VERONICA HINKE
author • speaker • journalist • coach
Recipes & Food Styling
Parade Breakfast

“It wasn’t the parade we wanted, but it was the parade we needed.”
This year, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade looked different, but the table setting looked familiar- fresh orange juice, Champagne, bloody Mary bar and plenty of chilequiles and sweet potato spoon bread.
Thanksgiving morning isn’t the same without a breakfast feast, and this has been a happy tradition to count on for years.
Macy’s parade is especially meaningful because Ida and Isador Straus, co-founders of Macy’s, displayed unbelievable bravery on the last night on the Titanic. Ida insisted on staying with Isador when he was not allowed into a lifeboat because of the “women and children first” rule. They did not survive.
One of my favorite movies is “Miracle on 34th Street” which features the parade.
I have been to the parade twice and lived in Queens, (30th & 80th), so parade morning is pretty special.
Chilequiles
Makes 2 breakfasts
Crumble and fry a favorite breakfast sausage in cast iron skillet. Beat 5 eggs and add to sausage and create a scramble in the frying pan. When eggs are cooked, place on chips on plates. Top with shredded Chihuahua or queso cheese, sour cream and salsa.
Place a portion of Sweet Potato Spoon Bread on each plate. Garnish each plate with some of the pie crust leaves and acorns.
Mimosas: Fill 3/4 Champagne glass with Champagne; 1/4 orange juice. Garnish with thinly sliced orange quarters.


