Savoury Oatmeal with Poached Egg and a Hollandaise Sauce

This weekend we’ll be spending on a countryside with our friends. I promise to post some pictures with the next entry as they have the most amazing country house I’ve ever seen. I am already in love with it and I want to stay there forever. I used to think of myself as a city girl, but now I have doubts. If you have any good tips on how to take over a house of your friends without making them stop liking you, please share it with me 😉

For now we’re relaxing, and as my friends are foodies as well, we’re making some delicious food together. I definitely need to start a new series on my blog called “breakfast with friends”. I’d love you to meet some of them. Friends influence our life and I know that I’d be a totally different person without them. I am also happy that our baby girl will have an awesome group of aunties and uncles.

I’d also like to thank you for some great tips for our “cats free zone” situation. I hope it will help with these hungry-for-an-extra-space animals.

You will need for 2:

• 1 cup oats
• 2 cups water
• salt and pepper
• 1 tbsp green pesto
• shredded cheese like parmesan or cheddar
• avocado
• ham
• 2 eggs
• hollandaise sauce
• cayenne pepper

Start with an oatmeal. In a pot place oats and water, season with salt and pepper and cook for about 10 minutes on a medium heat. I am sure you know how to make your porridge 🙂 When it’s thick and cooked, it means it’s done. Mix in a tablespoon of pesto into it.

Making a poached egg is not the simplest thing in the world, but it’s not as difficult as we think. It helps to add 1 tablespoon of vinegar and ½ tablespoon of salt to the boiling water and then, just before adding the egg, you need to stir the water (you can always replace it with a soft boiled or fried one). The recipe for a homemade hollandaise sauce you can find over here.

Divide porridge between two bowls. Sprinkle some cheese over it, place avocado, ham, poached egg and pour your homemade hollandaise sauce. Sprinkle cayenne pepper over it and eat with a pleasure 🙂

Enjoy, Marta