What better place to start then with breakfast. This morning the bf and I got up and I managed to make him a cup of fresh ground coffee in a cheapola coffeemaker my mom got us for the hols. This is a feat considering that I don't drink coffee, much less know where the difference between having coffee-essence water and coffee as thick as tar is. Luckily, the bf said it was okay.
Unlike my usual bowl of Crackling Oat Bran, which I have 5 boxes purchased at half the price from Target, I had the thought of making breakfast. We had basil, eggs, and prosciutto left over from home-made pizza night and mini-bagels hiding out in my freezer (who'd a thunk you could store bread products in the freezer?)
The thought (and recipe): Toasted Egg Begalwiches with Semi-seared Prosciutto and Wilted Basil with Sliced Fresh Tomato:
2 eggs (brown, cage-free so you can feel ethical), break and beat. A tiny pinch of Kosher Salt - you could probably skip this because the prosciutto is salty.
Heat the skillet for the eggs, wait and then add a little olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan (hot pan, cold oil). Toast the bagels. while the egg skillet is heating. Heat another skillet for the prosciutto. Pour the eggs on, and let it sit for a bit, flipping over, remove from heat, but the eggs in the pan. At this point, I place a few fresh 5 - 10 whole basil leaves (picked from the stem) in the pan to let them wilt slightly.
Meanwhile the prosciutto cooks and starts to look like bacon. I turn off the heat when I get to my desired crispiness, in this case about 2 - 5 minutes. I move the basil leaves over to empty space in the prosciutto skillet and that finishes the wilting. By now, the bagels are done and I don't butter them, but instead fold the eggs over themselves and put over the bagel, put the prosciutto on top and then add the wilted basil leaves on top. If you have small roma tomatoes I add them on top too as the moisture from the tomatoes seeps into the wilted basil to reinviograte them and the basil taste, in my mind, is more concentrated.
After this was all done, I was pretty proud of myself as the bf liked it, it took less than 5 minutes to do (if you're quick) and instead of my cereal (which I still swear by) I had something warm. I accomplished a meal before I even got to work.
I've noticed my day has gone better too and I haven't been hungry at 11 a.n. Don't they say something about carbo/protein loading at breakfast?
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