Good ol' British Comfort Food.

It's a bit of a snow day here in Ottawa today, and this automatically gets my "comfort food" cravings going.  However, today is a work day so not a lot of time to cook...what to do?  Rely on good old fashioned British comfort food of course!  Beans on toast with eggs and bangers.  Not pretty, but warm and comforting and easy to throw together after work.  When I was little my Mom would served brown beans with toast and eggs.  She says that she grew up eating this as well which makes sense as my Grandfather's parents were from England.  We started chatting about this meal and how I was going to serve sausages with my dinner.  Mom says: "Oh, I really love those little breakfast sausages, you should try them with maple syrup poured on them, they're so good"
To which I replied: "Mom, everything is good with Maple syrup on it...do you think this has something to do with why I'm fat?"
Maybe Canadian maple syrup can bring about world peace because it's just that good! 
Anyway, for great sausages I highly recommend the following method:
 First you boil sausages for 5 minutes.
next brown them for 5 minutes in a nice, heavy cast iron skillet.

Lastly, pop them in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes to cook through.  The benefit to this method is you get the sizzling pan off the stovetop and they stay nice and moist from cooking in the oven a bit.  The boiling for 5 minutes ensures they cook through without drying out.
We poached some eggs, heated up a tin of baked brown beans, toasted some english muffins, threw the sausages on the plate and Bob's your uncle! A nice comfort meal in about 30 minutes.
To top it all off, I've convinced Lovely husband to do the dishes so as I type he washes. Perfect.

Happy Cooking!
J.