Insomnia + Overnight Breakfast Recipes = The Beginning of a Blog

Rather than answering all the incessant calls and emails from my adoring fans (a.k.a. my Nana), I've decided to start a blog to let everyone in on the mind-blowing happenings that go on around here.
I'm quite new to this whole blogging on the interwebs bit, but I was quite inspired by my good friend and fellow mom/writer/blogosphere superstar Nicole Wiltrout of Arrows Sent Forth.
Nicole and I met through the local moms club. I would put the official name of the club, but it requires a special "r" circle trademark thingy, and frankly I don't have time for that crap. But let's just call it the Club.
The Club is comprised of mostly stay-at-home-moms, and while we rationalize to ourselves that we meet for playgroups and what not to socialize our children, it's mostly an excuse to have coffee and tour firestations with other adults.
This week we're having our annual baby shower/community service project. Our club had a baby boom last year with almost every single member getting preggers (most of them with different fathers!), and it's extended into this year as well. Since most of us are on our second or third offspring and it ain't exactly our first rodeo, we don't really need any baby gear. But since we can't really resist the excuse to have muffins and play shower games, we decided to throw a party to honor all the preggo mamas anyway. We still get to shop for adorable baby gifts, but we donate all of them to the local Pregnancy Care center. We get brunch, and they get the loot. It's a win-win.
As a writer I am a procrastinator by nature, so naturally I planned way way ahead for this and decided at 10 p.m. that I'd better think of some sort of brunchy snack to contribute for tomorrow's 10 a.m. soiree. Since grocery store runs are virtually impossible at this hour, and the kitchen needs to be relatively quiet so as not to wake the bears, I scoured Pinterest looking for some easy overnight brunch recipes, and here's what I found.
tgipaleo has a lovely recipe for overnight apple breakfast cobbler in the crock-pot. I used her basic recipe, and just made do with what I had on hand. I only had three apples and no coconut milk so I improvised.

My version:
3 apples, cored and sliced
1T coconut oil
3/4 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup apple cider
splash of vanilla
splash of almond extract
1/2 T brown sugar

Coat the bottom of the pot with the coconut oil. Toss the rest of the ingredients together in a bowl then throw it in the crock pot on low overnight. I actually started mine on high because I lack faith in the low settings of crock pots, but after an hour or so of bubbling I decided to kick it down to low and go to bed. I think this would be super stellar served over oatmeal.

Once the apples were going, I decided that my piddly portion of fruit wouldn't be enough in the morning, so I thought I'd try to concoct a savory overnight dish. Do not confuse me for an overachiever. What it really boils down to is that I rarely eat something sweet without wanting a salty chaser. Then I usually want a sweet chaser, followed by a salty chaser. The vicious cycle is why my skinny jeans are on strike.

A few nights ago we had stove top sausage and potatoes, so I wondered if it would work in the crock pot.

I found these amazing little sausages at Aldi that make delish breakfast links. I just threw a pack of those in with four or five red potatoes, a yellow onion, a generous dash of pepper and some Jane's Crazy Mixed up Salt. Put that puppy on high for the first hour or so, and then cranked it down to low and went to bed. I'm sure you could leave it on low the whole time, but again...trust issues with crock pots. It's my own cross to bear. If you are at peace with your crock pot settings, don't let my insecurities hamper your relationship.