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How to Make Skillet Hash & Eggs

April 11, 2021 by Leslie Helen 2 Comments

This Skillet Hash & Eggs is a great recipe to use up your leftovers, but it is also easy enough to make from scratch. Either way, the potatoes, bacon, and eggs create a hearty, tasty meal perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

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Why You’ll love this Skillet Hash & Egg Recipe?

This is a great recipe to keep in your “what to do with leftovers” tool kit. We have roasted potatoes as a side dish at least weekly, and we always make sure to make more than we need for that meal. Roasted potatoes are great to keep in the fridge and use when you need food ready for those busy days.

This recipe is so versatile that you probably have the ingredients already in your fridge or pantry, so there is no need to run to the store. The other night we had grilled lamb and roasted potatoes for dinner. We used the leftover lamb and potatoes to make this skillet hash and eggs and it was the one we’ve made yet!

Skillet Recipe Breakdown

In my opinion, the best Skillets consist of the following components:

Potatoes: Roasted leftover potatoes work really well but if you don’t have any made, don’t worry, it’s easy enough to fry some up. We usually get red potatoes If you are following a lower-carb diet, try swapping potatoes for chopped cauliflower (just keep in mind cauliflower doesn’t need as much time to cook).

man wearing a watch chopping potatoes on a cutting board

Eggs: So many options, crack them right on top of the hash and bake, pour whisked eggs into the hash, and scramble or fry them to your liking in a separate pan and slide them on top of the cooked hash.

Meat: My family loves bacon. We buy in bulk and cook it often. Cook bacon first and halfway through cooking start adding in the other cooked ingredients. If you have other leftover meat, chop it up and throw it in!

cut up lamb on a cutting board with a knife

Veg: Chop an onion and cook with the bacon. If you like tomatoes, chop some up and throw them in.

Dairy: Sprinkle some shredded cheese over top about a minute before the skillet is done cooking for some additional flavour and gooey texture.

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Skillet Hash & Eggs

This hearty and tasty meal is great for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Course Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch

Servings 4

Equipment

Cast iron skillet

Ingredients

4 slices bacon, thinly sliced
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 cups pototoes, cooked, chopped in small pieces
1 cup leftover meat, chopped in small pieces
1/2 cup shredded cheese of choice (optional)
4-6 eggs

Instructions

The Hash

Heat a cast iron skillet on medium. Add the bacon and onions. Cook for a few minutes until onions become translucent.
Add in cooked potatoes and cooked meat. Stir. Cook until heated through.

The Eggs

Option 1: Cook eggs to your liking in a separate pan. Serve over hash, finish off with a sprinkling of cheese.
Option 2: Whisk the eggs together and pour over hash and scramble until eggs are cooked.
Option 3: Crack eggs over top of the hash (still in the cast iron skillet) and place the entire skillet in the oven at 400°F until eggs are cooked to your liking.

The Finale

Best served right away!

Keyword Bacon, Eggs, Hash, Potato, Skillet Meal

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How to Make Sourdough Pizza Crust

March 7, 2021 by Leslie Helen 5 Comments

In this post I share my go-to Sourdough Pizza Crust recipe and the favourite ways my family like to top it! It’s the easiest pizza dough you will ever make and the possibilities are endless.

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2 sourdough pizza crusts in cast iron pans

Sourdough Pizza Crust Ingredient List

Sourdough starter
Oil
Salt & Pepper to taste

That’s it – see I wasn’t lying when I said this is going to be the easiest pizza crust you’ve ever made!

Don’t worry if you don’t have a sourdough starter yet – I have a step-by-step guide on how to make one. I’ll see you back here in 7 days!

How to Start a Sourdough Starter From Scratch

Steps for Making Sourdough Pizza Crust

Tools:

Ingredients:

1-2 tbsp Oil (either olive or avocado works well)
Roughly 2-3 ladle size portions of sourdough starter (fed between 4-12 hours before using)
Salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

Place cast iron pans in oven. Preheat oven to 425°F.
Once oven is preheated, remove pans from oven. Drizzle with oil (olive or avocado works well).
Add 2-3 ladles of the fed sourdough starter to the hot oiled pan. The dough will start to cook immediately.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Place pans with dough back in oven.
Cook for 15 minutes or until crust is golden brown and doesn’t stick to pan. Remove from oven.
To turn your perfect sourdough pizza crust into pizza, add your favourite toppings.
Place back in oven for 10 minutes or until ingredients are heated through and cheese is melted.

Alternate Steps to Making Sourdough Pizza Crust if using Bacon as a Pizza Topping:

If you are planning to use bacon as a pizza topping – I highly recommend following these steps when making your sourdough pizza crust.

Steps:

Preheat oven to 425°F.
Cook 2-4 bacon slices in the same cast iron pan that you will use to cook the pizza crust.
Remove bacon from pan. Set aside.
Add 2-3 ladles of the fed sourdough starter to the hot pan with the bacon grease. The dough will start to cook immediately.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Place pans with dough back in oven.
Cook for 15 minutes or until crust is golden brown and doesn’t stick to pan. Remove from oven.
To turn your perfect sourdough pizza crust into pizza, add your favourite toppings.
Place back in oven for 10 minutes or until ingredients are heated through and cheese is melted.

6 Favourite Pizza Topping Combinations

I will often use whatever leftovers are in my fridge. Since introducing this recipe into our arsenal we have been able to reduce our leftover food waste – which feels good!

The possibilities are really endless, but I wanted to share with you my family’s 6 favourite ways we top our sourdough pizza crust.

#1 – Breakfast Pizza

Leftover pizza has always been a favourite to eat the next morning for breakfast, so why not make a dedicated breakfast pizza?

Follow the Alternate Steps to making the sourdough pizza crust.
Top with shredded cheese, chopped bacon, chopped spring onions.
Crack 4 eggs over pizza. I like my eggs more well done than my husband so I break the yolk of my eggs before baking which allows the eggs to cook slightly faster than the others.
Carefully return to oven and cook for 12 minutes or until eggs are set to your liking.

#2 – Gourmet Meat Lovers

Use tomato paste as the base
Top with smoked shredded cheese, bacon, mushrooms, sliced cherry tomatoes and ground chicken
Finish it off with a few fresh sprigs of thyme

#3 – Gourmet Smokey

Use Smokey BBQ sauce as the base
Top with smoked shredded cheese, sautéed onions, bacon, mushrooms, garlic and ground chicken
Finish it off with a few fresh sprigs of thyme

#4 – Hawaiian

Use tomato paste as the base.
Top with shredded cheese, cooked bacon, ham and pineapple.

#5 – Not your Typical Pepperoni Pizza

Use tomato paste as the base. Add dried basil and garlic.
Top with shredded cheese, pepperoni or salami, chopped mushrooms.
Top with fresh arugula

#6 – Pesto Chicken

Use pesto as the base.
Top with shredded cheese, sliced cherry tomatoes and cooked chicken.

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How to Make Simple Cream Cheese Scrambled Eggs

February 19, 2021 by Leslie Helen 1 Comment

In this post I show you how to make Cream Cheese Scrambled Eggs and how adding a few key ingredients can really take a simple scrambled egg recipe to the next level. This Cream Cheese Scrambled Egg is so easy and quick to whip up, its the perfect any time-of-day meal.

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scrambled eggs served with sourdough toast and bacon — This delicious cream cheese scrambled eggs recipe is so easy to make and delicious it will have your family asking for seconds.

Eggs are a staple in my family’s weekly grocery haul. We buy them by the flat. We eat eggs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (not on the same day though, that would be eggs overkill!) But we do eat them several times a week.

They can be used as the main ingredient in a meal (like eggs anyway you like them with toast and bacon), or as an add-in to elevate your meal. Have you ever added a poached egg to your pasta dish? It instantly takes it from bland to fancy, while adding a healthy dose of good protein.

Nutritional Benefits of Eggs

According to Webmd.com, eggs are considered the Gold Standard for protein and contain disease-fighting nutrients like lutein and zeaxanthin which are good for preventing blindness, and choline which is great for memory and brain development.

One egg has only 75 calories but 7 grams of high-quality protein, 5 grams of fat, 1.6 grams of saturated fat, and 1 gram of barbs along with iron, vitamins, minerals, and carotenoids.

How to Make Cream Cheese Scrambled Eggs – Let’s Get Cracking!

Tools:

KICHLY Set of 3 Whisk Set Stainless Steel – Wire Whisk – Balloon Whisk – Egg and Milk Frother Kitchen Utensils for Whisking and Blending
The Rock cast iron pan (available at Canadian Tire)
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Ingredients:

6 large eggs
83g cream cheese (1/3 brick), cubed
¼ cup cream or milk
Salt and pepper to taste
1 spring onion, chopped
1 tbsp butter

Steps:

Cube cream cheese and place in freezer for 10 minutes.
Melt butter in pan on low-medium heat.

Crack eggs into a bowl, add cream (or milk), salt and pepper and whisk.
Mix in cubed cream cheese until incorporated into egg mixture.
Add egg mixture to melted butter and stir.
Top with chopped green onion.

cream cheese scrambled egg mixture cooking in cast iron pan

Continue to stir on low-heat until eggs are cooked through. Cheese will melt into the eggs as they cook.
Remove and enjoy immediately.
Pairs well with freshly brewed coffee, bacon, and buttered toasted sourdough.

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