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Brunch Bunch, I Love You!

by on April 28, 2009

I ran 10.25 miles on Saturday.  It was the longest run in the history of Joggerdom.  I did some walking, and thanks to a FuelBelt that my coworker let me borrow, I was nicely hydrated throughout the entire run.  I felt such a sense of accomplishment when I finished.  Especially since I finished with no wonky leg/knee/calf pain.  Especially since I have a 1/2 marathon on Sunday, and I wasn’t sure if I could even crawl 10 miles, much less run most of it.

But, I did.

And, I didn’t die.

That’s good.

I don’t know about you, but after my long runs, I am ravenous for like the next 2 days.  I try to keep a lid on it and not go too overboard, but when you run 10 miles and burn 1,000 calories, your body just wants (and needs) to eat.  I don’t mind obliging.

That said, my monthly Sunday Brunch Bunch couldn’t have come at a better time!

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Sunday brunch, I love you!

I love having friends who love to cook and eat.  We often have entire conversations about food.  I love my friends.

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This is Mandy’s fausage and egg brunch bake.  It was fantastic.  The eggs were fluffy, and the fausage was very fausage-y.

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Despite the fact that I needed a pick axe to chop through the Ezekiel 4:9 Sprouted Grain Tortilla “crust” of this quiche, it was outrageously tasty.  We soon discovered that the extra crispy Ezekiel tortilla acted as an excellent handle, and allowed us to more efficiently feed our faces with the eggy-cheesy-cilantro-y goodness that was this Southwest Tortilla Quiche.  The recipe for this will be gracing Jogger’s Life very soon.

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This was my crown jewel.  PW‘s French toast bake.  I made this French toast bake for our last Sunday brunch, but the crust was a little too crusty.  This time, it was perfection.  The mixed berries, the cinnamon crunch topping.  Heavenly.

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Filled croissants.  Filled croissants are good.

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Banana bread makes me think of my mom.  She usually burned it though.  This banana bread wasn’t at all like my mom’s.

We filled our faces.  Stuffed ourselves to the limit.

And then, we partied.  Danced on the tables.  Dropped it like its hot.  We’re party animals like that.

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She can dance better than me, and she’s only a year old.

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Then, we removed the child from the table, and got a group shot.

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Then, I went home and rubbed my belly.

So, what is your favorite brunch recipe?  I need some ideas for the next Brunch Bunch!

If you haven’t already heard, the fitnessista is giving away a great book and some of her famous macaroons!

  • http://dickundduenn.blogspot.com Rebecca

    damn….look at your sexy runner thighs…. love the line or whatever its called…

    your frenchtoast looks delish!!!

  • http://mostlyrunningbull.blogspot.com/ gqh

    FAT BABY LEGS!1!

    Teh ‘Bride lurves fat baby legs.

  • http://joeym27.blogspot.com/ Joey

    The food looks delicious! I definitely know what you mean about being ravenous after runs. I always am too, and I especially would be for those foods!

  • http://runtothefinish.blogspot.com RunToFinish

    what do you think about this dehydrator? http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=14099344

    good enough?

  • joggersl

    I think the issue that a lot of peeps have with the cylindrical dehydrators is that you can only put one food in them at a time because the air circulates through each of the trays and down onto the next tray of food. All of the foods start tasting the same. I have also heard that they sometimes take forever to dehydrate. My mom has a dehydrator that is this style, and she always complains about how she tries to make dried fruit, but it’s still rubbery after 4 days of dehydrating! This one might be different though…I’d say if it has good reviews then go for it. Maybe I’m just partial to my Excalibur. =)

  • http://www.joggerslife.com/2009/rewind-sunday-brunch-bunch/ Rewind: Sunday Brunch Bunch | Jogger’s Life

    [...] was only my second quiche attempt.  The first attempt was in honor of last month’s brunch bunch.  I used the same filling, just switched up the crust and threw some cheese on [...]

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