Interesting recipes to help you prepare the first meal of the day for your family without spending hours in the kitchen. Try out these delectable, simple dishes this weekend.

Egg Salad

Time 15 minutes
Serves 4

Ingredients
3 eggs
2 tbsp butter, chilled
Salt and pepper to taste
14 cup mix salad greens of your choice, sliced
12 tomato, sliced ( add green and cherry tomatoes if liked)
15 onion, thinly sliced

Method
- In a bowl, toss the salad greens, tomato and onion with salt and pepper. Keep aside.
- Heat a pan on medium flame and add butter and eggs. Lower the flame and whisk the eggs with butter till mixed.
- The butter will melt side by side while the egg scramble begins to solidify. Keep whisking till you get a soft, moist yellow egg scramble.
- Season with salt and pepper and remove from heat. Remember, the eggs should not begin to brown and should remain moist.
- Serve the egg scramble with salad and toasted bread if you like.

Sausage Scramble


Time 15 minutes
Serves 4

Ingredients
1 cup chopped chicken sausage
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 egg ( or as needed)
2 cups chopped boiled potatoes
2 tbsp chopped parsley
18 tsp pepper
Salt to taste
1 tbsp oil

Method
- In a pan, heat oil on a medium flame and add the sausages. Saute for a couple of minutes, then remove from heat and drain excess oil on a kitchen pepper.
- In the same oil, saute bell pepper and onion with salt and pepper for a couple of minutes. Then cover and cook for 5 minutes or until tender.
- Add the potatoes and cook for 5 minutes or until potatoes are heated through, stirring often. Mash the potatoes if you like.
- Stir in the sausage and mix well.
- Remove from heat and arrange on a plate.
- Poach the egg and add it to the sausage plate or on top of the sausage plate or on top of the sausage mix. Sprinkle parsley and serve immediately with breads of choice.

   
Source: Times of India

BDST: 1533 HRS, DEC- 05, 2015
Edited by:  Sharmina Islam, Lifestyle Editor