Mornin' Munchies

Today is all about breakfast munchies

We'll start the day off right by making brown sugar bacon with a spicy kick

Leave it to my mom to improve on bacon. Bobby's going to be sharing his favorite egg white omelet recipe

Get it going! All right. I'm frying up a Dean favorite, smashed potato pancakes

And we found a way to make muffins even better, y'all, with peaches and cream

That sounds like right up my alley. and then we're going to wash it all down with hot spice tea

Good morning, sunshine. It's all about, you know, munching before noon. Morning munchies

Well, let's come on down because I'm going to do a peppered bacon for y'all

that is really good, really simple, but throws in a whole different flavor

Now, Bobby, I'm going to measure. Okay, I'll measure about a fourth of a cup, a heaping cup of brown sugar

And then I'm going to put in two teaspoons of chili powder. So if you would just mix that with your fingers

Just mix those two things together, son. There you go. That smells really good

I've got us a tray over here to cook our bacon. Leave it to my mom to improve on bacon

I can always figure out how to add another calorie, can't I say

I'm mean. You know, I'm guilty as well. I love you. I love you. It is true

And I love what you do. Well, the next thing I want you to do is take your bacon and just dredge it in that brown sugar

Move your hands so I can see. Now, look at that. What the heck are you doing

You're trying to cheat me. You are cheating me by not having some sugar on the other side of that bacon

Your tricks are not going to work. I didn't mean to. You're going to have to get up earlier than this to trick your old mama

400 degrees, y'all, for 20 minutes. All right. And there they go

And, Bobby, while those are cooking, son, we can just get started on our smashed potato pancakes

Drain that for me. All right. How many potatoes is that? It's actually six cups of a Yukon gold potato, y'all, that's been peeled and diced

Just go ahead and dump the potatoes in there, and I'll start the garlic and the onions

All right. If you would grate me up some cheese. Okay. I've got some bacon over there

All the cheese? Yeah, you can go ahead and cut it all up

I'll mince us up some garlic. I'm making up a potato cake, y'all

And every time my mother had leftover mashed potatoes, she would not dare throw them away

But she would put them in the refrigerator, and the next day she would serve us a potato cake

But what a great way to use up leftover mashed potatoes. because, you know, leftover mashed potatoes

they don't reheat the same. Well, and southerners ain't known for wasting much

I mean, we figured out what to do with the leftovers. All right, so I got that garlic minced up pretty good

So I'm just going to toss that into our potatoes. All right, there's our cheese

Okay. So you just break up the bacon? Yeah, just crumble up the bacon. Crumble it right there, and I'm going to mince us up some onions

And you don't have to be precise here. Just big chunks of bacon or

Yeah, I'm going to really get me some green in there. I love the green from a spring onion

What do we call them? Spring onions in the south. I'm going to use about a half a cup

And I'm going to use the tips and all because I think there's beautiful texture and flavor in the green tops

All right, cheese and the bacon are ready. So there we go. So those ingredients are looking like they're going to make a fine potato dish

Are we folding together or mashing? Yeah, just take this, kind of give them a little mash

You've got an egg over here. If you would, just crack that in that bowl and beat that up

And while you're doing that, I'll grab the salt and the pepper

So let me kind of get this together And then we'll add our egg last

Okay, so I can taste it And make sure we have The right amount of seasoning in it

So in goes our onions So we're going to end up pattying these And frying them on the stove top

You got it Is there a sour cream or something involved in this? Yes, I'm going to put some sour cream in it

So just mix all that up real good So about a half a

Stick of butter, son How did you resist the temptation to put the entire stick in there

Well, you know, because I practice... Moderation I practice self Do you believe that I do All right about a fourth of a cup of sour cream

Now we're just going to fold in the half a cup of cheddar cheese

and the six slices of crumbled bacon. And now I'm going to add about two and a half cups of the panko breading

It's a Japanese bread crumb. Now, when your grandmother and your great-grandmother used to make these

they would use flour as a binder. But I think the panko, it gives them kind of a crispier taste

And one cup of panko to roll our potatoes in. So we're going to make the patties and then double-side them in that

Yes. Panko in, panko out. Oh, wait, that's too big, Bobby. Too big

I don't like them that big. But I'll tell you this. Mama and Grandma did them in a shape that I really like

Which was what? Kind of an oblong shape. It is oblong. Perfect

And we're just going to fry these into their beautiful golden brown

These are reminding me of a twice-baked potato. Kind of. It's got all that stuff in it

It's a twice-baked potato. Anyway, y'all come back because I have waked up to one of the sunshines in my life

Good morning, sunshine. Coming up, y'all, my son Bobby and I share the secrets to the perfect egg white omelet

Just take that and flip it up. And later, we spice up breakfast with a very special tea

And we put our favorite fruit into some rich, rich muffins. These muffins are spectacular, son

Well, y'all, I'm in here with my little ray of sunshine, Bobby Dean

And Bobby's fixing to make his egg white spinach and tomato omelet

Yeah. So I am cracking and separating six eggs for Bobby. All right

He tells me he needs six egg whites, because this omelet's going to feed two

We've already got the breakfast potatoes ready. They're in the oven, staying warm

And y'all see me do a lot of this. I'm chopping an onion. All right, so, Bobby, I've got your six eggs separated

I'm going to add a little bit of water. A little bit of salt

A little pepper. Today I'm going to use frozen spinach for this omelet

So there's going to be some excess water in this spinach, and I'm just going to squeeze it. I've got it straining right now, but I'm going to go and squeeze it out

Frozen spinach, frozen collards, any leafy greens. All carries a little water

All carry a good bit of water. I'm getting your egg whites beat up

Okay. I'm going to chop up a little tomato. An electric little hand mixer works great on egg whites

Yes, it does. And I've got a little olive oil going on the stove here

I'm going to add my onions and tomatoes to it. I'm going to give you a hand

Tomato, onion. I'm going to go ahead and throw that spinach in there, too. Let's cook that up a little bit

These are great for breakfast or a brunch. You know what? I like to sometimes cook breakfast for dinner

You know, during the winter, Bobby, there's nothing I love better than a big old pot of buttered grits

Grits and griots. Uh-huh. And eggs and biscuits. It's, I just love a breakfast for dinner during the winter

Let's grab another skillet and start an omelet. You want to? There you go

Okay, why don't I move this to a smaller eye? What do we need all these pans for

Well, I was going to let you do your own. So why don't we do it all on one pan and we'll split it in two

All right. All right, now, Bobby, let me ask you this. I don't see any cheese anywhere

Or sour cream. Or butter. But no, we could do that. We totally could do that

You could add any kind of cheese to it that you want to. In fact, I would. What kind would you like

You got some? Let me see if I've got any cheese. You got it. See, that's the beautiful thing about an omelet, too, is you can add to it whatever you want

Yes, I've got some gorgonzola cheese. Let's try it and see what we've got

You want to make sure that your pan is warm enough. Yeah, it's warm enough

Go ahead and put the whole thing, son So what you want to do

Is when that starts cooking Is take your rubber spatula You want to pull them back

Tilt your pan Oh, I'm sorry It's okay, it's alright I'm taking over his dish

Show me how to do it I didn't mean to You know, it's the mama

I try to come over and cook, I try It's the mama in us

I know it is Get it going All right There you go Just spread our tomatoes and spinach and onion over there

Some gorgonzola. And there you go. Just take that and flip it up

How does that look, Bobby? It looks beautiful. I just think it needs to have a little dusting of black pepper on the top

Good morning. You know what? Not enough of it? Well, just, you know, we're making, and now Mama's making it pretty

I hear you. You know how Mama likes to decorate? The omelet is just about ready

Our hash browns are ready. Okay. Why don't you let me take the omelet

All right. All right, you get out the potatoes. Yes, okay, all right

And the bacon. And I'm going to slide this out onto our plate

And, y'all, I'm going to just garnish it with a little bit on top

just kind of let people know what's inside, Although, you know, you can't trick Bobby and me

We made this. We know what we got inside. Bacon looks very, very good

What, son? The bacon looks very, very good and it smells very good

Thank you. And the potatoes are beautiful. Look at those, y'all. Good grief

Those look great. Oh, my God, and it's still so hot. So here we go

Is that all right with you? Yeah! That is all right. It is all right

Hey, if we're going to eat them both anyway. Wow. Golly. All right

Yeah, I bet that is great. Let's have us one. Ooh. Let's have us a couple of them? Yeah

All right. Because we agreed to split the omelet. That's what we're going to do. But we didn't agree to split the potato, did we

No, that is true. Mmm. That is a very, very good omelet

The potato just sets it off. Wow. Golly, that's good. Top. Mmm

Mmm, mama. Stop. That is great. I have to confess, bacon dredged in brown sugar

And what else? Chili powder? Mm-hmm. Chili powder. Y'all try it. Back on

With your egg white omelet. Coming up, y'all, we bake up some fruity and rich muffins

That is two sticks of butter. That we agree on. Two sticks of butter

And later, Bobby's spicy morning tea. That sounds very, very good. It will be

Good morning, y'all. We've got the morning munchies here at Mama's house today

Yes, we do. We've got the breakfast munchies. Moving on, I'm going to show you something

This is something from our second book, and when I say that, I mean Jamie and me. Peaches and cream muffins is one of them

Peaches and cream muffins. I love it. That sounds like right up my alley

Ready? Yeah, put me to work, son. All right. How about a couple of cups of self-rising flour

Okay. Self-rising. So we're not going to have to add any bacon powder or soda

A cup of sour cream. We're going to whisk all this together. And a quarter cup of that sugar, please

But these are not going to be overly sweet. No, not really. Sounds delicious

The peaches will give it some sweet. You've got some peaches over here, Bobby. You want me to drain them? Drain those

All right, we're using like a 15-ounce can. I'm going to cut them into about quarter-inch pieces

Oh, okay. I'll do that for you. Could you substitute with fresh peaches, Bobby

Yes, ma'am. You know, I was over at Jamie and Brooke's the other night. They invited me to dinner

And at the end of the meal, Brooke said, Paula, would you stave a cobbler

I said, are you making the Lady and Sons cobbler? And she said, yes

I said, I think I might can stay. And she used a jarred peach that was in the juice section

I know exactly what you're talking about. Those worked beautifully, too. Didn't make any difference in the taste

No, it was delicious. It was like that peach was so fresh

And I'm going to need about one teaspoon of vanilla. I'm going to put these back in the little strainer

Yeah, because we've got our butter over here that we've got to go to. Okey-doke. I'm going to wash my hands so that syrup's got me all sticky-sleeping

Will you add that butter for me? You know it, honey. That are two sticks of butter

That we agree on. Yes. Two sticks of butter. You're right. I love it

I'm going to try to get this together without sloshing it all over myself. All right, add the peaches for me, please

It's perfect. Okay, son. All right. Oh, I like the way those look, buddy. Yeah

I like the way your dough looks. It's perfect. Mm-hmm. Oh, my gosh

You ready to bake them? Those are fabulous tasting. They are great

So buttery. Very, very, very buttery. All right, you ready to bake them

Okay, buddy. I like, if I'm working with a thicker batter, I like filling my muffin Tins up with A scoop Yeah and that is a thick batter

There you go. They look pretty even and pretty good to me. Oh, so buttery

So into the oven with these. Okay. How long are we going to bake them for

Alright, into the oven they go. At 350 for about half an hour, 35 minutes

And they'll be perfect. That sounds good. Now, I see you got some water boiling here

What are you doing, Bobby? We're going to make a really nice spiced tea to go with those muffins. Oh, my gosh

That's a walk down memory lane. When you were about two or three years old, spiced teas really came into fashion

That's four cups of water we've got boiling, and we're going to steep four or five bags of tea here

Just a regular, unflavored... Just regular tea bags that you can get at your grocery store

A couple of cinnamon sticks. Okay. In they go. And about 10 cloves or so

Okay. Whoa! Steep it for about 20 minutes. It's gonna be strong

Okay. Okay. I don't have a lid out here. Son, if you just grab me a plate, just a big glass plate, that'll work great

So, thank you, sunshine. You're welcome. Thank you, Mama. Coming up, Bobby's gonna be sharing his secret ingredients to the perfect hot spice tea

What a way to start a day. Welcome back, y'all. We're just finishing up our morning munchies

I'm over here at Mom's house. We've made some really great stuff today. We're going to pull some muffins out of the oven in just a minute

But first, we're going to finish this spiced tea. Now we're going to get started on the drinking, y'all

If you'll cut those lemons for the tea, I'm going to add four cups each of apple cider and pomegranate juice

And this is going to be really nice. But in this four cups of water, y'all, for the tea, I've got two cinnamon sticks and about ten cloves

All right, so four cups of boiling water that you put your four just regular..

Tea bags. ...average-sized tea bags in. Right. Four cups of pomegranate. Ten cloves, two cinnamon sticks, and this is your pomegranate

No, that was the pomegranate. This was the pomegranate. This is the apple cider. Bobby, I've never used pomegranate juice

I think it's going to be great. I love it. Do you remember when I used to buy y'all pomegranates

That's what I was just about to say. And I'd say, you have to share, boys. They're very expensive

So once a month, maybe. But just the greatest thing in the world, I love pomegranates

I love pomegranate juice. Can I get you some tea? No. Okay

I just didn't know what pomegranate juice tasted like. It's very good and it's very heart healthy

Oh, okay. All right, Mom, if you will, if you'll pull our muffins out

Okay. They should be just about perfect. Well, you know, Bobby, now I drink my tea sweet

Is there any sugar? Or am I just supposed to throw a muffin down in there

We can dress it whenever we get it over there if you want to add some sugar. Let's taste it first

What do you think? Okay. Let's see. Bobby, these muffins are spectacular, son

They look great. They look like a cross between a biscuit and a muffin

Those look really good, son. All right, you ready to try the tea

Yes. Look-a there. I think I'm going to drop one in there

And then one on the edge. How's that? Perfect. I'm going to take a cinnamon stick

That looks delicious, Bobby. Well, come on down here and let's taste one of these muffins

Hot out of the oven. Oh, shoot ya. What a way to start a day with one of your children

Wow. You're going to like that tea, too. It don't need any sugar. It does? Mm-mm. Good

The pomegranate juice and the apple cider mustard. What you doing? You're turning up your muffin

I'm going to take mine and I'm going to smear me just a little butter

You know, I highly recommend to mamas and daddies out there to take time to spend time individually with your children

and not share them with anybody but yourself. And I've had such a wonderful time waking up to Bobby walking in my kitchen

I love you. I enjoy it too. You know, he's a grown man, and he has his own pad

You never outgrow your mom. That is delicious. I love you. And the same thing can be said for kids, which I'm not anymore

But enjoy your parents. Spend time with them. Go have breakfast. Cook with them. Have a good time

I love you. Sweet. This has been awesome. Good morning. I love you, too

Good morning, sunshine. Good job. Best dishes, y'all. Bye, y'all. you