Good Excuse

When I was a kid, I remember every time it was supposed to snow a lot and we got really excited and planned on not going to school the next day then it would only have a dusting. When they forecasted we would get 8-11 inches of snow, I was a little skeptical that we would really get that much. I went to bed last night with a slight covering of snow but nothing to worry about.

This morning as I was getting ready to take Maggie out, even she was unprepared for what was out there. She is always very anxious to go out first thing in the am (for obvious reasons) and she was nosing around the door while I finished putting on my boots. As soon as I opened the door, Maggie slowly backed up and sat back down at the spot where I put her leash on. Couldn’t really blame her…

Luckily we warmed up and I’ve been playing around all morning, not doing the work that I need to do. As my last effort at procrastination I decided to make a big, hot Saturday morning breakfast. French toast is big for me these days because I usually have bread around and I just got some free eggs! As a Foodbuzz Featured Publisher, I received a coupon for a dozen Eggland’s Best eggs, which I gladly picked up on my pre-snow grocery run.

Since I so rarely enjoy breakfast, especially one that involves cooking, I wanted to perk it up a bit. While the bread was soaking in eggs, I chopped up an apple, topped it with cinnamon and heated it in the microwave for about a minute.

Then after I cooked the toast, I sprinkled granulated sugar on top (this is usually where I stop- my fave way to eat it!)

And then topped it with the apples. This was so delicious the warm apples melted the sugar so it was slightly syrupy, and the apples were still a little crunchy and it was just an overall great combo.

To not be wasteful, I cooked the remaining eggs as well. The complete meal:

Now I’m happy and full and have no more excuses to put off work!