Last week, the amount of readers from Russia were double my readers from the States and Canada combined. I'm super excited, thank you and all my readers who come here to read some seriously lengthy and inconsistent posts and hopefully enjoy some good recipes! I really enjoy the internet's reach across oceans. I had a friend living in Russia, teaching English for a while. I have a Polish friend, Canadian friend, Bosnian friend, Costa Rican, Italian, Australian, Japanese, Chinese, English (UK!) Brazilian and many many more!! One of my friends, we call her a Guammy Bear - she's from Guam! I'm not sure that's completely politically correct, but she rocks and it's all great fun. I grew up in a small town where not a lot of come and go existed. People lived their whole lives in that town, their kids lived there and then grandkids. There was almost zero exposure to other cultures and customs. The States are a very mobile people. We do tend to move and when I was 13 we moved to an even SMALLER and close knit, non mobile town. I couldn't wait to get out. I never had money to travel, and when I first connected to the internet in 1998, and created a hotmail account, I used to beg my friends to email me after I moved away from home. The internet has done horrible and wonderful things since then. There are entire thesis' written about how the internet has corrupted cultures and destroyed traditions. It's brought evil into homes and completely changed life as we know it. For every negative though, you'll find a positive. Information flows freely now, people can meet other people and learn about other cultures, schools are online - saving me personally - hundreds of dollars in gas, communication involves more than just a voice (Facetime/Skype) and the world can connect in one big abyss of collective knowledge. Remind anyone else of the Borg? No? OK, let me beat back the inner nerd trying to surface. Thank you, dad, for making sure I grew up a Star Wars AND Star Trek fan. Nothing like being placed in the middle of a large, volatile, bloody, nerd vs. geek battleground.
So, I realize I "missed" last Friday. I was exhausted and I'm sure you're thinking, "Really? How hard is it to just post a recipe?" Well, I like to test some of my recipes a few times to make sure they are working right and last week, the recipe I had, is the one I'm posting today. I've made it quite a few times now, and I'm COMPLETELY addicted and I hope you'll absolutely love it too! There are some variations which will enhance or destroy the flavor you're looking for. Choose wisely (Oh, Indiana Jones... how I miss you!) If you don't like eggs or are like me, have really developed an aversion to them due to eating them for so long, give this a try! It's very different and flavorful and it's not just "an egg."
Sunny Side Tacos
2 eggs
2 white or yellow corn tortillas (organic, non gmo preferably)
1 ounce of butter
2-4 ounces of your choice cheese (monterey jack, mozzarella, yorkshire, goat)
1 clove of garlic minced (if desired)
1 tSp of chopped onion (if desired)
1 ounce of fresh spinach (if desired)
sour cream (if desired)
cooked crumbled Italian sausage (if desired)
chopped cooked mushrooms (if desired)
Base Recipe! (use this to get started, add things as you go!)
Fry 2 tortillas in a buttered pan or griddle over medium heat until lightly browned - about 3 minutes a side. When they are done, remove from pan, place on a plate and fold in half. In the buttered pan, over medium heat fry two eggs over easy or sunny side up until cooked about 2-4 minutes depending on how "slimy" you want your eggs. (My kids HATE slimy eggs, so I cook them until all the white is set, but the yolk is still liquid... this is a nerve wracking process. A little TOO long and it's all over, a little too short and it's all icky.)
When the eggs are cooked how you like them (yolks should still be runny,) remove from the pan and place one in each tortilla. Butter the pan a little more, brown your garlic and onion in the pan about 5 minutes and throw in your spinach. Twirl in the pan for about a minute or until the spinach has "wilted" but is not cooked through. Place on top of the egg.
Now. Get creative. Add cheese, sausage, mushrooms, sour cream, tomatoes or NOTHING at this point. Basically, try this recipe basic first, and then from there add one or two things. Don't over do it, or you'll lose some of the foundation. The first one I did had egg, white cheese, salsa and sour cream. It was killer. The next one I tried was egg, sausage, and spinach. The most recent one I made was egg, yorkshire cheese with cranberries and spinach (pictured.) It was brutally good. Just remember your base: tortilla, egg - then pick 2 "toppings" and go from there. Below I've matched a few combinations to try, that are delicious.
Monterey Jack and sausage
spinach and Yorkshire with cranberries
salsa, white cheese and sour cream
sausage and mushrooms
Mozzarella and spinach
Sriracha and sour cream! (this one is out of my league but I KNOW some of you out there who are hot sauce fans will LOVE it!)
This makes a great dinner as well as breakfast. So if you come home at the end of a long day and all you can think is, "I need something NOT complicated but delicious and healthy!" Well, this is it! Simple, healthy, delicious, and customizable! You can't get a food better than that. Enjoy!
