by Amanda Goetz
Father’s Day is around the corner (Sunday, June 19, 2011). I made out pretty good this past Mother’s Day so I guess I need to put a bit of effort into Father’s Day for my husband. I considered a big ugly reclining chair (ugh) or a new golf club (those things are ridiculously over-priced!)… but I’m poor!
And all the money I DO have is “his” money cause I don’t “work” (I hate that, I work my butt off in actuality, like every other SAHM), so getting him a gift seems kinda silly since he would be paying for it. The only thing he loves more than golf, hockey, the kids and (sometimes) me, is food, which is great cause I can afford that kind of gift! I can put a big‘ol smile on his face with a perfectly grilled steak, a plate of saucy ribs or a hearty lumberjack kind of breakfast.
This breakfast/brunch recipe is one of his new favourites. I really like it cause it’s a one pan meal (less dishes always ranks high in my books!) and there’s some veggies in there which I can sneak past him (What? Vegetables? No honey, that’s just a piece of sausage I swear!).
So this Father’s Day I’ll call my dad and say thank you for giving me life… and paying off my student loan when I defaulted on it, and then I’ll wake the father of my children up with a big plate of this yummy Sausage Skillet and thank him for giving me 3 beautiful children… and if he eats all his veggies I’ll let him go play golf.
Sausage Skillet
4 chorizo sausages, removed from casings
1 med onion, diced
1/2 green pepper, diced
1/2 red pepper, diced
1/2 yellow pepper, diced
2 small potatoes, cooked, cooled and cut into small pieces
Seasoned salt and pepper to taste
4 eggs
20 tater tots
1/2 c shredded cheddar
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400˚F.
Put the tater tots on a baking sheet and cook for 15 minutes.
In an oven safe frying pan or skillet, fry the chorizo, peppers and onions breaking up the sausage until it is cooked through.
Add the potatoes and the salt and pepper.
Make 4 wells in the sausage mixture and drop in the eggs.
Remove the tater tots from the oven and add to the skillet.
Sprinkle with the cheese and transfer the pan to the oven.
Cook until the eggs have reached your desired level of doneness.
Serve with hot buttered toast and Dad’s favourite coffee.
Happy Father’s Day to all the great dads out there!
Amanda Goetz is a WAHM to 3 kids under the age of 5. Her love of cooking was fostered when she was a preschooler helping her grandma in the kitchen. After a year long stint as a sous chef, she left the industry to continue cooking as a hobby before the stress and politics of a professional kitchen killed her love of cooking. Now she creates delicious dinners and delectable desserts for her family and friends and blogs about it at The Best Mom on the Block.
