I love when people cheer for a sports team, doesn't matter which one, and people ask them, "why are you cheering for blah blah blah team?" just because they aren't from there or the answer isn't obvious. Does it matter? I will cheer for whatever heck team I feel like. Case in point: my parents lived in Milwaukee for 6 years and for those of you that don't know Wisconsin culture, if you live in Wisconsin, you are a die-hard Packers fan. Period. No if, ands, or buts about it. I ALWAYS cheer for the Lions, however, when playoff season rolls around, I often adopt Indy or the Packers, because my beloved Lions can't seem to make the playoffs. I feel it's completely acceptable for me to have my regular season team, AND a playoff season team.
I used to live in Indianapolis, and similar to Wisconsin culture, Indy fans are infectious! You can't help but fall in love with the team and the fans when you live there. I was lucky enough to go to a Monday night game there, the last season they had the old stadium, and it was so awesome! So loud! And so so cold. I've also loved the Packers since my parents lived there, but have never been fortunate enough to go to a game. We actually had the opportunity to go a couple of years ago, during the playoffs, to Lambeau field, in Brett Favre's last season as a Packer, and opted out. Why? I have absolutely no idea, and I still kick myself to this day. But I still hope to make it to Lambeau some day.
Anyway, so I had my Brett Favre Packer's jersey on, and I wish I could have count the number of times people asked me, "why are you cheering for the Packers?". Granted, I do live in Southern California where football isn't quite the way of life that it is in the midwest, but if anyone should be more tolerant of fans of teams from everywhere, it should be us. Southern Cal doesn't have a pro football team so team devotion is usually a hodge-podge of teams from all over. But, I simply respond politely with, "don't worry about it". Ha!
I made these breakfast tacos yesterday before starting to set up for the superbowl party, and they are delicious. And fortunately for me, they are made with ingredients that I usually have in my fridge already. Don't be worried about how filling they are, as they are deceptively light.
Cheesy Factor (1 no cheese, 10 all cheese): 3
Time Factor (1 shortest, 10 longest): 3
Dummy Factor (1 easiest, 10 hardest): 3
Breakfast Tacos
4 strips of bacon
4 eggs, beaten
8 mini-taco size tortillas, or 2 burrito size, cut into quarters
4 white or brown mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup of fresh spinach, chopped
1/4 cup sweet onion, chopped
shredded Monterrey Jack cheese
1 Tbl butter
Salsa (optional)
Sour Cream (optional)
In fry pan, cook bacon. In small saute pan, heat half of the Tbl of butter. Add the mushrooms, onions, and spinach and saute. In additional pan, scramble eggs. Arrange tacos with eggs, mushroom/onion/spinach mixture, crumbled bacon, then top with cheese. Serve with salsa and sour cream (if desired).
I'm sure there are more steps in here that I could have spelled out better. But if you don't know how to A) scramble eggs, B) cook bacon, C) arrange concept of a "taco", then we have bigger problems than I imagined.
The keys to making these a success, in my book, :
- the mushroom/onion/spinach mixture is a must, and butter is the best to saute in
- don't make the tacos too big, we don't want burritos, we want tacos, small, that you can eat in 3-4 bites
- the salsa and sour cream are essentials, for me, because I like bolder/zesty flavors
- if you don't eat bacon, add chopped up deli-turkey to the mushroom/onion/spinach saute as your meat
Hope you enjoy~!
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