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Brunch Ideas From Trader Joe’s

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More great breakfast ideas from Trader Joe’s website (Click here to view) If you have not visited the Trader Joe’s website in a while, take a quick trip there now, you will like what you see!

A few days ago, we were paging through the online Trader Joe’s Frequent Flyer catalog, and saw some new ideas in the recipe area. Many looked like they would not only be easy but tasty made with the good stuff from Trader Joe’s.

OK they all looked fabulous but the one that really stood out for us was the Blueberry Waffle Bling. This was most likely due to the fact we LOVE blueberries and “cream” (such as whipped cream or creamy yogurt or even sour cream). There is a recipe (PDF) that you can download, print and take shopping with you at Trader Joe’s- How convenient!

Note: This PDF did take quite a while to load so be prepared for a small wait. This could be due to the fact we had a LOT of stuff open on the computer, but we wanted to let you all know.

Anyway the clever folks at Trader Joe’s started with two Trader Joe’s Toaster Waffles and then jazzed them up with a great sounding filling of:  cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and some fresh or frozen blueberries. From the look of the photo, they used the frozen blueberries which would have a nice, blue sauce to drip or drizzle on the waffles.

What you need (4 servings):

  • 1 package Trader Joe’s Frozen Waffles
  • 1 package Trader Joe’s Cream Cheese
  • 1 package Trader Joe’s Blueberries (we like the frozen mixed berries)
  • 2 TBS. Trader Joe’s Sugar
  • 1 tsp. Trader Joe’s Vanilla

How to:

1. Mix up the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in a bowl or even in the food processor. You can soften up the cream cheese by zapping it in the microwave for 10 seconds, then waiting 30 seconds and repeating a couple more times until the cream cheese is slightly soft. You don’t want it to melt. After mixing in the sugar and the vanilla, taste to see if you like how it tastes, as you may want to add more sugar or vanilla. Set aside. You could make this mixture a few days before-so that you have this part ready ahead of time.

2. Toast the waffles according to package directions. When hot, spread the cream cheese on one waffle; add some blueberries and then top with another waffle, more cream cheese and more fruit. You can serve this with some Trader Joe’s real maple syrup if you like.

3. Enjoy!

Variations:

  • Use other fruit such as Strawberries or Mango chunks.
  • Add some lemon peel to the cream cheese mixture.
  • Add Maple syrup to the cream cheese mixture- Taste to see if you need/want to add the sugar as well.

This looks so fabulous on the web page, we are defiantly going to try this recipe soon.

Have you tried it before? What did you think?

How to make Eggs in a Bun

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Eggs in a bun

Eggs in a bun

Like we said in the previous post, we saw this cute item somewhere on the internet last fall (I think, but who knows, the way time flies it might have been longer, right?). But when I tried to go back and find the site, GONE!  We are sure we created a bookmark, but who knows. Anyway we planned to make these a number of times for different events, but so far that has not worked out yet. Oh well, their loss.

Trader Joe's Brioche Buns

Trader Joe's Brioche Buns

To make sure they were as easy as we thought, we decided to make them for dinner last night, you know for research. We found these lovely buns: Trader Joe’s Brioche Buns and thought they were the perfect buns for our eggs.

Here is what we did:

1. Cut the top of the bun, and cut away some of the bread in the middle, forming a sort of nest. Make sure to leave the walls thick, so that the raw egg does not ooze out the side.

Cut off the top of each bun

Cut off the top of each bun

2. Crack the eggs into the buns. Now our buns were large, and so we felt as if they could handle the two eggs. In the original post, long gone on the internet, they were smaller buns with only one egg in each.

Ready for the oven

Ready for the oven

3. We sprinkled the eggs with sliced green onions, and some cheese. We were also thinking that a cheese sauce or Hollandaise sauce would also be nice, as would salsa.

4. Bake. We baked these in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. We were trying to leave the yolks a bit runny, but then the whites would have been runny as well. In the end, they were cooked but not hard cooked.

5. Serve. We ate these with a nice side of fruit salad. YUM!

So the bottom line: these were as cute to make/eat as we thought, but they did take longer to bake than we expected. Also they were quite large and we think they would be better with smaller buns and only one egg.

So if you are looking for something unusual to make for a brunch, these might just be perfect.