Loaded Toasties - Fun & Easy Breakfast

Honey wanted to call this almost chicken on a float.  How appetizing.  Not sure my name is much better, but these were pretty easy.  I made these after Christmas with left overs of ham, cheese block, and Walmart's Everything Italian bread.

Loaded Toasties
Ingredients:
2 slices of bread
2 eggs
shredded cheese of choice.  I used Monterrey Jack
Breakfast meat of choice (optional).  I used left over ham from Christmas dinner.  2 slices.

preheat oven to 400 degrees

I cut the 2 ham slices into small pieces and threw them in a small fry pan to brown.

Prepare a cookie sheet with non stick foil or spray regular foil with cooking spray.

Prepare the bread slices by cutting a hole in the them to nest the eggs.  Save the hole you cut out and set next to bread slices on cookie sheet.

Break an egg into each hole of the bread slices

Top each slice with the shredded cheese.  I already had some block cheese shredded and set aside.  I probably used 2 small handfuls.  (3/4 cup?)

Top each slice with your browned breakfast meat.

Add pepper if you like

Bake for 5 minutes or until whites are set.

Serve with cut out toasts and pepper to taste if you like.

Enjoy!

Easy Yummy Almond Meal Bread

photo by Tracy Hilbun

Humble Beginnings to my new attempts at bread making.  

Of course, all of my food and supplements adventures have been triggered mainly by my quest to alleviate the pain that my husband suffers.  Chronic pain from arthritis in his back and hips along with restless leg syndrome with periodic limb movement.  So in an attempt to fight inflammation, we are making small starts.  My additional quest is for us to be in better health.  

This recipe was fairly easy and baked in the oven.  It wasn't a super messy clean up either.  

Easy and Yummy Almond Meal/Flour Bread

Wet Ingredients:

3 large eggs

1 tablespoon honey (local)

1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar 

Dry Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups Almond Meal/Flour ( I used Bob's Red Mill )

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon sea salt (I use pink)

Preheat oven to 300 degrees

Mix wet ingredients in a small bowl and then mix dry ingredients in a large bowl.   Combine the wet ingredients to your dry ingredients and mix well but gently.  

Generously grease a loaf pan.  (I used spray olive oil and a disposable loaf pan)

Pour bread batter in pan and put in 300 degree oven on the bottom rack.

Bake for 45-55 minutes.  A knife came out of my loaf, clean, after 45 minutes.

Cool on cooling rack

Remove from pan and ENJOY!

This is not a sandwich loaf, but has a fabulous nutty taste.  It was yummy with butter (Irish grass fed butter) and All Fruit strawberry jam.  It would also compliment your soup and chili well.  Actually I think it would make a lovely dinner bread for any meal. Our first serving was while it was fairly fresh from the oven.  This morning I re-warmed a slice on a cookie sheet in a 300 degree oven for a few minutes, turning once.   

photo by Tracy Hilbun