Springtime Brunch: Avocado Toast with Cheesy Eggs & Grilled Ham

Sunday is the first day of Spring:  warmer weather, balmy breezes, longer days, blooming flowers...it's all right around the corner.  Celebrate it by making brunch for someone special.

This menu is so easy because you can prepare your avocados, grill the bread and ham at the same time, and while all that's resting you can quickly scramble the eggs.  Cheesy, buttery, smoky goodness is what you have right there!

So open a bottle of Prosecco and make some grapefruit mimosas, grab your phone and set the Sonos to Pandora's Brunch Café Radio, and settle in for a long leisurely afternoon of good food, intimate conversation, laughter, and love.  Welcome, Spring...I thought you'd never get here :)

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WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
(serves 2)

mimosas:
fresh squeezed grapefruit juice
prosecco

avocado toast:
1 loaf of your favorite multi-grain bread, thickly sliced
2 Haas avocados
red pepper flakes
olive oil
1 lemon
sea salt/fresh cracked pepper
I garlic cloved, peeled, the side cut off to expose the garlic

cheesy eggs:
6 eggs
a little milk to scramble the eggs
sharp white cheddar cheese, grated

1 ham steak (mine is Kentucky smoked ham)


First, make mimosas for yourselves.  We're not savages...no need to cook without a cocktail

Next, prepare avocados:
slice and spoon avocados into a bowl, squeeze the juice of half a lemon over them.  Smash, but leave chunky for texture.  Add salt and pepper.  Mix carefully.  Cover with saran wrap touching the top of the avocados to keep the air out and prevent them from turning brown.  Refrigerate until ready to use.

grill ham and bread at the same time:
Drizzle olive oil over bread (I use 2 pieces of bread per person)  and grill with ham steak, long enough to char the bread and heat ham all the way through.  Remove from grill.  Take garlic clove and rub cut side over slices of grilled bread.  Set aside.

Make scrambled cheese eggs--use your favorite recipe.

When eggs are done, assemble toast:
Remove avocados from refrigerator and spread on garlicky toast.  Drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle red pepper flakes over the top, add more salt and pepper to taste, if needed.

If you haven't already, make more mimosas, set the table, and enjoy your day--