (dairy)
• Blueberry Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole (dairy)
• Gooey Breakfast Lasagna (dairy)
• Smoked Salmon and Potato Brunch Casserole (dairy)
• Red Pepper Spinach Puff (dairy)
• Bread Crust Zucchini Crust
• Potato Crust Smoked White Fish Quiche (dairy)
• Spinach and Cheddar Puff (dairy)