Rescue Breakfast

[intjonathan]

You were out late last night, and now you regret it. It's 10am, you need a lot of food, and it better treat you good. Rescue Breakfast to the, er, rescue!

Egg Sandwich Rescue Breakfast consists of:

• 1 slice bread
  
• shredded cheese to cover bread
  
• 2 eggs, fried
  
• 3/4 cup cottage cheese
  
• 2 rashers bacon
  
• orange juice
  
• 1 banana
  

The genius of it is the simultaneous cooking of the eggs and the bread. While your 2 eggs are frying, put the cheese on the bread and put it all in the toaster oven (this is also known as cheese toast, and is great on its own). When the eggs and bread are done, put the eggs on the bread, pour ketchup on top, and you're good. If you're not picky about cold bacon, or you want to microwave it, you can do it all with one skillet.

If your particular predicament is a hangover, take a b-complex when you're done with your banana, or try the neutron bomb of hangover cure shakes, courtesy SoYouWanna.com:

1. Take 2 aspirins
2. Take 200mg cysteine (available at specialty food stores)
3. Take 600mg vitamin C
4. Take 1 tablet vitamin B-complex
5. Mix the following ingredients together in a blender:

• 1 banana
• 1 small can V-8
• 6 large strawberries
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1-2 cups milk (or soy milk), to desired consistency
• ¼ tsp. salt
• dash of nutmeg

6. Drink it all up.

While I have not tried this concoction myself, my pseudoscientific opinion is that it would indeed work very well, although you would probably have to make spectacular benders a habit to make cysteine a staple in your medicine cabinet.

For when you've got some more time or have a different set of ingredients to use, try the
Eggadilla Rescate Desayuno:

• 3 eggs, fried
  
• 1 tortilla
  
• shredded cheese to fill it (monterey jack is best)
  
• 3/4 cup drained black beans
  
• sour cream
  
• salsa or diced tomatoes
  
• green taco sauce
  
• (optional) diced jalapenos or green peppers
  

This is a similar approach to the sandwich. While the eggs are frying put the cheese in the tortilla, fold it in half, and put it on a griddle. (If you are adding peppers, put them in with the cheese.) Then put the beans in the microwave for a minute or so. Ideally you want the quesadilla and beans to be hot when the eggs are done. Then put the quesadilla on the plate, spread on the sour cream, and put the eggs on top. Pour green taco sauce on the eggs to taste, then pour the black beans over the whole mess. Add tomatoes/salsa to taste.

What rescues you on those late Sunday mornings?

Comments

[huggybee.livejournal.com]

I thought it was called an Eggadilla?... :(

[niralisse.livejournal.com]

Correct(ed)!

[small-rini-lady.livejournal.com]

where does the cottage cheese come in?

[niralisse.livejournal.com]

Great question. The cottage cheese, banana, and bacon are all served on the side.

[small-rini-lady.livejournal.com]

oh i thought the bacon was in teh sandwhich

[niralisse.livejournal.com]

It certainly can be! If you want to make the grilled version, with two pieces of bread, the bacon heats up nicely between the egg and cheese.

[loladancer.livejournal.com]

I can't say I've ever felt like cooking when I woke up feeling gross...esp. since I don't usually have all those ingredients on hand. :-p

[fieria.livejournal.com]

Those are all too compliated for when you have a bad hangover!

Step 1: Take two Aleve with 8 oz of water. Do not drink more water if your stomach is lurchy.
Step 2: Make toast and apply butter. Eat. The point of this step is to get something in your stomach that is relatively safe to eat, but also something to coat your stomach so it stops behaving badly.
Step 3: Watch cartoons until head stops hurting, or take a nap.

[niralisse.livejournal.com]

For myself, if I'm not feeling capable of frying a couple eggs - the most complicated step in the first sandwich - I'll stay in bed until I do. But I'm going to have to eat eventually, and when I do, this picks me right up.