Hi th is is ME.....on Friday, 10th January, 2014.

He was a bit aghast when I trotted out that he'd had eggs and bacon for lunch today.  In fact, he'd eaten his very favourite lunch at that particular place in Oxfordshire today and, yes there was bacon together with eggs but, there were two other items as well!


One was an English muffin!  And, do you know what the fourth item was?  Have you guessed what he ate for lunch today?

No, not really?

Well, let me tell you all about his favourite lunch.  Along with the poached eggs, the buttered muffins and, sometimes, a slice of bacon, the other absolutely essential ingredient is....Hollandaise Sauce...that beautifully rich, gloriously sophisticated sauce.  Served warm on two halves of  buttered muffin, topped with two perfectly poached eggs.  Then, on to these warm mounds of food, you pour over this delicious buttery, golden sauce, add a tiny sprig of fresh, green parsley, and place this highly sophisticated plate of food before a excited, expectant foodie or loved one, and they just devour your wonderful food, almost salivating with pleasure.


And this is what the dear SO utterly loves to eat for lunch.  Sometimes, a few sautéed buttery button mushrooms are added, just for good measure, and this is what I love too, those lovely mushrooms!


I've made my own gluten-free version of this dish and, well, it wasn't bad, even he had to admit that!
Of course, it wasn't the same, really.  For a start, I made gluten-free scones.  Now I'm pretty good at scones but, without gluten, they are just not quite right.  So I was off to a poor start from the beginning  However, I'm good at Hollandaise and my poached eggs are pretty OK so it was good, in the end and I certainly enjoyed my version of Eggs Benedict.   His response was - Hmm! not bad!

This is my Eggs Benedict.....And served with cold pork for he's a keen meat-eater, too!

And this, of course, is what he was presented with today!!!!

No comparison, of course, but I always have to try my hand at favourite dishes, or anything really which I take a fancy too.  It's just in my nature to keep trying.  I love to cook and to feed my kith and kin with scrumptious food....and it's what I've been doing for a long time now.

Cooking is my passion - and I rather enjoy talking about it too!

Happy munching...

Daisy