Sausage and Potato Scramble

My sister, Carolyn and Brother in-law, Randy stayed at our house the other weekend after a wedding. Will and I babysat Camden and they came back to our house after the wedding. It was their first big night out since Camden was born, so I knew they would need a hefty breakfast in the morning. This is the perfect breakfast or brunch meal. It's savory, filling and oh so delicious!

Ingredients

Potatoes sautéing

Potatoes getting golden brown / In a separate pan, brown your sausage 

Add in the veggies and sauté....

Then add the meat and spices...

Drop in the 4 eggs and put into the oven

Sausage and Potato Scramble

Ingredients

4 eggs

5 yukon gold potatoes, peeled & chopped
2 tablespoons of bacon grease (or unsalted  butter)
2 yellow onions, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
3/4 teaspoon Paprika
1/2 teaspoon Thyme
1/2 teaspoon Rosemary
1/2 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
1/2 teaspoon Sage
Salt + Pepper
16 ounces of Sausage

Directions

1. Add the bacon fat or butter to a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once the pan is hot, reduce the heat to medium and add in your chopped potatoes. Sauté for 10-15 minutes until they are golden brown.

2. While your potatoes are sauteeing, brown your sausage meat in another pan over medium heat.

3. Add the onions and your red and green pepper to the potatoes and sauté for another 5 minutes.

4. Add in your spices and sausage and stir everything in the pan well to meld all of the spices and flavors together.

5. Deglaze the pan with about 1/3 - 1/2 cup of water being sure to scrape up all of the browned bits on the bottom of the pan.

6. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

7. Continue to saute everything until your water is reabsorbed and the potatoes are completely cooked (take one out of the pan and try it!). Also, while tasting the potatoes to assure its cooked, decide if you need to add any more S + P.

8. Using a spoon, make 4 shallow "holes" in the mixture and crack an egg in each hole. Transfer the skillet to the oven and bake until the egg whites set (it took exactly ten minutes for me). Remove from the oven.

Serve and enjoy!

The Daily

This weekend couldn't have been more gorgeous! My husband, Will and I woke up Saturday morning, took our dog, Loosey for a walk, and then decided to hop on our bikes and ride over to The Daily for some breakfast.

The Daily is a market/eatery that is a sister restaurant to Butcher & Bee (also amazing if you haven't been- posts on it in the future). I had not been here yet but my husband had been by before work a couple of weeks ago. He brought me home a delicious watermelon and chai seed juice which reminded me of the fresh watermelon juice from our trip to Bali. Needless to say, due to the relation to Butcher & Bee and the juice I had, I was excited to finally try it out.

The inside is very eclectic with many specialty grocery items such as house-made jams, mustards and other accoutrement. They also sell coffee, wine and beer (plus they have beer growlers you can take home!) on a shelf in the corner. Fresh daily breads and pastries are displayed on platters for your selection and although we didn't indulge in any, they looked amazing. 

The menus are displayed on the counter top. 

Two things you'll notice right away: there is no cash register. Like the Apple store, someone will take your order with an iPad; and two, there is no seating. This seems odd at first but we stood to eat our breakfast and I rather enjoyed the experience. It reminded us of being in Italy casually sipping an espresso with a croissant. The area to stand and eat is next to the food prep/cooking station which was really nice because we were able to interact with the chefs. The Daily is going for a "grab and go" kind of place and I believe they executed it perfectly.  

Ok, my favorite part- the food! I was honestly impressed. I knew it was going to be delicious but it was even better than I expected. 

Will got the bacon breakfast sandwich: bacon, pimento cheese, fried egg, smoked onion jam on a homemade english muffin. The jam really shined through and made this sandwich different than your average bacon and egg sammy. 

I ordered the fried egg sandwich: fried egg, fontina, Harissa ketchup, bangin' relish and fresh homemade sourdough. Wow. The Harissa ketchup was the perfect addition to this sandwich. It gave it some heat and made the sandwich unique. That is actually how I would describe our meal- unique, exactly what I was looking for. 

We also got the avocado toast (which I have been LOVING all summer), and theirs was good. They put an heirloom tomato with olive oil, salt, cracked pepper, oregano (I believe) and olive oil. It was a little heavy on the olive oil, but it was delicious, and that tomato was spot on. 

Lastly, Will has really gotten into cold brew coffee. First it was french press, now it's cold brew. He first had it at Black Tap Coffee about two years ago and has been making it at home since. The Daily uses Stumptown Coffee based out of Portland, and it was definitely one of the better cups we've had around Charleston. I actually don't like coffee but I will always try Will's. 

I ordered the Super Green Smoothie, which I actually brought home and had for lunch because I was so full. Normally the sandwiches would be enough for breakfast but I couldn't leave without trying one of their smoothies. Nothing more to say than it was absolutely delicious. The sweetness of the coconut and apple balanced the bitterness of the kale without overpowering it. I will be going back regularly for their juices.

One last thing I must point out, customer service. I cannot say enough great things about the staff at The Daily. Everyone was so attentive and genuinely seemed to care that we had a good experience. We were asked by multiple staffers how the food was and when I inquired about what they were making I got an in detail answer of the recipe, which I was not expecting. 

Here is the link to the restaurant if you want to check it out http://www.shopthedaily.com and I highly recommend that you do. If you head there soon, we might just run into each other because this place has quickly climbed to the top of my "go-to" list.