Showing posts with label eggs. Sandwiches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eggs. Sandwiches. Show all posts
Here in Canada the children will soon be going back to school. I know that this is also true of children in the UK! I believe that many children in America have already gone back to school.
No worries however. No matter if they have already gone back or are going back soon, as a mom you will be racking your brain some mornings for something delicious they can eat for breakfast!
And it isn't just children who enjoy these quick and easy breakfast sandwiches! Grownups do too. How many people stop by fast food restaurants on their way to work to grab something just like this!
Along with a cup of coffee these are a favorite breakfast choice for many adults as well.
Once made, it is a very simple thing to wrap them into some greaseproof paper and go on your way, making them also a very portable breakfast option.
If you keep a few ingredients ready in the freezer, you can always have the makings of these tasty breakfast sandwiches at the ready.
Breakfast sausage rounds, frozen waffles are two things you might want to keep around. You will also need some cheese and eggs. I like to use large free range eggs if possible, but that is a personal choice. You can use whatever eggs you can afford and use according to the dictates of your conscience.
I cooked my sausage in my air fryer. 10 minutes at 350*F.180*C. Easy peasy.
If you are not fond of breakfast sausage, you can use bacon. I often buy bacon and fry the whole package up, or bake it in the oven.
I then pop it into a freezer container with some baking paper in between, ready to take out and use at a moments notice. A few seconds in the microwave is all you need to warm them up to perfection.
The egg for this sandwich is cooked in a cooking ring. I use my crumpet rings. I spray them first with non-stick canola oil cooking spray and then place them into a non-stick skillet, which I have also sprayed with the same cook spray.
Place onto a moderate heat, you simply crack the egg into the ring and let it cook first on one side until almost set, removing the ring and finishing cooking on the other side.
If you place a slice of cheese on top of the egg as soon as you flip it over, it doesn't take very long to melt.
You can also scramble the egg and cook it that way in the cooking ring. Just like a little omelet.
Which ever you choose to do/use, just cook it to your desired level of done. Personally if I am eating a breakfast sandwich like this, I prefer my yolk to be hard.
Cooking the waffles is easy. Just follow the directions on the box. You can use plain waffles, or blueberry waffles. I know some people who like chocolate chip waffles.
To each their own. I like plain myself. But I am a plain jane kind of a girl.
The main question with these sandwiches is . . . syrup or not? (Always pure Maple Syrup for me please.)
You can go old school and drizzle some syrup on top of the whole thing and eat it with a fork and a knife, or you can cut the sandwich into quarters and serve it with a small pot of maple syrup for dipping.
After living in the UK for 20 years I know that may seem a bit foreign for some over there. Dipping an egg into maple syrup, or even a sausage.
But as a Canadian it is perfectly natural. We buy maple flavored sausage here and my grandmother used to cook/poach our eggs in maple syrup. (Very French Canadian)
It is a flavor combination we totally love and not really all that strange. Some people love to eat that caramel popcorn which has been mixed together with cheese popcorn.
Its a sweet and salty combination that people seem to naturally love. I am tempted to say, don't knock it until you try it!
I never thought I would like a cheese and onion sandwich, or a cheese and pickle sandwich. But when I tried them, I fell totally in love with them! They are favorites with me now!
These are not just great for breakfast however. They are also pretty darned good when you want to have a breakfast for supper night!
Or a night when you just are too tired to cook much of anything. Pop a few hash browns into the oven, and Bob's your uncle. A quick and easy meal with little or no effort or faffing about involved.
Deliciously simple!
Yield: 1
Waffle Breakfast Sandwich
Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 15 MinTotal time: 20 Min
Fun, fun, fun, and pretty tasty too. This simple breakfast sandwich is pleasing all round!! Ingredients are to make one delicious sandwich. Multiply to feed more!
Ingredients
For each sandwich:
- 2 toaster waffles
- 1 frozen breakfast sausage round
- 1 large free range egg
- 1 slice of cheddar cheese
- salt, black pepper and maple syrup as desired
Instructions
- I used my air fryer to cook the sausage round. I popped it into the air fryer in the basket and cooked it for 10 minutes at 350*C/180*F. Remove and keep warm.
- You will need a cooking ring to cook the egg. Spray the ring with some cooking spray and place into a non-stick skillet which you have also sprayed. Crack the egg into the cooking ring and season lightly with salt and black pepper.
- Cook over medium heat until the egg is almost set. Remove the cooking ring and then flip the egg over. Place the slice of cheese on top.
- At this point you can take the pan off the heat, cover it and set aside while you cook the waffles.
- Toast the waffles in the toaster.
- Layer one waffle with the sausage patty and then the cooked egg with cheese on top. Top with the remaining waffle and serve, with or without maple syrup
Notes:
You can use link sausage in place of the sausage patty if you with, or even slices of cooked bacon or both, depending on appetites!
We aren't people that eat out a lot. It's usually quite expensive and the food never quite comes up to par . . . at least not in the places we can afford to eat, although to be sure we are occasionally quite pleasantly surprised. We do like Mc Donald's. Now don't all start 'tsk 'tsking . . . Let's be honest here. There are some things that McDonald's does that are really quite good. And in a pinch they always come through.
We happen to like their breakfast sandwiches. They are quite nice when you are out on the road and travelling and just want a quick bite in the morning before you get under way. All their food isn't that bad for you. You can even get oatmeal there now. You just have to be a bit choosey about what you get.
You can replicate most of what you get there are home though. Although I haven't quite been able to make a Big Mac at home yet that tastes quite the same. But in all honesty, we shouldn't really be eating too many of those anyways!
One thing I do make us sometimes though is these lovely Breakfast Sandwhiches, and we usually have them for supper, not for breakfast, although they are quite good for breakfast on occasion as well. Not a lot of green stuff in them, but once in a while that is ok. You don't want green stuff for breakfast, and if we are talking about supper, nothing precludes you from making a tasty salad to go on the side.
I only use the best bacon, always. If you are going to treat yourself to bacon, make sure it's a treat and good quality. Dry cured, smoked or not smoked. That's what I like, and for these I like the healthy selection back bacon, with no fat on it. Kinda makes it that little bit healthier.
It goes without saying as well, that . . . if you are going to make an egg your meal, you will want to be using the best eggs that you can. I always use free range eggs. I never buy caged eggs. I don't agree with the practice of using caged hens . . . and I refuse to support that industry in any way. It's a matter of principle with me, but . . . to each their own.
I use my metal cooking rings to keep the eggs in that perfect round shape as well. If you spray it with a bit of low fat cooking spray. They slide very easily out of them when done, and are the perfect shape to fit inside the toasted muffins.
Now here is where I break against what I usually do . . . I do confess . . . I use plastic cheese. Not Kraft Dairy Lea slices, coz they are white and I want orange . . . but most grocery shops do their own brands and they are orange. ( I have to say that the ones you can get in Lidl or Aldi are really very good actually and I prefer the over any other kinds.)
A bit of sea salt and coarsely ground black pepper on the egg and you are in like Flynn, and enjoying a very tasty supper indeed. Once in a while, it truly doesn't hurt.
*Bacon and Egg Breakfast Muffins*
Serves 4
Printable Recipe
Just as good as or better than those ones you can get at that Golden Arches place, ceptin you can make these at home!
4 English muffins
8 slices of smoked back bacon
4 large free range eggs
4 slices of cheese
Spray with nonstick cooking spray and then heat a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add the back bacon and cook until nicely browned on both sides. Remove from the pan and keep warm. Wipe out the pan and respray. Add 4 cooking rings, which you have also sprayed with non stick cooking spray. Break an egg into each one and cook, over medium low heat until they are cooked to your desire. I like to pop a small plate over the top of the rings so that the eggs cook all the way through. I don't like my eggs to be runny in these sandwiches. Meanwhile split the English muffins in half and toast. Top one half of each of them with 2 slices of bacon each and then a cooked egg. Finally top with a slice of cheese and the top of the muffin. Serve immediately.
Variations: You can add some sliced ripe tomatoes, and thinly sliced brown or spring onion. Delicious!
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