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Scramblette with Heart toast
These recipes are designed so children can make their mom, step-mom, grandma or auntie breakfast by themselves. Kids under 8 might need just a little help here or there.
You'll need:
- 4 eggs
- 2 pats of butter
- 4 tablespoons of water
- 1/2 cup of Swiss cheese – shredded
- 1/2 cup of smoked turkey breast – diced
- 1/2 cup of frozen spinach – defrosted and well drained
- Olive oil cooking spray
- 2-4 slices of whole wheat bread
Equipment:
- Measuring cups and spoons
- A large heat-proof bowl
- A fork or whisk
- A serving spoon
- Oven mitts or
- A trivet or hot pad
- A heart-shaped cookie cutter
- A plate
- Coat the inside of the large bowl with cooking spray.
- Break eggs into large bowl.
- Add the water, butter, cheese, turkey breast and spinach. Stir well.
- Place in microwave and cook on high for about 4 minutes. Check after a minute or so to see how fast your microwave cooks.
- Using oven mitts to take the bowl out of the microwave. The egg will be cooked around the sides but the middle will still be liquid. Scrape the cooked eggs off sides of the bowl and stir into the liquid. This is the same thing you do when you’re scrambling the eggs.
- While the eggs are cooking in the microwave, set the toaster on medium low. Put the bread in the toaster and push the lever down.
- Check your eggs again, if they still need to cook, scrape the cooked eggs away from the sides of the bowl again. Our microwave took 6 minutes total to cook the eggs.
- When the toast pops up, remove it from the toaster and lay it flat on the counter or plate. Place the cookie cutter on top of the toast so that the heart shape is all filled in. Press down firmly until you feel the cutter has gone through the toast. Pull the extra bread away from the cookie cutter the push the heart toast out of the middle.
- Place the toast on mom's plate. When the eggs are finished, add a serving next to the toast. This recipe makes 2 adult servings or 1 adult and 2 child servings