Oh sacred Sundays, how I miss you on cloudy Mondays. No matter how Sundays are spent – they are cherished on Mendenhall. My Sundays are spent in the company of many cups of coffee, lots of stretching (mostly the kind in between yawns), CBS Sunday Morning, occasional Face The Nation and breakfast between the hours of 11am and 7pm. It doesn’t matter when breakfast is. What matters is — what’s for breakfast.

Yesterday I splurged and created a full breakfast (which was photographed and taken back into bed) of Banana Oat Pancakes made with Greek yogurt and cinnamon, really thick Pepper Bacon from the Fresh Market and some assorted fruit and vegetable juices for nutritional value. It was colorful, delicious and youthful — and made getting out of bed no easier. Because anticipating faster times is best spent in panciolle (which literally means ‘with your belly to the air’), right?

I’ll share the recipes this week.

PS: Check out my guest post on Fondue for Valentines Day for the Southeast United Dairy Association!

Breakfast Anytime Menu 

• Banana Oat Pancakes with Fresh Blueberries
• The Fresh Market Pepper Bacon
• Spinach Apple Juice
• Carrot, Apple and Ginger Juice
• Good Coffee or Espresso, duh