Poached Egg over Olive Toast

So it is Sunday afternoon at 5:30pm and I have yet to leave my apartment? You may ask, hermit much?? But not to worry there was plenty to keep me busy. It has literally been an entire month since I have been home for a weekend. What have I been doing? The question should really be what haven't I been doing? I have been blessed with so many fun fall weekends it's hard to remember all the details. The gist of it is there was a camping trip, bachelorette party (there may or may not have been some drag queens involved), a football homecoming weekend, and to round things off a hurricane laden wedding! Each weekend was a unique experience with amazing friends. I seriously couldn't ask for a better bunch of people to have in my life. Watching one of my oldest and dearest friends manage to throw together a beautiful and memorable wedding in a matter of three days was awesome. And being surrounded by all of her friends and family, it was such an honor to be able to celebrate with her. Hurricane Sandy had nothing on the Young/Dickerson wedding that was for sure.

So needless to say my apartment had lacked a certain cleanliness and my kitchen had not seen any real cooking in quite some time. To pass my time I prepared a delicious breakfast of a poached egg over buttered olive toast, made delicious Cinnamon Pull Apart bread (see recipe here: My Chocolate Therapy), cleaned the kitchen top to bottom, then dirtied it up again making potato leek soup, cleaned it again and then deep cleaned the rest of the apartment. Plus, I read an entire book! I was up early, what can I say I felt the need to be productive. So keeping up with my streak, I'm sharing my favorite go to fancy pants breakfast. That's right I said fancy pants, because that's was a poached egg is! It's delicious with a velvety smooth yolk and soft texture. Pair it with farmer's market fresh olive bread toasted and buttered and you're in savory breakfast heaven. And honestly it was so easy! There is nothing to be afraid of when poaching eggs. There are a lot of different methods out there but honestly the simpler the better. Keep it no fuss.

Poached Egg with Toast 
1 cage free organic large egg
1 tsp. white vinegar
3/4 cup water
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 thick slice of olive bread toasted and buttered

In a small saucepan, bring water to a simmer (not large bubbles, just enough so the water is moving). Add vinegar and stir. Crack egg directly into water (don't mess with it, just leave it!). After about a minute, using a spoon carefully splash some of the cooking water over the top of the yolk to help seal in the egg (this will cause the egg to begin whitening on the top if it hasn't already). Cook for another minute, longer if you like a harder yolk. Using a slotted spoon gently scoop the egg out of saucepan and dry on a piece of towel. Season with salt and pepper. Serve over buttered toast and dig in!

You can also served topped with hollandaise sauce (I use a semi-homemade packet version that tastes pretty good for on the fly). I couldn't resist sharing since I always seem to share my poached eggs pic on Instagram, I thought I would follow up with the actual recipe.  Let me know if you ever try out any of these recipes. Did they work for you?? Were they delicious? How were the directions? Let me know! If you like what you see feel free to share :)