happy new year cooking!

so i started out the day on new years eve with the plan of cooking a big dinner with some friends, and having something yummy to post here today. well as we all know, plans are best made to be broken, but we did get a little food made. along with some basic rice and bean quesadillas, we roasted some zucchini and brussel sprouts with garlic and olive oil, and topped it with mozzarella. accompanied with some pear martinis, and we were off to a good start for the evening. then this morning (afternoon really), we made up for the lack of a big meal last night by making a big breakfast - i guess you can call it "first breakfast, and really, cooking with a friend is the next best thing to eating what you've just cooked! but on to the food - we had some pretty basic morningstar farms veggie bacon and veggie sausage along with some generic 12-grain toast. but our meal got more interesting after that, and included rosemary and red onion potatoes, the left-over brussel sprouts and zucchini topped with poached organic free range eggs, and some stewed tomatoes to top it all off.
and here's how we made it all:
the roasted brussel sprouts and zucchini was really simple. olive oil and garlic was put on our little homemade tin foil tray along with the halved brussel sprouts and thick-sliced zucchini. baked at about 400 until they all started getting a little browned, and with occasional flipping. then top with the shredded mozzarella and bake for five minutes more, and done - easy.
the potatoes - start again with olive oil and garlic, but this time in a large frying pan. add the rosemary to start and let it cook for a few minutes. add the diced red onion, and the small-cubed red potatoes, and let it cook on medium until the potatoes begin to brown, and the onions get caramelized. yum.
the stewed tomatoes - another simple one - melt some butter in a small sauce pan, add the tomatoes and cook until they all become a similar consistency - sort of like stew!
this was certainly a nice big breakfast that provided a great meal to start off the new year. may we all continue to eat well!!