Breakfast....Salad?

Never in a million years did I think that this is what my breakfast would look like on some days. Mostly because there was a time when I didn't even eat breakfast. One glum morning as I set out to make breakfast, I was craving the most random things: spinach, a MorningStar "sausage" pattie and an egg, sunny side up. I contemplated it for a few minutes (these cravings! random much?) and decided to make a spin on the breakfast salads I have seen around the interwebz.

This...salad? has easily become one of my favorite breakfast meals. For this specific "salad" I first sautee a bit of baby spinach with olive oil and garlic and plate it as the base. In the mean time, I warm the sausage pattie in the toaster oven and once that is ready, I plate that on top of the spinach. Next, I cook the egg enough so that the egg is still a bit runny to create a bit of a "dressing."  A little salt and pepper to taste and the end result is a great tasting and healthy breakfast.

Turkey Bacon, Egg, and Toast Cups

Breakfast can be my favorite and least favorite meal of the day. During the week, I often loathe it since I eat the same thing everyday and I'm usually in such a rush to get out the house, I don't even remember eating. But on weekends when I have time, its my absolute favorite meal of the day, and I love to take the time to actually prepare something.

I got inspired for these egg cups by model/food blogger and enthusiast Chrissy Teigen's baked eggs in ham cups (recipe here). I love these egg cups because they are not just simple, but a full breakfast meal in one. And because they use turkey bacon, which I absolutely love. 

Ingredients:

-1 slice of bread

-1-2 strips turkey bacon 

-2 eggs

also:

-Cooking Spray

-Cupcake or muffin tin

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (I even used my toaster oven), and pray your cookie/muffin tin with cooking spray.

Taking your slice of bread, make a circle the size of the well and place it in.

 Next, take a strip of bacon and wrap it around the side of the well. You can either cut it so it fits around just one time, or you can use the whole strip and just tuck it in.

After the bacon is settled, crack the egg over top. Make sure not to get any shell in!

Place the tin in the oven (I used the toaster oven), and bake for about 15 minutes, or until the egg and bacon are to your liking. (Runny yoke, less time, more crisp bacon more time, so on, so forth. )

Remove from the oven, plate and serve.