Pizza blintzes

Pizza blintzes for breakfast.

I had some leftover batter from the crepes I made yesterday
 so I decided to try my hand at making blintzes.


It turns out blintzes are pretty much just crepes that are folded a different way.


The assembly:

Pizza sauce.

Leftover crepe filling.

A dusting of Parmesan.

Then they went back into the pan with a little olive oil.

These were delicious and can be easily made sweet. I think I would have enjoyed one stuffed with some marscapone cheese and some jam.

But I was happy with the savory version. The only thing that would have made this pizza blintz better is if I had some mozzarella cheese to put in the middle.


Oh, and if you were curious about how my henna tattoo was holding up:

It is tough starting back into the week after the long weekend.


Happy Tuesday everyone!

Savory crepes

Crepes with zucchini and crispy ham.

I had a restless night. I don't know why. If you are one of those people that finds a comfortable position and never moves all night - you will more than likely not understand.

But I woke up this morning with pillow case removed from my pillow, the dogs off the bed (they only do this if I toss and turn too much) and the duvet cover inexplicably removed from the comforter.

Yeah, I can't figure out how that happened either...

So, the only thing to do this morning was to make crepes.

First the filling:

Thin sliced ham crisped up in a skillet and grated zucchini.

The zucchini seemed a bit too wet so I squeezed out the extra liquid with a paper towel.

 
I put the zucchini with a little olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. I added two splashes of white wine, cracked black pepper, onion powder, dried parsley and the crispy ham.

I let it simmer until the alcohol had cooked off and the mixture was fragrant.

Then I adapted a crepe recipe I found here.

I used 1/2 cup of soymilk and 3/4 cup of water.

This is my first time cooking crepes so be kind.

A smear of cream cheese.

A little bit of the filling.

Neatly folded.

These were savory, creamy, a bit salty and incredibly delicious. And they were a lot easier to make than I thought.


I highly recommend. 


The dogs enjoyed 1/2 a crepe each that was filled with peanut butter.

 I hope everyone is having a great Labor Day!
 

Crepe-tastic

Lesson learned - do not watch Eat, Pray, Love before you make breakfast because you will end up making something like this:

Ham and Gruyere cheese crepe with a side of blackberries.

I used a simple crepe recipe I found here but I employed the technique I found at Baking Bites.

These were really great - if you have the time in the morning I would really recommend these.

I went to the trouble of crisping up some deli ham in a pan and layered that on the crepe along with thin shavings of Gruyere cheese. 

Since the dogs were very interested in the crepe making - they got these cute mini-crepes - 

Is it Wednesday already?