Happy Monday, friends! I’m freshly back from a whole week at the beach in Florida and it was the absolute best time. I LOVE the beach and I actually grew up in the area where my friend and I went and I’m so, so glad I agreed to go. There was so much good food, a fair amount of booze, and lots of time soaking up the sun and swimming in the waves. As much as I loved it though, I’m happy to be back at home and getting back into my meal prep routine!

When I took a look at what I had in my freezer to play with this week, I saw a pound of breakfast sausage and immediately thought of breakfast sandwiches, so here we are! Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, although I eat breakfast foods at any time, clearly. These are so good and so tasty!

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The Recipe

For me, I kept these sandwiches pretty straightforward:

• the bread – I adore English muffins and they’re my preferred breakfast sandwich bread, so that’s what I grabbed!
• the meat – breakfast sausage is honestly my fav meat, so I shaped mine into patties and popped it onto my sandwiches. Just be sure, when you’re shaping the meat patties, to make them a bit bigger than the bread you’ll be placing it on since it’ll shrink while cooking and you still want some in every bite on the finished sandwich
• the egg – this is basically a variation on a frittata just with less milk so it’s a bit more dense and easier to eat in a sandwich. I went with my favorite veggies, bell peppers and green onions, and didn’t cook them before putting it into the egg mixture since I wanted a tiny bit of a crunch for a different texture in the sandwiches
• the cheese – technically optional but never a bad addition!

Storage

I stored each element in a separate airtight container and assembling before I want to eat lunch each day, but you could also assemble them, wrapped in a paper towel and in a plastic bag, and reheat the whole thing when you want to eat!

Alternatively, you can assemble your sandwiches, then wrap them in plastic wrap and tin foil and freeze them! Then, whenever you want to eat a breakfast sandwich, wrap them in a paper towel and microwave for a couple of minutes until thawed and heated through.

Variations

These are full of fun options! Each element can be updated to be whatever you think would be the best breakfast sandwich.

• the bread – if you’re not feeling English muffins, you can absolutely use bagels, some sourdough bread, a biscuit, or anything you’d like!
• the meat – I used sausage but bacon or ham would also be so delicious. Or you can leave it out completely!
• the eggs – while I don’t have a suggestion for the eggs themselves, you can switch up the veggies that go into it
• the cheese – live your life, follow your spirit, whatever cheese sounds good is perfect
• other toppings – want to add some kind of hot sauce or maybe ketchup? you do you, friend, go crazy

That’s it! Let me know what kind of variations y’all come up with if you try it out 🙂