Savory French Toast

I almost always crave savory food in the morning. Which is somewhat disappointing since there are such great breakfast pastries and sweets out there! However, I dreamt up this idea the other day and just knew it'd be a hit. It's like my favorite egg & veggie scramble meets a nice slice of toast. In France.

Savory French Toast

serves 1 (but can easily be multiplied)

prep time: 5 minutes

cook time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 Tablespoon + 1 teaspoon water, divided
• 1 Tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for serving
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1 extra large, thick slice of day old bread (like Texas toast)
• cooking spray
• 1/2 cup lightly packed spinach leaves, torn into bite-sized pieces
• 1/4 cup grape tomatoes, quartered
• salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste

Directions

1. In a shallow dish (that is no too much bigger than your bread) whisk together the egg, water, Parmesan cheese, and pepper.
2. Lay the bread in the egg mixture, turning to coat completely. Set aside.
3. Lightly coat a medium saute pan with cooking spray and place over medium-low heat. Add the spinach, tomatoes, 1 tsp water, and salt and pepper. Toss together until tomatoes release their juices and spinach is wilted, adding a bit more water if needed (about 5 minutes.) Remove from pan, cover to keep warm, and set aside.
4. Add butter to the pan and place back over medium-low heat until melted. Swirl to coat.
5. Place the bread in the buttered pan. Pour any remaining egg mixture over the bread. Cook until egg is set and toast is slightly browned on side one (about 5 minutes.)
6. Flip and cook side two until egg is set and toast is slightly browned (3-5 minutes.)
7. Place toast on plate, top with tomato and spinach mixture, and sprinkle with additional Parmesan cheese. Enjoy!

And doesn't this make just the most perfect Christmas breakfast? Red and green with a sprinkle of "snow."

Doesn't take much to make me smile this morning!

 Merry Christmas!!