S had a big barely used bag of barley on her countertop, and I started wondering what barley tasted like.  S claimed barley was just like brown rice.  I love brown rice, so I decided I had to try barley!  …but it was 1am in the morning, and who has stomach for barley at that hour?  Besides, it takes half an hour to slow boil. So S said that she would make it for me for breakfast, but that meant she would have to get up at 7am to make it since she had a breakfast date.  And that led to dreaming about crepes and S’s amazing crepe recipe.. so we decided to throw a spontaneous breakfast party!  We quickly made a list of everything we needed, spent 10 minutes very carefully manuvering out of a tiny parking space squashed in between a brand new Porsche and an unforgiving cement wall, rushed into the market, picked out chips and then put them back and then picked them up again, debated crepe combinations in the frozen aisle, made friends with the janitor so he would give us free aluminum foil, waited impatiently in line to checkout behind two dozen drunk students, cried over Brad and Angelina’s supposed breakup on National Enquirer, forgot to validate for parking, but then remembered that we had remembered to validate, had trouble getting out of the parking structure, then had even more trouble parking back in the tiny parking spot next to the Porsche and scratch-inducing wall, forgot the code to get into the elevator, finally made it upstairs, got the groceries in the fridge, and set our alarms for an 8 AM wakeup call to start cooking!

The cooking of everything was another haphazard process in its own.  We only had 1 pot, 2 bowls, 2 spoons, and 1 knife between the two of us and 4 main dishes, and 30 minutes to do everything (we overslept… a lot).

Iveta's Apricot Scones

Our Haphazard Breakfast Party was a delicious hit, even though the menu was very random and made up of everything we were craving the night before.  We had Iveta’s scones, gucamole and jalapeno chips, barley, yogurt, and S’s amazing crepes.

The scones came from an Iveta Gourmet baking mix.  They came out great!  Really moist and super easy to make.  All I had to do was add some cream and mix everything together; perfect for a haphazard breakfast!  Iveta has lots of gourmet baking mixes, from scones to muffins and even cupcakes!  They also have a lot of all-natural baking mixes.  Iveta even has homemade curds and jams to go with your scones!  I was able to make the scones and the guacamole and get ready somewhat all within the 20 minutes I had before speeding off to pick up our guest of honor.

Crepes with raspberries, bananas, and Nutella

S’s Amazing(ly Easy) Crepes

2 eggs

1 c flour

1 c milk

1/8 c melted butter (1/4 stick of butter)

pinch of salt

Whisk eggs and salt together.  Whisk flour and milk in bit by bit, alternating.  Whisk in butter once all the flour and milk has been added.  Whisk until batter is smooth.

To cook the crepes, pour about 1/4 of the batter into your skillet (we used a big one).  Swirl around to thinly coat bottom of skillet and heat over medium heat.  Once crepe has set, flip over and cook the other side.  Once they are completely cooked, fill and enjoy!  We filled ours with plenty of Nutella, sliced bananas, and raspberries.