Sometimes You Just Want to Feel Like a Kid Again

Why was having breakfast for dinner such a special treat when you were a little kid? I guess because it was an anomalous event on a seemingly normal night. While all the other kids in the neighborhood were eating casseroles or spaghetti, you were eating eggs and bacon. Somehow you felt that you were some kind of special and your mom was the greatest. Now that I'm an adult, I realize that it wasn't just greatness that convinced my mom to make breakfast for dinner. It was because she had all the breakfast fixin's in the fridge, and after a long day, lord knows she didn't want to get in the car, find a parking spot and wait in line at the Winn-Dixie.

Tonight was a little along the same lines as that. I got home late from work, which throws my afternoon timing all off, and Adam and I had to start our 90 minute workout, do laundry and clean the house. The last thing I wanted to do was go to the grocery store down the street. On my way home, I put my thinking creative cap on and decided what I had to do. Breakfast for dinner with a twist. A healthy Waffle House-esque bacon, egg and cheese sandwich with fruit salad. And the best part, Adam thought I was giving him an extra special treat.

For the fruit salad, I only had an apple and an orange in the fruit drawer so it wasn't a colorful salad, but I made it special. I cut the apples small and segmented the orange (with none of the dreaded bitter white pith) and stirred them together to keep the apple from turning brown. I wanted to make a sweet dressing so I squeezed out the remaining juice from the membrane into a bowl, added a little touch of honey, sprinkled a few poppy seeds, whisked a bit, and poured it over the fruit. And now for the pièce de résistance for all you Waffle House fans.

Breakfast Sandwich
Serves 1
2 slices whole wheat bread
1 slice of thick-cut ham
1 egg
1 slice 2% American cheese
Butter flavor Pam
Light mayonnaise
Salt and pepper

Place the bread in the toaster and set for a medium color. Crack an egg into a small bowl, but do not beat. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, place the ham slice on one side. On the other side, spray a bit of Pam and slide the egg into the pan. Once the egg has set on the bottom, take your spatula and poke the yolk a couple of times to let it spread and cook. Let it cook for a minute or so and flip the ham and egg. Turn the skillet off, salt and pepper the egg, place the cheese on the egg, and spread a little mayo on the toast. Layer the ham and egg and cheese on the toast and enjoy.