We visited our family in Vermont recently - a visit made even more special since our grandson, Gray, was home from college in Los Angeles. On the day we were leaving, he got up really early to make us his special breakfast sandwich. If you are a growing boy who surfs, rides a bicycle 4 miles each way to school every day, snowboards and is otherwise very active, you could probably eat this once or twice a week. The rest of us will just have to enjoy it as on occasional special treat!
Gray's Breakfast Sandwich
Two servingsTwo bagels, sliced 6 slices very sharp cheddar cheese, or enough to cover one half of a bagel 2 eggs, slightly beaten 3 slices bacon, cooked until crisp 6 slices ripe avocado
Place both halves on the bagel on a baking sheets and toast until done and cheese has melted.
Meantime, cook the eggs in the same skillet you cooked the bacon in, having drained the excess fat, in egg rings until just done. You may flip them over towards the end of cooking if desired.
Place the bagel halves on a serving dish, top the cheese half with the egg, bacon and avocado slices. Top with remaining bagel halves and enjoy!
If you want to zip this up a little, try adding a little hot sauce to the eggs before cooking or add a little salsa when you are assembling the sandwiches. WATCH OUR VIDEO:
Our grandson is living off-campus at college and is discovering the financial benefits of home cooking! One of his favorite meals is breakfast but he is having difficulty getting all of the elements of a traditional bacon and egg breakfast to be ready at the same time. So, this lesson is for him (and also for my husband!). WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW
Ingredients:
4 eggs
5 or 6 slices of bacon
two slices of bread
one ripe tomato, halved
butter
olive oil
salt and pepper
The most important part of preparing this meal is organization. None of the elements takes very long to cook so everything needs to be at hand.
Method:
Set the table and get the coffee perking
Place the tomato halves on a broiler pan and sprinkle with a few drops of olive oil, salt and pepper. Place in broiler and cook for about 6 minutes. If you are using a toaster oven, cook these a few minutes ahead of time and keep warm on top of the oven.
Meanwhile, place the bacon on a microwavable dish, cover lightly with a paper towel and cook on high for 4 minutes. Check and cook further if needed.
Whisk eggs in a bowl until well mixed and add 1/4 cup of water, whisk to blend.
Warm a fry pan and coat with a teaspoon of butter.
Set bread to toast.
Add the eggs and cook over medium/low heat turning with a spatula until eggs are no longer runny but still moist. This will take about 4/5 minutes.
Pour the coffee, plate your breakfast and enjoy!
If you prefer fried eggs:
Warm a small fry pan
Coat lightly with butter
Add eggs
Cover and cook over low heat for 4/5 minutes
Eggs are done when whites are set but the yolks are still runny.
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