Freezer Breakfast Sandwiches = Easy (well easier) mornings!

Mornings...ughhh!  I have to get up pretty early to get myself ready, wake up the husband, get the A team up, everything gathered together and get us all out the door.  That, however, does not make me a morning person haha!  I still like to whine and complain and not want to speak to anyone until I have had a copious amounts of caffeine and possibly made it to about 9am.  But I am like most everyone else and have to drag myself out of the bed and get my day going.  Whether you are a stay at home mom, a working mom, heading out the door for a play date, or whatever the case may be, a quick breakfast  is essential to getting you up and going.

Now I have a confession.  I don't like breakfast food for the most part.  Sure, sugary yummy cereal is always acceptable, but it's probably not the best choice on a daily basis.  And I am not a proponent of just eating certain foods at any certain times of the day.  Meaning breakfast for dinner is perfectly fine, but so is other food for breakfast. I will never understand why people are fine with breakfast for dinner, but if you pop out a turkey sandwich for breakfast, people lose their minds!  But I guess I will just be a rebel like that, :)  But if you are a traditionalist and want breakfast food at breakfast time, then I may have a great solution for you.  It combines both breakfast and sandwiches, and you can cook up a batch, freeze it and then just microwave it when you are ready to go.  You can even take it out the door with you!  Could a busy person ask for anything better than this marriage?  I think not :)

So let's get started.  I tried to make these a little (and I use that term loosely because it does contain a large amount of butter!) on the healthy side using Multi Grain 100 calorie English muffins and nitrate free turkey bacon from Applegate Naturals.  If you aren't a turkey bacon fan, I encourage you to give this one a try as it's not like any you have typically tried.  It has the consistency of more like Canadian bacon or ham.  But if you still aren't sold, then you can use regular bacon, ham or whatever you choose.

So you will start out and cook up six slices of bacon set them to the side.  Next you will cook six eggs.  I chose to fry my eggs in some KerryGold Butter.  But you may want to go with scrambled or even egg whites.  I would just make sure you cook the yolks through and not leave them runny since we are freezing them.

Aren't they pretty? :)  Nothing is prettier than fried goodness!  Nothing!  Well A2 is (A1 is handsome....there is a difference and he will let you know!).

Set these to the side and let everything cool.  We are going to assemble and wrap the sandwiches, and you don't want them steaming while they are trying to freeze.

Once cooled, assemble the sandwiches by splitting open the muffins and layering an egg, the bacon (I cut mine in half and laid the 2 pieces side by side so they'd fit better.), and then a slice of cheese.  Top with the other piece of muffin.

Repeat with the remaining 5 sandwiches and then wrap in plastic wrap and store in a gallon zipper bag in the freezer.

When you are ready to eat, take out of the freezer and remove from the plastic wrap.  I place a paper towel folded on a microwave safe plate and then put the sandwich on top.  Microwave on high for about 1 minute, or until heated through.  Allow the sandwich to cool for a bit (about 1-2 minutes) and  Enjoy!!

Ingredients

• 6 English muffins
• 6 slices of turkey bacon (or pork bacon, ham, etc.)
• 6 eggs
• 6 slices of cheese (I used sharp cheddar.)
• Butter for frying the eggs (optional)
• Plastic wrap and zipper bag for storing

Recipe

• Cook the slices of bacon and set aside to cool.
• Fry eggs in the butter (or whichever method you prefer).  Set to the side and allow to cool.
• Split open the English muffins and assemble as follows:
• Bottom of muffin
• Egg
• Cheese slice
• bacon (I cut mine in half and layered on the 2 halves so they fit on the muffin.)
• Top of muffin
• Wrap the assembled sandwiches in plastic wrap and place all six in a gallon zipper bag and freeze.
• When ready to eat, remove a sandwich from the freezer and unwrap from the plastic.  Place a folded paper towel on a microwave safe plate and place sandwich on top of paper towel.
• Microwave on high for 1 minute or until heated through.
• Allow to cool for 1-2 minutes and enjoy!

Happy freezing!!

Love~

Misty