A lazy Sunday breakfast

Today I slept in. Doesn't happen often because I've been so stressed causing my body to get up at all different ungodly hours. It is amazing how when stressed the body, well, at least my body, doesn't allow itself the rest it needs to help cope with that stress. I woke up and my daughter was already up playing on the computer. God knows what time she got up. Guess I'll know by the time the whining stage starts tonight. When I finally strolled downstairs at 9:30 she was sitting there asking to feed the cat and for her own breakfast. That is when I noticed another thing lack of sleep causes: stupid mistakes. At the store yesterday I bought her cherry toaster strudels instead of strawberry. I didn't tell her and she didn't mention it but she must have noticed something because four bites in she said she was full.

Then onto breakfast for myself and my wife. Today's culinary day starts with fried meat, fried potatoes, and fried eggs.  I never told anyone that this blog was going to feature healthy food. Remember those failures I mentioned in the introduction, nothing like day one to showcase one.  Luckily both plates didn't end up failures.  

The picture on the left is the failure. That ended up being mine.  The egg stuck to the causing the yolks to break and not be "pretty" also on mine is Sriracha, or as I like to call it, the greatest sauce in the history of man. Both plates are similar with the sauce being the main difference. This is a simple yet delicious to make that is sure to please the meat eater in your life. Both plates taste delicious, the only failure is really the appearance. 

Fry the bacon until just barely crispy. Today I used uncured applewood smoked bacon, but any will do.  As the bacon is frying, microwave one more potato than people you are serving. For example today this was for my wife and me so I nuked three spuds. Dice the potatoes and some Spanish onions. Fry the potatoes and onions in the bacon fat until brown. At the end crumble the bacon into the potatoes and serve with a fried egg on top. When the yolk is broken and it coats the potatoes, there truly is nothing more warming on a great morning with the family. 

Debated on whether to put these blogs out as daily entries or as I type them.  Two responses on Facebook said as I write them so that is what you get for now. What do y'all think? This is also my first time posting from my iPad so I hope the format comes out okay. 

What is your favorite breakfast to make your family?

An Introduction

Hello and welcome to my culinary journey. That sounds pompous and ridiculous and honestly it is. Even the title of this blog sounds ridiculous but Unemployed Gourmet was taken already so this is what you get.

I am an unemployed marketing professional and have been so for about 6 months now. I have a young, precocious daughter and a brand new role as a stay-at-home dad that has me both excited and nervous at the same time.

My entire life I have always loved food. It started when I was 10 years old and my mother gave one of those oft heard mom ultimatums of "If you don't like what i'm making, make dinner yourself." Much to her surprise I did, and I have loved cooking ever since. To the point of almost entering culinary school when I was choosing my post high school education. I decided not to go that route because I didn't want to take the fun out of my hobby by making it a career.

I like cooking for my family and myself, and while I would love to say that I always make these elaborate meals that has my wife and daughter salivating, there have been a ton of failures that had us ordering a late night pizza and if the words chicken fingers or cheese fries isn't somewhere on the menu, more often than not, my daughter won't even think about it. It isn't all gourmet as the title suggest either. For example tonight was simple beef tacos.

The purpose of this blog is to share recipes I have used or am building and to show you that not every meal is a complete success but could just be a piece to the puzzle for the next meal to be better.

Thank you for joining me here, and I hope you find my ramblings both entertaining and informative.