“Do we have bagels?” is a question Mrs Mom frequently asks me early in the morning.
As a bachelor for years before I was lazy and was lucky if I got up in time for a bowl of cereal.
Now I get up a little earlier and breakfast has become slightly more complicated. During the work week I make myself an omelet consisting of ham, cheese and egg. On weekends my Breakfast Bagels have
become a favorite early morning staple.
Mrs Mom is from Canada where Tim Hortons serves a variety of breakfast bagels; our McDonalds down the street from where we live here only has sausage biscuits and Egg McMuffins. I have my own feelings about McDs, most of which I will not post here. I can stomach the sausage biscuits but they frequently upset Mrs Moms tummy so I decided there must be a happy medium.
As a bachelor for years before I was lazy and was lucky if I got up in time for a bowl of cereal.
Now I get up a little earlier and breakfast has become slightly more complicated. During the work week I make myself an omelet consisting of ham, cheese and egg. On weekends my Breakfast Bagels have
become a favorite early morning staple.
Mrs Mom is from Canada where Tim Hortons serves a variety of breakfast bagels; our McDonalds down the street from where we live here only has sausage biscuits and Egg McMuffins. I have my own feelings about McDs, most of which I will not post here. I can stomach the sausage biscuits but they frequently upset Mrs Moms tummy so I decided there must be a happy medium.
At first they were a can-I-really-do-this experiment. Most of the ingredients come directly from Aldi, although this is NOT carved in stone. I use eggs, everything bagels, shredded cheddar cheese, cajun spices and pre-cooked sausage patties (Aldi sells a maple flavor we are fond of) I start by mixing up eggs in a bowl with a fork, add a handful of shredded cheese and then add a dash of cajun spice for flavor. I put two sausage patties on a plate and microwave them for three minutes while I cook the eggs in a frying pan. Then I slice two bagels in half and toast them in our toaster. This is where it gets complicated; I don't tend to multi-task very well. All I have to do it take my eyes off the eggs for a second and they're burned.
After everything is cooked I lay the eggs on a plate and using half a bagel as a guide carve two bagel- shaped round slices of egg and put them on the bottom part of the bagel and lay the sausage slices on top of the egg.
Nothing fancy or exotic mind you, but Mrs Mom doesn't complain. You can substitute any variety of bagels, cheese or sausage you like, but it's a decent breakfast sandwich if I do say so myself. A pretty good trick to pull off before I've had my gallon of coffee.
After everything is cooked I lay the eggs on a plate and using half a bagel as a guide carve two bagel- shaped round slices of egg and put them on the bottom part of the bagel and lay the sausage slices on top of the egg.
Nothing fancy or exotic mind you, but Mrs Mom doesn't complain. You can substitute any variety of bagels, cheese or sausage you like, but it's a decent breakfast sandwich if I do say so myself. A pretty good trick to pull off before I've had my gallon of coffee.
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