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Breakfast for the week

Maybe I'm lazy or just always short on time.  Either way I decided that it's easier to make a big batch of my breakfast for the week on Sunday's and the warm it up throughout the week.  It started when I started fighting.  I used to be really neurotic and I would measure out each portion in a pan cook it individually to ensure I got the same amount in each serving....time and life has gotten my neurosis to calm down a bit.  I now just cook in a bit batch.  I also have learned some ways to make save time and money.  I like to keep my veggies extra fresh, well dead of winter that is always possible so I use frozen, also saves me from having to chop all that up.  I just dump the bag in and voila!  I also use Trader Joe's Bacon Ends & Pieces.  Its about $2.99 here which is about $5 less than a package of bacon of the same size (1 lbs) since I just chop it anyhow, I don't need pretty strips of bacon for frying up with my eggs and laying on plate so this is perfect.  Below are all the things I use.

First I start with some of the bacon, I dice it up and fry it up in large frying pan.  I usually cover it so I have just a little bit less of a mess to clean up when I'm done.


My bacon after its cooked

Then I go ahead and while that is cooking start cracking my eggs and scrambling them.  We eat two eggs per day which is what works for us, you can adjust to what works best for you.  I put mine in my 4 cup measuring cup because it pours really easily and I can find any egg shells I drop in there.


I pour the eggs right on top of the bacon and leave all the grease there.  I add the bag of broccoli and bag of peppers right on top.  You can of course add any veggies you want, these are just easy for us.


I mix it up until it dries out a bit, especially with the frozen veggies there is a lot of water so it may take a few minutes to cook down.


Then you can divide up into small containers and you have breakfast for the whole week.  I'm fortunate enough to have a toaster oven at work but that is only recent, a microwave works pretty well too!  Enjoy!

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