Sunday was a picture perfect day. The sea breeze was blowing gently, the sky an intense cloudless blue, the perfume of jasmine and honeysuckle in the air made this a day to spend in the backyard. Instead of my usual father’s day barbecue I settled on a brunch featuring all of the family favorites. My menu was as follows:
Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice
Coffee
Water
Organic Greek Yogurt With:
Jam
Honey
Almonds
Granola
Omelet Station With
Feta, Cheddar, Parmesan
Mixed Bell Peppers
Mushrooms
Onions
Homemade Ranchero Sauce
Belgian Waffles With Maple Syrup
Buttermilk Pancakes With Maple Syrup
Fresh Bagels
Homemade Gravlox
Smoke Cured White Fish
Lox
Whipped Cream Cheese
Tomatoes and Red Onions
Swiss Chard Bulemas
Spinach Fritada
Multi Colored Baby Potato Salad
Cole Slaw
Heirloom Beets, Grape Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Basil Salad
Caprese Salad
Grilled Bell Peppers
Peach and Nectarine Ginger Cream Biscuit Cobbler
Melon, Pineapple, Strawberries, Raspberries
Everyone’s breakfast fantasy was fulfilled. We sat and relaxed going back to the buffet again and again from about 11 to 3:30PM, no rushing, no pressure, we all but forgot that we live in the middle of a bustling city with movie star citings, traffic, parking craziness, and tons of tourists driving the wrong way down one way streets!
This makes a great brunch for any occasion. I set it up in stations, like a fish and bagel station, omelet station, salad station, dessert table…
All of the baking such as cinnamon rolls and borekas I baked and froze ahead. Saturday night I chopped all of the vegetables after the movies. 
Sunday we (my helper and I) made omelets to order and waffles and pancakes during the brunch. The cobbler I made fresh in the morning so it would be warm. 
The trick is to have all the table cloths ready , platters out and labeled, and send the boys for the bagels in the morning! Most of the recipes can be found on the blog and I will post my adventures in gravlox making tomorrow. 
It was fun, easy and very rewarding to watch everyone gobble up the fish.
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