{"id":659,"date":"2009-04-11T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-11T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymouse.com\/?p=659"},"modified":"2009-04-11T15:15:01","modified_gmt":"2009-04-11T20:15:01","slug":"tried-and-tested-easter-brunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/2009\/04\/11\/tried-and-tested-easter-brunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Tried and Tested: Easter Brunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/eggcolors.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/eggcolors-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"eggcolors\" title=\"eggcolors\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/eggcolors-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/eggcolors.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFor the past couple of years my dad&#8217;s side of the family has been doing an Easter brunch.  Then my mom&#8217;s side gets together for the traditional Easter dinner fare.  Yes, this makes for a looooooooong day.  However, there are few things I like more than brunch.  It gives me another reason to eat breakfast food in large quantities.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\">Would it surprise you to know that I usually eat boring things like cold cereal or yogurt and berries for breakfast.  Maybe this is why I enjoy and appreciate all the more traditional breakfast brunch items like <a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/recipes\/french-toast-bake-make-me-now\" target=\"_blank\">French toast bake<\/a>.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\">Here are a few of my favorites.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/thepioneerwoman.com\/cooking\/2008\/05\/sleepin-in-omlette\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sleepin&#8217; in Omelette<\/a> <strong>\u2013 The Pioneer Woman<\/strong><br \/>\nI made this for my in-laws recently.  They key is in the onion rolls and the cream cheese.  My kids fought over the leftovers.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nofearentertaining.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/apple-fritters-for-breakfast.html\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Fritters for Breakfast? <\/a><strong>\u2013 No Fear Entertaining<\/strong> originally from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/11\/apple-fritters\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Picky Apple<\/a><br \/>\nEasy peasy and worth it.  I usually don&#8217;t have the time (or the patience) for donuts, but these are quick and delicious.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cocobeanandme.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/egg-ham-and-cheese-cups.html\" target=\"_blank\">Egg, Ham, and Cheese Cups<\/a> <strong>\u2013 Coco Bean<\/strong><br \/>\nThe color contrast is amazing, and there are no special tools or baking dishes required, just your rusty cupcake pan.  (Yours isn&#8217;t rusty?)  These are definitely impressive when set out for a group, and you can make as many or as few as you need easily.<br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.elise.com\/recipes\/archives\/005251how_to_make_perfect_hard_boiled_eggs.php\" target=\"_blank\">How to Make Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs<\/a> <strong>\u2013 Simply Recipes<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s Easter without a colored egg or two?  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/bake-on-plate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/bake-on-plate-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"bake-on-plate\" title=\"bake-on-plate\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/bake-on-plate-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/bake-on-plate.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/recipes\/french-toast-bake-make-me-now\" target=\"_blank\">French toast bake<\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<font size=1>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/wwworks\/\" target=\"_blank\">woodleywonderworks<\/a><\/font> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past couple of years my dad&#8217;s side of the family has been doing an Easter brunch. Then my mom&#8217;s side gets together for the traditional Easter dinner fare. Yes, this makes for a looooooooong day. However, there are few things I like more than brunch. It gives me another reason to eat breakfast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-tried-and-tested","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions\/668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crankymouse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}