Recipe: Father’s Day Breakfast

Sausage & Cheese Frittata and Cinnamon Buns

Long ago, my husband (then boyfriend) took a trip to Napa Valley. We stayed at a bed & breakfast that was amaze balls.

I loved it mostly because of the cheese and sausage frittata they served for breakfast one morning (and also it was romantic). We ended up getting engaged that weekend at the Robert Mondavi vineyard (hurrah!) and we still love the Mondavi Pinot more than any other wine today.  The frittata was burned in my brain.

After we got married and had our first child, I wanted to make it so badly, so I played with a couple of recipes and made it for Father’s Day. It is one of our favorite things in the world and it is the easiest thing in the world to modify, too.

This is our traditional Father’s Day breakfast:

• Orange juice
• Coffee
• Sausage & cheese frittata
• Cinnamon buns
• Hashbrowns or potatoes (I like Simply Potato hash browns)
• Some sort of fruit, usually strawberries

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Sausage and Cheese Frittata 

Ingredients:

• 10 Eggs (I use 2 1/2 cups eggbeaters)
• 1/2 cup nonfat milk
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• butter spray
• 1 (12 oz) pkg reduced fat ground pork sausage, cooked and crumbled
• 1 cup reduced fat cheddar cheese

Directions:

Whisk together first 4 ingredients until well-blended. Spray oven-proof skillet with butter spray. Pour half of egg mixture into skillet. Sprinkle evenly with cooked sausage and cheese. Top with remaining egg mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until set. This serves 6-8 people. Calories: 140 or equals 6 WW points.

Now, don’t even TRY to count calories on the next one. Seriously. It’s an indulgence and you must indulge.

These are my favorite cinnamon buns in the WORLD. (I have given them out as gifts and I’m probably giving them to my oncologist next Thursday.) Giada calls them “Hazelnut” Cinnamon rolls but I don’t use the hazelnut. Here’s her version.

Amazingest Cinnamon Buns

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 (1-pound) loaf purchased frozen white bread dough, thawed (recommended: Bridgeford)
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons mascarpone cheese
• 1 tablespoon buttermilk

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Thaw dough according to directions on package. (I usually use the microwave directions.) Put flour down where you’ll roll out the dough, then add some flour to the rolling pin and roll. This takes a while, don’t worry. Roll it out into a 12×9 rectangle. Brush the rolled out dough with butter. Mix together brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon & cloves. Spread mixture onto dough leaving 1/2 inch border around top and bottom. Roll dough length-wise from bottom to top, forming a log (jelly-roll style.) Pinch the seams to seal. Butter a circle or square cake pan (I usually use square). Cut dough into 9 equal pieces. Arrange the rolls cut side down in pan. Cover with plastic wrap and allow it to rise in a draft-free area for 45 minutes. Bake uncovered for 25 minutes. Meantime, whisk together the powdered sugar, mascarpone and buttermilk for the icing until nice and smooth. When the rolls are done, remove from oven and brush with 1 tbsp melted butter. Then drizzle icing all over the buns until they’re drenched. It’s the most amazing thing ever. Serve. You will be in heaven.

Enjoy! Your husband/dad/grampa/man will LOVE YOU FOREVER. (They will already but still.)

Still looking for Father’s Day gifts? Here’s my list of my favorite Father’s Day gifts right here!

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