Sunday, April 15, 2012

Better than McDonald's Breakfast Sandwich


Who doesn't love a breakfast sandwich first thing in the morning?  Breakfast sandwiches are a weekend breakfast staple for us and never get old since you can change the ingredients, depending on your mood.  I usually make ours with a combination of bread, cheese, egg and sometimes meat.  My standard sandwich is with 1 egg cooked over hard, 1/2 to 1 full cheese single on a whole wheat english muffin.  However, the bread, egg, meat and cheese options are endless!  Here are some suggestions, I'm sure there are many more!

Bread: sliced bread, english muffin, bagel, biscuit
Meat: Canadian bacon, real bacon, turkey bacon, sausage patty, turkey sausage patty
Cheese: cheese single, shredded cheese, cream cheese, feta cheese, goat cheese
Eggs: over hard, over medium, over easy, poached, scrambled, egg white
Other: spinach, sauteed mushrooms, sliced tomato, ketchup, hot sauce

It's probably self explanatory how to make your sandwich... but here's a quick explanation or how I make my usual breakfast sandwich.

Put the english muffin in the toaster. Spray a small non-stick saucepan with Pam spray.  Heat pan for about 2 minutes over medium heat.  I put my burner on 5 (out of 8).  For my usual over-heard egg, I break 1 egg into the pan and cook until it looks set, about 1-2 minutes.  Gently flip egg over.  It's okay if it breaks apart, just try to push it back together into a shape that will fit onto your bread.  If I was using meat, at this time I would place it in the other side of the saucepan. 


Cook egg for another minute or two.  Meanwhile, your bread has probably finished toasting.  I put it on the plate and put the cheese on one side and squirt a little ketchup and hot sauce on the other side. 



When the egg is done, I place it on top of the cheese, top with the other piece of bread and enjoy!  If I was using meat, I'd add that to the sandwich once it finished cooking, hopefully at the same time the egg is done. 


I hope this sandwich idea, whichever option you choose, brings a little joy to the start of your day, like it does to mine!

What are you favorite breakfast sandwich ideas?  I'd love to hear them!

xoxo Melissa



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