Creamed eggs on toast with herbs
This shelf holds a product that's mostly skim milk and corn syrup but still carries enough cream to make a proper sauce. Scrambled eggs in a quick cream sauce is the weeknight answer, rich enough to feel like dinner and fast enough for tired nights.
About 520 calories a serving, 23 g protein, 20 g carbohydrate, 39 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
To buy
- 1 loaf or 2 slices bread
From your shelf
- 1 cup [240 ml] half and half
Staples
- 6 eggs
- 2 tablespoons [30 g] butter
- 1 tablespoon flour
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- 1 clove garlic
- Crack 6 eggs into a bowl, add a pinch of salt and pepper, and whisk until combined. Toast 2 slices of bread until golden.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon flour over the butter, stir for 1 minute until it smells toasty, then pour in 1 cup half and half while stirring constantly until the sauce thickens, about 3 minutes.
- Push the sauce to the side of the skillet and crack 1 clove garlic into the pan, stirring it into the sauce as it softens. Pour the whisked eggs into the other side of the skillet and let them sit for 30 seconds before stirring gently with a spatula, folding the eggs over themselves until they form curds but still look wet, about 2 minutes.
- Fold the eggs into the cream sauce, adjust salt and pepper, and cook for 1 more minute to meld the flavors. Pour the creamed eggs over the toast and serve right away.
Note Swap ham or smoked salmon scattered over the toast for protein. Leftovers keep in the fridge for one day; reheat gently in a skillet with a splash of water. Serve with a side salad or roasted vegetables, or stretch this with a simple green salad on the side and butter and jam for the toast.
On the label
SKIM MILK, CORN SYRUP, CREAM*, CONTAINS LESS THAN 0.5% OF THE FOLLOWING: CARRAGEENAN, SODIUM CITRATE, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES*, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, COLOR ADDED (INGREDIENT NOT IN REGULAR HALF & HALF).
Land O Lakes, cream, serving 30 ml, package 0.5 GAL/1.89 L. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Cooks as half and half. Half of it left? Use up the half and half.