Breakfast Sandwiches – Mediterranean Style!

I am off work this week!  The joys of teaching come with a perk.  I admit I am very lucky to have school vacations off.  I finally get to do all the things I wish I could do while I’m busy working.  Today I got to make a delicious breakfast for the boys and myself (Hubby is recuperating after neck surgery so is on a more liquid diet – BellyFULL pops to the rescue).

My boys are beginning to appreciate stacking and building food, burger-style.  Peanut tends to add more variety than does Button, but adapting the presentation of the food, a la family style, helps encourage them to experiment.  Scoring the fridge for ingredients my boys might eat, I pulled together the following hearty and protein-packed breakfast.

Ingredients:

4 multigrain sandwich thins

drizzle of olive oil (about 3-4 tsp)

Blob of coconut oil (about 1/2 tsp)

fresh rosemary (I could have used dried also) – about 1/2 tsp

4 eggs

1 large tomato cut into 8 slices

2 cips baby spinnach

1/2 cup feta cheese

pinch of sea salt

pinch of pepper (freshly ground)

My Concoction:

1. Open up sandwich thins and lightly coat sides with olive oil. Toast in oven or toaster for about 5 mins.

2. At the same time, heat up rosemary  and coconut oil in a skillet, then break eggs and gently cook until they are over-easy. I let mine cook for about one minute and then flipped them.  An alternative would be to scramble eggs.

3. On four serving plates (remember I used 3 as Hubby wasn’t having any, I just like to give you a more rounded number), place the lower half of the toasted sandwich thins.  Now I would add the spinach, tomato slices, the egg and a tbsp of feta cheese.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste, top with the other half of the sandwich thin and eat.

I served each ingredient family style so my boys could help themselves to what they wanted and ‘build’ their own creation.  Word of warning: this may backfire as they gobble up favorites and you are left with no eggs to add to your own sandwich! 🙂  I was very impressed, however, that the boys did try everything.  Peanut already eats spinach (believing it is just lettuce) and Button will force a leaf or two down him if pushed.  I notice that he will eat then more easily if they wrap another food, so he wrapped the eggs!!!

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