Easy Like a Sunday Morning

We've been enjoying leisure Sundays by making breakfast dishes we both like: I like eggs and hashbrowns and Miles likes waffles or pancakes.

I like eggs boiled, scrambled, fried and poached, but week after week it tends to become tiresome. I took a Martha Stewart recipe and adapted it. I've made her Goat Cheese Quiche with Hash-Brown Crust for Christmas one year and it was absolutely delicious. But I thought it would be nice in a simpler form for a lazy Sunday morning.

I started by spraying Pam in a ramkin.

After shredding potatoes and rinsing them and drying it through a strainer, I took about three handfuls and packed the bottom and sides of the ramkin for the crust, and then sprinkled the potatoes with salt and pepper and a dash of garlic salt.

I have a thing for garlic. I'll never be afraid of vampires because my system almost always has a trace of garlic in it. Good thing my husband likes garlic too or I would be enjoying this dish alone.

I put it in my toaster oven for 20 minutes on bake, so the hashbrowns would be a little crispy.

I bought this toaster oven when I lived in an apartment and it's been one of my favorite appliances for the past four years. I had never owned one before and I use it for many dishes. It's nice to use it as a mini-oven especially during the summer months.

Next I cracked a large egg in the hashbrown nest and put it back in the toaster oven for about 7 or 8 minutes for an over-easy egg.

You could cook it longer for a more well-done egg. This is a great marriage of potato and egg. And a great marriage is hard to come by. I guess I'm a lucky woman!

Happy cooking!

Egg Nest

1/2 C shredded potatoes
1 egg
Salt, pepper & garlic salt

Rinse the potatoes and drain in a strainer.

Spray a ramkin or muffin pan with Pam. Press the hashbrowns on the bottom and sides.

Bake for about 15-20 minutes, depending on how crunchy you like your hashbrowns.

Crack an egg in the middle and bake for another 7-10 minutes, depending on how you like your eggs cooked.