John’s New Favorite Meal

I really didn’t think it was possible, but John told me he had a new favorite meal. I mean, I thought steak, steak, and more steak would always be his favorite, so this news threw me off just a bit.

John is always wanting to eat breakfast for dinner. As I have stated time and time again, I really don’t like breakfast. In fact, I always try to make breakfast food that doesn’t taste like breakfast. I seriously eat cheese and jerky for breakfast most days….yeah, you get the picture. I just don’t love it.

Back to the story. John asked for breakfast for dinner. I just rolled my eyes and started in on how much I dislike breakfast…ya di ya di ya di ya di…then I stopped. Hey, I can compromise! I was thinking about making patty melts anyway, so I thought I could probably just go ahead and throw an egg on his - you know, breakfast patty melts - then I could also serve some hash browns along side. Yep, it worked…John was happy….I was happy (because I didn’t make mine a breakfast-y type meal) and apparently, this became his new favorite meal.

Here is what went into this manliest of man sandwiches:

• 1 hamburger patty
• 1 slice cheese - cheddar, Swiss, provolone, whatever you like
• 1 over easy egg
• Grilled onions
• 1 tablespoon thousand island type dressing (I throw some ingredients together - mayo, ketchup, lemon juice, sweet pickles, salt and pepper, a little bit of hot sauce, etc. to make my own)
• 2 slices of bread toasted - choose your favorite kind
• If you are John - you also stuff some of the hash browns inside of the sandwich too

Cook your hamburger and melt the cheese on top - you can pan fry, BBQ grill, whatever you want. Assemble your sandwich by slathering the toasted bread with the thousand island dressing. Place the hamburger on the bread first, then top with the egg, grilled onions, and hash browns.

Yeah, it is a pretty manly sandwich. As you can see, I went a different route for my dinner. It worked too. No bun, no egg, etc.

John also made a rendition of this creation for breakfast. Substitute the toast for an English muffin and the hamburger for sausage and there you have it. Breakfast patty melts!