Green Eggs And Ham With Ital-tots And Garlic Cheesy Toast

Total Time: 1 hr 1 min Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 16 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (32 ounce) bag frozen tater tots, any brand
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 teaspoon crushed hot red pepper flakes
• 1/2 cup baby spinach or 1/2 cup arugula
• 1/2 cup fresh basil leaf
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts
• 1 small garlic clove, cracked from skin
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons parmigiano-reggiano cheese
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 lb breakfast ham, chopped
• 8 large eggs
• half-and-half (a splash) or milk (a splash)
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 4 slices crusty italian bread (thick slices)
• 1 garlic clove, cracked from skin
• butter
• grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese

Recipe

• 1 make the ital-tots: preheat the oven to 425°; open tots bag and pour four portions onto a nonstick cookie sheet.
• 2 sprinkle the tots with salt and dried seasonings; toss them around a bit to get the herbs to stick to the tots.
• 3 bake the tots about 12 minutes or until crisp; remove from oven and turn the broiler on.
• 4 make the green sauce: add the sauce ingredients to a food processor; process until sauce forms; set aside and reserve.
• 5 prepare the eggs and ham: heat a nonstick skillet over med-high heat; add in olive oil and butter, let the butter melt.
• 6 add in the ham and cook 3 minutes or until lightly browned at edges.
• 7 beat eggs and half-and-half with salt and pepper; add eggs to skillet and scamble up with the ham to desired doneness; remove from heat.
• 8 make the toast:.
• 9 toast bread under hot broiler 30 seconds on each side; rub with cracked garlic then spread with butter and top with a sprinkle of cheese.
• 10 stir green sauce into ham and eggs; serve with ital-tots and garlic cheesy toast on the side.