End of Summer Sunday Brunch

Brunch is my absolute favorite meal of the weekend. I started the brunch craze as a newlywed over a decade ago. Actually, before my ex-husband and I were married. We would attend the 7:30 a.m. Sunday church service and enjoy an amazing brunch at our favorite spot afterwards.  Eventually, I started experimenting with brunch at home and it became my all-time favorite meal to prepare. I gained a lot of experience and we preferred to do brunch at home more than out.

However, when things fell apart in my marriage, I forgot how much fun I had being creative in the kitchen. I no longer had the desire especially to make brunch for obvious reasons.

My enjoyment being back in the kitchen all started with my daughter who loved cooking as early as age 2. She would bug me relentlessly to come into the kitchen and chaperon her cooking experiments. Since she is a self-starter, I learned rather quickly to jump on her invites to accompany her. Otherwise, I might meet a surprise disaster from a determined inexperienced mini chef.

With each of her invites, little by little, my passion was revived. It’s our favorite time to invite friends over for a beautiful and relaxing meal. Now we look forward to weekend brunch in a new family dynamic.

I am determined to get you on board being in the kitchen having fun and creating new memories especially with the holidays approaching. Fall is the perfect time to get cozy and enjoy new recipes. To fully persuade you that you have nothing to loose, here are my weekend brunch pros and cons.

Pros of a Sunday Brunch:

• Cost effective: this meal can go from economical to elaborate on the budget spectrum. From waffles, potatoes and eggs to Bellini’s, chocolate strawberries and hanger steak. It’s up to you how far you want to go with entertaining.
• Best of all meals: Brunch is the opportunity to mix dishes from any mealtime and it works PERFECT!! Just add eggs and toast and you did it.
• Mingling: Inviting friends over to sit and dine on the weekend is great bonding time without over spending if it’s not in your budget to dine out.
• Leftovers: You can start the new week off with prepared meals left over from brunch. We tend to have a couple of days of breakfast for the week and 1 day of lunch to pack and go from a big weekend brunch. This buys me time to ramp up and prepare meals for the remaining of the week.
• Brunch Out: You don’t have to cook brunch. Have fun scoping out the best brunch locations in your area for those days you don’t have the ambition to do it yourself.

Cons of a Sunday brunch:

• One Meal: If you are planning dinner out later with family or friends, don’t do a big brunch. Typically, brunch can be the only meal of the day. You wake up late, eat well mid-day and snack later. The day is over.
• Breakdown: A ripe appetite and the anticipation of enjoying an early afternoon feast is all too easy. The breakdown is where you will need to rally supporters. In my campaign, I offer an evening of movie marathons.

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