OUR TABLE || MAKE AHEAD BREAKFAST SANDWICHES

So we all know the answer to this common question... 

'What is the most important meal of the day?'

'Duh.. Breakfast!'

Ok, but the real question.. How many of us actually eat a good, substantial breakfast to start out our day? Here's the answer for ya. Only 34%!

and the number one answer as to why the majority of us don't eat breakfast... 'not enough time'

Ok. I get that. Mornings are busy! So much to do before running out of the house. Eating breakfast just looses it's priority when we're talking 'real life'. We just don't take the time to stop for 10 minutes and eat. We have to go. and we have to go now.

Well I have a solution for you. These make ahead breakfast sandwiches take 1 minute, 30 seconds to heat up in the microwave. Grab a piece of fruit while it heats up, and you'll be out the door with a nutritious breakfast in hand. Good, whole food that will put you on the right foot at the start of your day.

Ingredient List:

12 - 100% whole wheat english muffins

1 dozen fresh eggs

12 slices of cheese (I sliced, from a block, Tillamook sharp yellow cheddar)

24 slices canadian bacon (or any other meat you choose)

Open your english muffins and lay them out on baking sheets.

Place them in a 250 degree oven for 10 minutes.

While your muffs are toasting, cook your eggs.

I like to use this individual - english-muffin-sized pan. Heat the egg until one side is cooked, and then flip it with a small spatula to cook the other side. You could also cook half of the eggs at a time in a large skillet and then cut that into 6ths (if you can picture it, they would be triangle shaped - kinda like a piece of pie!). Then repeat for the other 6 eggs. 

But this pan just makes them perfectly round and pleases my OCD :)

Here are all of my eggs once I was done cooking all 12.

Get your meat and cheese ready.

Now start assembling!

Once you have all 12 sandwiches assembled and put together, leave them on the baking sheets and place them flat in the freezer until cooled. About 15 minutes.

Now wrap each sandwich in a paper towel and place them in gallon size freezer bags. Zip 'em up. Toss the bags in the freezer.

And that's it, you're done!

Now when you need a good, quick, easy breakfast, just pull one of these out. Pop it in the microwave for 1.5 minutes (left in the paper towel), and ta-da! You're on your way!

On those busy mornings, you will thank yourself for having made these ahead of time.

We love having these on hand. I will sometimes mix it up with the type of cheese or meat. To add a little extra nutrition, you could thrown some bell peppers or spinach on the sandwich before you heat it up.

I made a bunch of these sandwiches before Harper was born, towards the end of my pregnancy. And I was so thankful I had! It was vital that I get good, nutritious foods in that initial time of breastfeeding and taking care of a newborn. These sandwiches were something filling that I could quickly heat up. Sometimes even for lunch or dinner.

Enjoy! Let me know if you give them a try :) You will not regret it!
You may want to double the recipe as these tend to get eaten up quite quickly!

xoxo

-Brittney

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