All Day Breakfast - For Lunch

We don't often eat a fry-up, but yesterday Mr.R made us a seriously tasty meal of egg 'n bacon - for lunch.

Mr.R rarely eats breakfast, but that doesn't mean he can't cook a really good one - for lunch.

So, yeah, yesterday we had a lovely fry-up, although the only food that was actually fried were the eggs.
The bacon was grilled, the mushrooms were sauteed in soy sauce (hence the black colour), and the beans were homemade beans in a seriously rich tomato sauce.
The bread was a really nice wholemeal tin-split loaf that we bought from Durham market, smothered in lots of lovely organic butter - it's good for you don't you know.
Everything on this breakfast was absolutely Delicious!

Sometimes there's nothing more satisfying than a proper English fry-up, even if you don't eat it for breakfast - you eat it for lunch.
Do you enjoy a decent fry-up?
What's your favourite combination of food, apart from the traditional egg and bacon?

Vegan? Never! Give Me Eggs, Eggs, Eggs!

Vegan? Never!
Give Me Eggs, Eggs, Eggs!
I Love Eggs!

Mr.R had to go away for a few days, leaving me and Barley behind.
It was during this time that the thought of eating a vegan diet sort of appealed to me.
I'm not really sure why this thought popped in to my head. It wasn't anything to do with health, or moral reasons, I just thought I may like to eat what vegans eat, or more importantly not eat meat and fish.
It was probably more than likely due to my Instagram addiction. I seem to salivate a lot more at all of the bright colourful vegan food photos, than any other food shots.

I didn't eat much whilst Mr.R was away. Not for any particular reasons, other than I'm pretty lazy when it comes to cooking or preparing proper food for myself, and as I suffer from insomnia at the best of times, missing Mr.R meant I hardly slept at all during his absence, so I couldn't muster up enough energy to cook anything decent.
Ironic I know, because eating properly would definitely have given me more energy.

Anyway, as I sat thinking this morning, thankfully with the chef, Mr.R, busy in the kitchen preparing our lunch, I tried to remember exactly what meals I had eaten when he was away.
I remember eating some plain boiled potatoes for dinner one day, a couple of slices of bread; spread over two days, the bread was homemade by me - apparently I managed to find enough energy to get in the kitchen and bake bread, I made pancakes one day, and a broccoli, spinach, onion, and garlic concoction with dozens of spices (which I think made me ill), and some hummus, also homemade by me. Apart from that I ate a couple of eggs, on two separate days.

It was when I remembered eating the eggs that I realised I could never be a vegan.
I seriously love eggs. Eggs are the perfect food. They are quick to cook and full of goodness; protein, vitamins, and minerals. Fried. Poached. Scrambled. Boiled. Eggs in tortilla, omelette....... I love eggs.
So, my love of eating eggs means a vegan diet is not likely for me.
Also when Mr.R served our lunch today, a seriously delicious thick, comforting, and scrumptious beef, bean, and mushroom stew, I was certain a vegan diet just isn't for me.
I will continue to enjoy perusing the food photos on IG and no doubt salivate at the vegan shots - many of which are actually served in a glass because they're juices. Shots, glass, get it?

This isn't a joke, about the morning after. How do you like your eggs? ;)