A Morning out in Ferndale

Friday morning I went out to Toast in Ferndale.  Toast is a small, retro little breakfast and lunch spot located on Woodward in downtown Ferndale.  When you walk in, opposite the door is a wall filled with shelves of old toasters (what else?).  All the tables and chairs in the place are straight out of a 50's diner but don't expect old school food.

I ordered the Greek Omelette which was phenomenal.  Filled with kalamatta olives and feta cheese it is delicious.  My companion had the Florentine Eggs Benedict which I did not taste but looked very appetizing.  Each breakfast menu item comes with your choice of home fries or cheese grits, which I thought was interesting considering how far north we are.  Breakfast also comes with your choice of, you guessed it, toast.  Now I'm not talking about the usual breakfast toast here.  My two slices of marble rye were texas toast sized and lightly buttered.  More than enough to please.

The woman who took our order was very friendly.  She explained to us that their specials menu changes every week but they tend to run out by Friday.  Saturday and Sunday mornings are the busiest.  Prepare to wait in line for about 45 minutes if you venture there on these days.  Luckily we did not.  

Toast was a great value.  Good food, good background music and good service.  I recommend it to anyone seeking breakfast in Ferndale or near by Detroit suburbs.

New recipes for breakfast

We (my fiance and I) wake up super early on most occasions during the week.  We do our morning work out at the local gym and then I make her breakfast while she showers.  This is our morning routine.  

Usually I make her a peanut butter and banana sandwich that she takes with her to work.  But because of the recent peanut butter recalls and her forever changing tastes we have not bought peanut butter in a while and instead I have been making her two eggs which she eats before she goes.  The eggs I make for her are cracked, put in a frying pan and then cooked with a little added cheese and some "Lowry's" seasoning salt.  

Today I cooked her the same.  Then I made myself something different...

Hashbrowns.  Forever the trusty side.  Complimentary to the main dish.  Well not anymore.  Here is the recipe.

One skillet full of hashbrowns.  One egg cracked and added on top of the already cooking hashbrowns.  A little cheese and some Lawry's.  I also like a little Texas Pete with my eggs so I threw some of that on top after it cooked.  Enjoy.

I was so excited to write down the recipe here on this post that I ended up burning it, but you know it sounds good.

I would love to hear any of your homemade recipes or off the wall ideas for food or anything.