Open-Faced Breakfast Sandwich

I think I'm going to retitle my blog "1000 sandwiches you can make with poached eggs." I'm only sort of kidding. I'm certain you are all sick of me posting picture after picture of poached egg creations, but bear with me. Besides this one comes with homemade bread. :) 

Using a warm homemade loaf of bread of practically any kind, cut off the heel (or whatever part you are at with bread), cut that into a square and eat the other warm edges. 

It'll look like this: 

Here they are!! THE poached eggs:

I tried a bit of a different method today...I turned it to simmer and made them slowly (3-4 min) and added a bit of white vinegar. Perhaps, this is the correct way and I've been doing it wrong, but hey we all learn someday, right?! 

Start some sliced ham cookin in a skillet for juuust a touch of time, enough to acquire the little browned markings 

Precariously placed poached eggs and ham on the fresh bread...I find it a fun challenge to see how well I can balance everything on a small base. 

And then decorate those eggs with their favorite friends...cheeses, onions, and sriracha today. 

Eat up; this delicious sandwich and the weekend moments that are coming you way! 

Love,

Food. 

Poached Eggs and Ham on Fresh Baked Bread

Slice of bread

2 eggs

Deli ham slices

Green onions

Grated asiago 

Sriracha to taste (I like to taste sriracha a lot :)) 

1. Start boiling water with salt and a splash of vinegar 

2. Cut a slice of bread (warm if possible)

3. When water is boiling, slide egg into the water taking care not to break it up. Turn heat to simmer and simmer eggs for 3-4 min 

4. Throw some deli ham slices in a small skillet to brown 

5. Stack ham on bread, followed by (drained) poached eggs

6. Sprinkle/grate cheese on top 

7. Sprinkle green onions on top 

8. Sriracha. Enough said. 

Homemade Dill Bread

(From Kim Oberle-Apples of Gold mentor) 

1 packet of quick rise yeast 

2 Tbsp sugar

1/4 cup warm water 

1 cup room temp cottage cheese

2 Tbsp melted butter 

1 room temp beaten egg

2.5 c flour 

1/2 tsp baking soda

2 Tbsp dried onion 

2 tsp dill seed 

1. Start proofing yeast in warm water with sugar. Will get bubbly 

2. Add baking soda to flour. Whisk together

3. Mix cottage cheese, melted butter, beaten egg, proofed yeast, and half baking soda/flour mix and mix

4. As it comes together add the other half of the flour/baking soda mix to cottage cheese mixture.  

5. On floured counter or board, knead bread dough until smooth. 

6. Put in a greased bowl, cover and let it rise for an hour or more in a warm place. 

7. Punch risen dough down and put in a greased casserole or bread pan

8. Sprinkle with salt 

9. Bake at 350 for 30-40 min. 

Apples of Gold. Explanation to the Break.

Starting at the end of September, I enrolled in a kind of cooking/mentoring class through our church. It's called Apples of Gold. For 7 weeks every Wednesday morning I would head out on my way to a house of one of our cooking mentors and a group of older women and a group of younger women came together for a time of learning, both spiritually and culinarily. It was refreshing and wonderful. And boy, did these older women spoil us! For trying a new recipe from the cookbook, we would get cute little kitchen tools, confidence to try more in the kitchen, and the satisfaction of knowing you've put something really wonderful out on the table for either yourself or the ones you cook for. 

After you get an hour long kitchen lesson with an amazing cooking mentor who shared tips and tricks freely, we would engage in a Bible study that taught us more about seeking after God's heart and learning the basics of domesticity, hospitality, and Godly wifeishness (yeah I made that word up). Again, an incredibly refreshing time when so much around us in our busy culture is telling us otherwise. It was a gift to sit, listen, and engage with those older women who have been doing this life thing a lot longer than me. 

So where have I been? There. Learning so many new things to be able to share with you on this blog. 

Here's a sampling of some of the dishes I made during those 7 weeks: 

Delectable almond butter cake...kind of pound cake-y and soooo yummy. 

Homemade caramel apples. Umm this pic says enough and yes, I am drooling. 

3 hour simmered marinara sauce. Yep it's delicious. I ate pasta for weeks. 

See?

Apple cake. Bundt form. Caramel drizzle. Heaven. 

Freeze for later apple crisp. Easy and hopefully delightful! 

Boursin au gratin potatoes. Ahhhhhhhh I love potatoes!!! 

Broccoli salad. The kind you always want to eat more of on the salad bar. The kind that has bacon and onions and deliciously chewy broccoli and dried cranberries and mayo allll over it! Oh it's so good. 

And homemade pita chips. So. Easy. Who knew?! 

Thanks for traveling with me on my 7 week culinary adventure. If you want any of the recipes you can leave me a message and I can get them to you. For now, au revoir and see you soon. 

Love, 

Food.