Eggy Cheese on Toast
Oct. 2nd, 2018 04:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kerravonsenThis is a dead simple recipe, brought about by my frustration at not having a working grill to make cheese-cooked-on-toast (which has a lot of different names, my family just called it "Cheese Cooked" with the "on toast" implied). Yes, you can melt the cheese on the toast in the microwave, but it makes the toast all soggy, which I don't like.
So. I wondered whether I could melt the cheese in the microwave and then put it on the toast afterwards. I'm not sure where I got the egg idea, but, well, eggs are good. I'm also not sure whether this is:
a) healthy (because of the egg)
b) naughty comfort food (because of the cheese)
c) of interest to anyone who does have a working grill
Ingredients:
* two eggs
* three slices of cheese, chopped into rough chunks (because I couldn't be bothered grating it)
* 2-3 slices of buttered toast(+)
* pepper
Instructions:
1. In a microwave-safe container(*) whisk two eggs.
2. Add the chopped cheese
3. Microwave for one minute, then stir the mixture.
4. Microwave for another minute, then stir the mixture.
5. Possibly microwave a little longer, if the egg isn't cooked.
6. Spoon out onto your toast. Serve with freshly ground pepper.
It comes out like a cross between scrambled eggs and cheesy-toast; the flavours blend rather well, so much so that I wasn't sure whether to call this "cheesy egg" or "eggy cheese".
(+) This size recipe is two much for two slices and not enough for three...
(*) Preferably not plastic, because I think it would be too difficult to clean the cheesy stuff off the sides
So. I wondered whether I could melt the cheese in the microwave and then put it on the toast afterwards. I'm not sure where I got the egg idea, but, well, eggs are good. I'm also not sure whether this is:
a) healthy (because of the egg)
b) naughty comfort food (because of the cheese)
c) of interest to anyone who does have a working grill
Ingredients:
* two eggs
* three slices of cheese, chopped into rough chunks (because I couldn't be bothered grating it)
* 2-3 slices of buttered toast(+)
* pepper
Instructions:
1. In a microwave-safe container(*) whisk two eggs.
2. Add the chopped cheese
3. Microwave for one minute, then stir the mixture.
4. Microwave for another minute, then stir the mixture.
5. Possibly microwave a little longer, if the egg isn't cooked.
6. Spoon out onto your toast. Serve with freshly ground pepper.
It comes out like a cross between scrambled eggs and cheesy-toast; the flavours blend rather well, so much so that I wasn't sure whether to call this "cheesy egg" or "eggy cheese".
(+) This size recipe is two much for two slices and not enough for three...
(*) Preferably not plastic, because I think it would be too difficult to clean the cheesy stuff off the sides
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Date: 2018-10-03 06:25 am (UTC)Anyway, ignore all that stuff they used to say about eggs. THey've changed their minds again apparently to them being good for you; I'm so fed up with all the crap said about food, demonising some, then backtracking later, that I've been ignoring it for years. So just enjoy! Me, I try to restrict sugar and totally avoid transfats and leave it at that.
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Date: 2018-10-03 11:10 am (UTC)(grin)
I'm so fed up with all the crap said about food, demonising some, then backtracking later, that I've been ignoring it for years.
"Bad foods" and "superfoods" have their origins, I think, in (a) sensationalist reporting, (b) a desire for quick fixes, for "miracle cures" rather than the thing which is really true instead: a lot of bloody hard work.
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Date: 2018-10-02 05:46 pm (UTC)And at least you didn't try to do what my DH once did years ago when he was on his own: lay a toaster on its side and try to put a piece of toast with cheese on it into a pop-up toaster. He quickly learned this was not how to do it! And also how fast he could pull a plug out of the wall, LOL!
I usually make cheese toast in the oven. But if you don't have a grill, you likely don't have an oven either.
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Date: 2018-10-03 02:46 am (UTC)Agreed.
what my DH once did years ago when he was on his own: lay a toaster on its side and try to put a piece of toast with cheese on it into a pop-up toaster
Oh no. I would have thought it would be an obvious thing NOT to do... I guess your DH has never contemplated the workings of a pop-up toaster...
But if you don't have a grill, you likely don't have an oven either.
Grill, oven, same diff. Yes, my oven doesn't work properly, I don't trust it. I've been meaning to get it replaced for a while, but it's a big bother to do so...