Breakfast of Champions

I miss our breakfast places in Houston.  Relaxing morning, lovely weather, warm sunshine, and the weekend made the perfect combination for breakfast, outdoors.  We have only found one restaurant in Novorossiysk that offers outdoor seating and breakfast, together.  I forgot to mention, and most importantly, serves edible food, food we actually enjoy (?).  On one or two weekend mornings we have ventured over there, usually on our bicycles, but it seems making breakfast at home is "easier."  It does take some prep work, and clean up time, but ultimately, you are left with a delicious breakfast, less chaos, and the the great start to your morning.

Our recent Breakfast of Champions....

In honor of our favorite breakfast taco place in Houston.  Steak and Eggs.

An attempt to make a lower carb pancake.  Cottage Cheese pancakes.
REALLY delicious, and you would NEVER know they contained cottage cheese.

Lots of zucchini in the markets.  Zucchini and blueberry muffins.
We have also been doing yogurt, protein smoothies.
LOVE smoothies.

At our guest house in Knysna, during our South Africa trip, they served "spicy mushrooms" with their breakfasts.  Ryan and I both loved them.  I could taste, and knew the key ingredient was Worcestershire Sauce.  Ryan says I successfully recreated them.  Mushroom and cheese omelette. 

  Belgian Waffles.
Too bad I cannot find a "normal" waffle maker, but the heart/flowery pattern adds a certain "uniqueness."

We will enjoy leftover Belgian Waffles this morning, then it's OFF TO THE AIRPORT!!!  We leave for Moscow today (Sunday), then for Amsterdam on Tuesday!  I am VERY excited, nearly eight straight weeks in Novorossiysk is far too long for me.