I have had a copy of Breakfast for Dinner
For the last two months, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve plucked it off the pile with the intention of making something before being sidetracked by some other task (being in the midst of a giant writing project will do that). However, earlier today the stars aligned for me to try one of the jam recipes in the book. I had ripe tomatoes leftover from recipe testing and enough time to try a batch of the tomato peach jam. I didn’t have any peaches, but I did have a couple of ripe mangos that I thought would sub in nicely.
I peeled 2 pounds of tomatoes using the score and blanch method and dropped them into the high-sided skillet that is one of my favorite small batch pans. I added 1 cup of chopped ripe mango (it was 1 1/2 champagne mangos), one well-chopped small, spicy red chili pepper and broke everything up with a pastry blender (a potato masher does the same job nicely).
I added 3/4 cup sugar (it’s a bit more than the original recipe called for, but after a taste, I determined that it needed a bit more sweetness), 3 tablespoons lemon juice, 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar (not included in the recipe, but I wanted it to have a bit more pucker), 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon Aleppo pepper (those last two are also my additions). And then I cooked, stirring regularly, for about 25 minutes, until it was quite thick and spreadable. The end product is sweet, tangy and slightly spicy. I am really pleased with it!
Once the jam was done, I funneled it into jars and processed them for 10 minutes in a boiling water bath. I managed to fill three half pints, though they had slightly more generous than desired headspace. If I had to do it again, I would have swapped out one of the half pint jars for a quarter pint. Hindsight.
As I’ve written this blog post, I’ve realized that I took a number of liberties with the recipe. However, the inspiration and recipe framework really do belong to Lindsay and Taylor. I never would have thought to combine tomatoes and mangos had it not been for their pairing of tomatoes and peaches. What’s more, I betcha that if it was late summer and I had sun-ripened tomatoes and peaches to work with, I wouldn’t have needed to tweak things so much to boost the flavor. I’m looking to trying this one (exactly as written!) again in August.
Thanks to the nice folks at Quirk Books, I have a copy of this book to give away. I’m doing this one as a flash giveaway over the weekend, so we’ll have a winner for this one on Sunday evening. Here are the details:
- Leave a comment on this post and tell me about your favorite breakfast for dinner meal.
- Comments will close at 11:59 pm on Sunday, March 31, 2013. Winner will be chosen at random and will be posted to the blog that evening.
- Giveaway open to all.
- One comment per person, please. Entries must be left via the comment form on the blog at the bottom of this post.
My favorite is huevos rancheros with lots of homemade salsa.
Omelets. I love omelets for dinner. The gooier the better.
My favorite is cream chipped beef on toast!!!! MMM MMM
Pancakes.
Just did it last night…some hash browned potatoes, an early slice off the honey baked ham and a poached egg. Yum!
Eggs Benedict for sure!
French toast! Or a fried egg sandwich with ketchup (on toast), or my egg McMuffin knock-off, or corned beef hash with eggs over easy. And, in a pinch, plain old cereal!
Thanks for the giveaway! I like almond coffee cake for dinner, maybe with some milk or hot chocolate. Yum!
Ledys
We’re really good for having egg dishes for dinner… this past week, we had a great broccoli, ham, & cheese quiche that had a hashbrown crust.
That’s an easy one. Biscuits and gravy. I could eat biscuits and gravy anytime. I also love cheesy grits. But if I could only choose one, I’d pick biscuits and gravy every time. Num num.
Hands down: matzo brei!
Oh, good golly! Breakfast is my favorite meal and is enjoyed all hours of the day and night!! Perhaps my go-to breakfast food is what we call “egg mess.” It starts with frying some potatoes, most often frozen (shredded) hash browns, until crispy with some onions and green peppers added in there, maybe some bacon or sausage or whatever is handy (or not), picante sauce and cheese. Just keep frying it all together until it is done. Not very pretty, but it sure tastes great!
pumpkin waffles!
my boyfriend and i just celebrated our one year anniversary with “brinner”! we had eggs, bacon, pancakes, maine maple syrup. 🙂 thanks!
I made tomato jam this fall and loved it. Now I’ll have a new version. Thanks! My favorite breakfast for dinner is to fry an egg and serve it open face on a toasted piece of whole wheat that has been smeared with avocado. Then I usually put some cheddar on top which gets melted in the toaster oven! Yum!
My favorite “breakfast for dinner” is buttermilk pancakes and bacon… mmm!
We eat breakfast for dinner quite often. It is our version of fast food. Eggs from my friend’s chickens with spinach, mushrooms, red peppers, onions, feta and cheddar cheese.
Or with salsa and avocado on a tortilla shell.
I could go on, but you get the idea.
the breakfast for dinner that we have most often around here is a frittata with roasted potatoes, probably because all the vegetable prep doesn’t seem desirable in the morning. but i’m also likely to fry or poach an egg and add it to whatever meal i’m making to round out the protein factor. Mmmmm eggs.
Oooh, I LIKE the jam! When it comes to breakfast for dinner – I want a BIG breakfast! Eggs, bacon, hashbrowns….the works!
My favorite breakfast-for-dinner is buttermilk pancakes–from scratch, none of this boxed-mix stuff–with real maple syrup, fresh fruit, and some nice thick bacon. We almost never get to have this because of my husband’s restricted-sodium diet, so it’s always a big treat when we can do it.
We love breakfast for dinner! Especially banana pancakes, bacon, and fresh fruit! Oh, and with pure maple syrup for the pancakes:)
Sadly, I’m the only one in the family who feels that breakfast for dinner is acceptable!! I’m a scrambled eggs and cheese kind of girl myself…..with a side of toast!
Yum!! Breakfast for dinner is our favorite!!
My favorite has to be fried eggs over pork chops!
One of my favorites to eat for any meal is an egg and cheese sandwich with your tomato jam… I bet this jam would sub in beautifully!
I love pancakes for dinner. It takes care of dinner and dessert all in one move.
Cornmeal pancakes with scrambled eggs and lots of syrup.
Looks delicious! My favorite BFD is pancakes, bacon and eggs with real maple syrup. Brings back fond childhood memories. Plus, BLT’s the next day are always great!
Do omelets count? I love to have an omelet for dinner.
Waffles! Which, incidentally, would be very interesting with some cream cheese and this jam …
Since we started keeping chickens we’ve had a lot of eggs for dinner. Our simple answer is omelets with all the leftovers we can find.
Pancakes. Any kind of pancake. Pumpkin. Buttermilk. Blueberrie. Pancakes for dinner.
Pancakes!
The jam looks great! My favorite breakfast for dinner is an egg sandwich (we always have too many eggs) with a side of warm fried apples from the bushels I put up every October. Maybe some homemade Greek yogurt with a swirl of jam for dessert!
Fried Egg with Avocado & Salsa!
When I was a girl, we had breakfast for dinner often…usually pancakes. But I think my favorite, is sausage gravy (or dried beef gravy) over homemade biscuits! Thanks for offering this giveaway!
We LOVE breakfast for dinner! Eggs, or omelets in a bag, bacon, sausage, hashbrown potatos, french toast.
I have more than one “favorite”– does that mean neither are favorite? Waffles for one, which we had growing up on Sunday night for supper ( since dinner was at mid-day after Sunday meeting). Then pancakes are good for dinner, as are scrambled eggs and toast. And last night we had oatmeal, which was delicious.
Corned beef hash and eggs is my favorite. Sometimes I’ll make a corned beef just for hash instead of using the leftover corned beef.
I need to try this jam once our plants start producing. My favorite breakfast for dinner foods are things like pancakes, waffles or French toast with bacon. I’m not a big sweet eater in the morning, but at dinner time, it’s like having dessert first!
My favourite is eggs scrambled with ham, tomatoes, and chives, and topped with a bit of cheddar. Mmmmmmm .
Can’t wait to try the tomato mango jam; sounds awesome.
My favorite breakfast for dinner has to be pancakes and sausages. We often had this for dinner when I was growing up. My parents worked in the knitting mills and this was something that was nutritious and affordable for a large family.
Your tomato mango jam sounds terrific, congratulations! My breakfast for dinner winner is hashbrowns with anything ;)! Grate any kind of potato in food processor. Tumble into colander and rinse with cool water to remove starch and halt oxidation. Now squeeze water out by hand and plop into med-high cast iron skillet coated with a few glugs of canola oil. Salt. Now press down with spatula into a cake and let brown gently, do not move it around until crust forms. When crust is secure, gently slide 2 spatulas underneath and flip! Takes some practice, and some gathering up of stray bits until you’ve mastered it, but the result is exquisite. Up there with Mom’s and Grandma’s!
Thank you so very much for the tomato mango jam. Mangos are one of my favorites. And as for Breakfast for Dinner, we have that quite often. Our favorite in that is eggs with cheese, bacon, toast and being Southern we love grits. Now thisw tomato mango jam will sure go well with that.
Love breakfast for dinner & do so about once a week. Favorite has to be a Southwest Breakfast Skillet, chopped bacon (fried up with red or yellow peppers and onions) add some Mesquite Grille Marinade serve over hash browns with fried eggs and toast on the side. Yumm! (Thanks for the book suggestion, just might find a new favorite.)
Ricotta pancakes and genuine New York State maple syrup. Served hot with real butter melting. Life is good.
French Toast with just plain maple syrup for dinner. It’s morning comfort food on the evening and is great after a long, stressful day at work.
I am so used to having pancakes for dinner, so the first time I heard of anyone having it for breakfast I though “hmm, dinner for breakfast?”
Anything that has bacon and hash browns involved
It’s a tie: German pancakes (baked in the oven) with blueberries, and poached egg over wilted spinach on toast. I had both for dinner this past week.