Christmas Breakfast Feast

This year Mr Slicker and I are hosting Christmas morning/breakfast at our house. A lot of you might dread this but I really love entertaining and having people at our home. Entertaining can be quite costly so thankfully it is just Mr Slicker’s family coming over which including us, consists of 7 adults, Master Slicker and a baby (I’m worried the baby may break the bank and I won’t be able to feed everyone 😝).

I really like people to feel welcome and well looked after when they come to my home so I like to have plenty of food and a few options to choose from. Being that it’s breakfast we’ll have two types of juice for the morning – apple and orange. For a twist I’ll also offer water with fresh lime. This is an extra special treat for us as the lime is straight from our backyard, I love home grown fruit, we also have an apple, mandarin trees, mango and lemon trees (Watch this space for a blog on growing your own fruit trees). 

Iced Water with a Twist

Iced Water with a Twist 

• Ingredients 
• Water, Ice & Lime

• Method 
• Fill up a jug with water, add ice, slice the lime and place it in the water and serve, you could also add lemon or mint 
• Serve in a beautiful jug

I have come across the most delicious and refreshing Iced Tea recipe that my good friend Caroline passed on to me (thanks Caroline!).  Christmas Day is notorious for being a hot and sweaty day so this is a perfect rehydrating and refreshing drink and so easy to make.

Homemade Iced Tea

• Ingredients 
• Tea (I love love love the Exceptional range by Dilmah in Rose with French Vanilla, they come in a pack of 20 bags), Lemonade (home brand works great, for a healthy twist I buy the Zero Sugar or light version), Frozen berries or raspberries & Ice.

• Method 
• Boil water 
• Add 2 tea bags to boiled water in a heat proof jug 
• Allow to cool completely



Iced Tea

• You can boil the water and let the tea infuse in the water and then finish the tea off when your guests arrive 
• Add cold lemonade straight from the fridge 
• The same ratio as the water used to infuse the tea 
• Add frozen berries (as much as you desire) 
• Add ice

You really can use any type of tea with this recipe but I find this one so fruity, delicious and refreshing. This iced tea would also work really well with a ginger and lemongrass tea. My favourite thing about having this iced tea is that I use Great Grandma Slicker’s jug and glasses, isn’t it a classic? Love the glass stirrer!

Now onto food...the best bit! To satisfy everyone I believe you need an array of sweet, savoury, naughty and healthy.

Mr Slicker will be head chef on the BBQ on Christmas morning, cooking all the good stuff, lots of bacon, eggs, mushie and tomato mix and sausages etc. To make things a little different I also plan to make quite a number of things to go with the BBQ’d goodness...

A great idea for a breakfast snack that’s easy to make and even easier to eat is a bacon and egg pie. This won’t be on our menu this year as we’ll all be bacon and egg’d out after the bbq but this is easy and delicious alternative to the usual.  

Bacon and Egg Pie

• Ingredients 
• Cooking Spray 
• Bacon 



Bacon and Egg Pie

• Egg

• Method 
• Preheat Oven to 200 degrees (fan forced) 
• Spray a muffin tray with cooking spray to avoid the bacon sticking 
• Layer bacon into a muffin tray 
• Crack an egg into the hole 
• Bake for 10 minutes until the egg is cooked and the bacon is crispy

I also plan to add a little French (ooh la la) to Christmas day with Nutella Croissants which are easier than you think!

Nutella Croissants

Chocolate Croissant

• Ingredients 
• Puff Pastry (I buy the home brand; you can always make your own but seriously... “Aint nobody got time for that!” hehe), Nutella & 1 x egg

• Method
• Preheat oven to 200 degrees (fan forced) 
• Line a baking tray with baking paper 
• Allow puff pastry to defrost slightly so that it is pliable 
• Place one sheet of puff pastry onto a large chopping board or chopping surface, cut in half, then cut each half on the diagonal. This will make 4 triangles from each puff sheet. 
• Place a heaped teaspoon of Nutella onto each large end of the pastry 
• You can also add mini marshmallows here and make it like a smores croissant, yummo,  
• Or choc chips, chopped nuts or even chopped banana in here too, omg I’m salivating!!! 
• Beat the egg with a fork to make an egg wash 
• Brush the small end of the triangle with the egg wash 
• Roll the triangles (starting at the large end of the triangle) once rolled ensure all sides are sealed and that beautiful Nutella cannot escape.  Do this by just pressing the sides together 
• Bend the rolled up product into the shape of a croissant 
• Place on baking tray and brush with egg wash 
• Bake for 15-20mins checking occasionally, they are ready when the pastry has ‘puffed’ and they are golden. 
• Optional: Sprinkle with icing sugar to really get into the French spirit.

CAUTION: the Nutella is very hot in the middle, be careful when you bite into them, especially when littlies are eating them

Chocolate Croissants

Alternative: you can also make savoury croissants with cheese, cheese and ham, cheese and bacon, fetta and spinach...the possibilities are endless really! If you don’t have Nutella in the house or don’t like it (who am I kidding, errrbody loves Nutella!) you can use melting buttons in milk, dark or white chocolate, which would be just as tasty!

To break up the heavy food I’ll also be serving fresh fruit for breakfast. A really cute idea to keep with the Christmas theme are Santa strawberries.

Strawberry Santas

• Ingredients 
• Strawberries & Cream 
• Method 



Strawberry Santas

• Simply cut the tip off a strawberry 
• Place some cream on top 
• Be sure it’s a firm cream so they hold; you may need to beat the cream to firm it up
• Place the strawberry tip on top  
• Put a dot of cream on top of the tip, and decorate as you please

Another healthy alternative is a yoghurt and muesli mix.

Yoghurt and Muesli Mix

• Ingredients 
• Yoghurt, Muesli (any variety you prefer) & Fruit to top 
• Optional: honey, frozen berries, nuts 
• Method 
• Combine 2 tablespoons of your favourite yoghurt 
• Add a tablespoon of muesli, continue to add until well combined (ensure the mix is not too dry) 
• Mix and top with your favourite fruit (mine is banana) 
• Optional: Drizzle with honey 
• Optional: thaw some frozen berries from the iced tea recipe and top with them. 
• Optional: If your muesli has no nuts, also top with raw nuts...Delish!!!!

Another great healthy idea is a breakfast skewer

Breakfast Skewer

• Ingredients 
• 1 ¾ milk, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon of vanilla bean paste (I prefer this as it gives a richer and realer flavour, or 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence), 2 cups self raising flour, 1/3 cup caster sugar, cooking spray, banana, strawberries, Nutella & marshmallow.
   
• Pancake Method 
• Whisk milk, eggs and vanilla together in a jug 
• Sift flour into a large bowl 
• Stir in Sugar to flour 
• Make a well in the dry mixture and add the milk mixture and whisk until well combined.
  Alternative: Use a packet mix  
• Heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat 
• Spray with cooking oil 
• Place small spoonfuls into the pan to obtain the desired size 
• Cook for 2 minutes or until bubbles appear on surface 
• Flip and cook for a further 1-2 minutes or until cooked through 
• Spray pan in between batches 

• Method 
• Spread Nutella onto one side of a cooled mini pancake
• Cut banana, strawberries and marshmallows (or anything else you desire) into bite sized pieces
• Place Nutella pancake onto the skewer, followed by banana, another Nutella pancake, strawberry  etc. 

Yummmmmm, who wouldn’t want one? This is good to prepare the night before or on Christmas morning.

Breakfast Skewer

Look out for my next blog on Christmas lunch ideas.

#Slicker