Spring Breakfast for Two with Alison Roman

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[Alison] Today, I am having one of my best friends

over for breakfast.

Spring is finally here and that's

reason enough to celebrate.

Just like any other morning,

I'm gonna start with coffee.

And because it's just my girlfriend and I,

I'm gonna do it in a coffee press.

I find that for to people it makes just the right amount.

We're having Starbucks Caffe Verona coffee

because it's super well balanced

and it goes with just about everything.

It's a pretty casual brunch at home

so I want to keep things relatively simple,

stress free, but still special.

While my coffee steeps which is already making

the entire kitchen smell amazing,

I'm gonna go ahead and begin to granola

which is gonna make it smell even better.

This is not some healthy weekday granola.

This is more of a decadent weekend granola.

It's got a bunch of butter and toasted coconut

and a lot of nuts.

It's super textured and crunchy.

Doing something like swapping olive oil for butter

is a really nice, easy, delicious way to

make your granola a little bit more special.

The egg whites make this granola just impossibly crunchy

and it's gonna be amazing with these strawberries.

The roasted strawberries are great.

It's this really small touch that makes it seem

like you put in a ton of effort.

The roasted strawberries are gonna really compliment

this Caffe Verona.

It's got dark cocoa notes, chocolate strawberries,

it's the perfect pairing.

So Kate just arrived and I can tell she's just

as excited as I am.

It's great to just sit down and have

a really special breakfast together.

I love making breakfast for my friend ahead of time

so by the time she arrives all we have left to do

is catch up.

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