Life so busy? Make breakfast for dinner

Life in the Shuman household is insane. I just returned from being on the road for work, 3 out of the last 4 weeks. My husband and children couldn't wait for my return, and while I have been home a full school week, my son is still telling me that he missed me. Don't get me wrong, they are fully capable and self sufficient, but my husband does not come home until after 9 every night, (the life of a teacher/tutor) and two teenage girls cooking dinner, bathing, and putting a 4 year old to bed, while attempting to complete their own homework, is exhausting. Special shout out to my MIL (Mother In Law) for totally saving our hides on numerous occasions during this time.

So here I am, back from the road, ready to make wonderful and complicated dinners for my crew to show them how much I love and missed them, until Thursday comes... Since we keep the Sabbath, and sundown is now at 5:15 on Fridays, we no longer have the luxury of readying meals on Friday. So today was filled with work 9-5 (at least), grocery shopping at 3 different stores, picking up children, and the usual dinner, bath time and homework. So much for a well thought out, sit down dinner. I had no clue what to create for dinner and daughter #2, on her hour and a half long ride from school, says, "oooh, eggs sound really good".

Boy was this a work in progress, but the final product was spectacular!

In our house, as likely most homes, everyone likes their eggs made differently:

• Dinner #1 for daughter #3 consisted of fried egg whites, pita bread and hash browns. 
• Dinner #2 for Daughter #2 needed a little more protein. So we pulled out frozen tofu crumbles, and I cooked them up with scrambled eggs, no carbs in this one. 
• Dinner #3 for Mom was a variation of the above with added onions, peppers and cheddar. 

And then.... and then,,,,, the man of the house came home; hungry and still working. (love you babe) The final product was the best yet, and I knew he would love it. The idea came from a breakfast I had while on the road trip. The culmination of this looong business trip was in Peoria, IL where I was so excited to spend the weekend with my daughter at her Sorority Mom's weekend; shout out to Pi Beta Phi. One of Alex's favorite places to eat is a place called Wild Berries and its a true Mid-Westerner's breakfast heaven. There, I ordered a meatless scramble, that consisted of hash browns, veggies, and cheese culminating with an egg on top. Ok, so the diet started when I got home, I'm not proud, but yum!!! Back to dinner. I had no more hash browns, but was determined to make this hash. Into the freezer I went, and found tater tots, perfect! and thus began to build. The ingredients were so simple, but the result was spectacular. When all were fed and satiated, the consensus was unanimous, this was a great dinner and such Good Food In Good Time.

Tator Tots thawed and smashed make great hash browns

Tofu Crumbles with peppers and onions

Everything is better with Cheddar

Time to Build the scramble

The topper, yolks are ooey and gooey, mix all together and mmmmmm.

Egg Scramble

10 Tator Tots
1/2 cup of Morningstar Farms crumbles
2 Tbs oil
1/4 small onion
1/4 green pepper
1/4 cup cheddar Cheese
2 eggs
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
salt and pepper to taste

Begin by  placing Tator Tots and 1 Tbs oil in pan. Let them cook on both sides until soft. Smash with a fork or spatula and continue to cook until crispy. Next, saute the crumbles in a pan with the remaining oil. Season with all the spices and cook until slightly crisp. Add onions and peppers and continue to cook until soft.  Remove from pan to bowl. top with cheddar while hot and let melt.

Wipe out the pan and spray with cooking spray, Crack eggs into the pan and cook on medium high, after about 1 minute and set; add a Tbs of water and cover. The steam with make the perfect sunny side up egg, Place the eggs on top of other ingredients in bowl and serve, Break the yolk and mix the custard around with the rest of the dish,