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YUM!

I wanted to quickly share a meal that a lot of people may not have ever had, (particularly most Americans) which my British friends and family taught me about.

Sometimes, particularly in restaurants, this is served with sausage and tomato. It’s inexpensive and surprisingly good, filling, and with plenty of protein. See ingredients and the simple how-to on the flip.

You will need:

• Approximately 2-3 eggs per adult
• Large can of baked beans if you’re feeding two or more adults (whatever type you like, I think British beans really are better–they seem to have less sugar than the American type–but any kind will do.)
• About 4 pieces of bread per adult
• Butter or margarine (actually optional)
• Salt and pepper to taste (optional)
• Hot sauce if you’re into that kind of thing (optional)
• Other Herbs at your whim (optional)

In the picture attached to this post, It looks to me like the eggs have been scrambled, but you can do them fried and that’s the way it’s generally eaten at my house. We like the eggs over easy, so you can dip your toast in!

How to:

Heat up the beans

Make 1-2 pieces of toast for the base for each person. This can be buttered or not. I never butter mine (adds calories!) Put the toast on the plates. This is usually also served with toast on the side, which is usually buttered.

Once the beans are on the go, do up your eggs in a frying pan if you’re frying them. When they are nearing completion,  toast your bread you’re serving on the side.

Put beans on the toast on the plates. I put the eggs on top, or you can do them like the picture, and put them under the beans, particularly if they’re scrambled.

If serving with tomato and sausage, you may want to cut up the tomato before you start the eggs, and the sausage would go in before the eggs as well,  I would think.

This meal goes from the idea to actually eating in about fifteen minutes tops.  And it’s (at least) marginally healthful, particularly if served with tomato, I would think. It’s certainly inexpensive, and these days–most of us can use that!

I was a little dubious when this meal was first described to me, and it may not be the most appetizing looking thing in the world, but it’s worth a try and can also be a solution when for whatever reason there’s not much food in the house and you don’t feel like going out. (And/or for people like me who maybe are not the most gifted cooks in the world!)

Let me know what you think! How is (or is?) this a common dish in your neck of the woods? I know that it’s served frequently in the UK and I also know it’s eaten in Australia. Other places I’m not so sure.