Who wants a #BreakfastShowdown Recipe?

It never fails, when I post a #BreakfastShowdown pic, I get responses asking about the recipe. I also get responses of "I'll be right over" or "can you adopt me", but the recipe request is a little easier to handle via blog post. The recipe I am sharing below is by far one of my favorite dishes we have ever had! Also, maybe one of the easier dishes we have made too! You can google this and find a bunch of different versions of the recipe.

If we're friends in real life, you know how competitive I can be, but I have to admit, this is probably the best thing that we've had since we started the breakfast showdown! And all the credit goes to Germain on this one! In case you want another fun fact, Germain consistently tells me he is not competing with me, and somehow he wins most of the time. Seriously, scroll back in my Instagram feed and find the Churro Waffles! I am salivating just thinking about them, also his handy work!

A croque madame, in case you have never heard of it (because I had not when Germain made this). Basically, it is a french style sandwich, (we did ours open faced) with ham, cheese and béchamel sauce... how can you go wrong right? When you add in the delicious Serrano ham and asparagus, it tastes like breakfast with the Easter bunny.

**Side note, for the bechamel sauce, you can absolutely make your own or you can get a package that you add milk to from Publix. We often choose option 2 for time reasons. No one wants to wait for breakfast on Sunday morning around our house so sometimes we take shortcuts. If you want to make it from scratch, you do you! Just google that recipe**


Croque Madame

Ingredients:
4-6 Slices of your favorite bread (we like wholegrain from the Publix Deli)
4-6 thin slices of your favorite ham (we like Serrano)
1 bunch of asparagus (cut those ends off)
1 cup of Gruyere cheese (grated or shredded will work)
4-6 eggs
Bechamel sauce-- see notes above

Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
Oven roast the asparagus with a little olive oil to however done you like them
Pop that bread in the toaster or in the oven to toast it up
Place the toast on a cookie sheet
Spread your bechamel on your toast
Lay the ham down, sprinkle a little cheese, add your asparagus, more cheese
Bake or broil until the cheese is brown and bubbling
While that is baking, fry up some eggs for the top of the sandwich, place on top of the sandwich once out of the oven
Serve it up to your very happy friends or family

Hope you love this sneak peek into our favorite Sunday tradition! If you have a favorite recipe we have made or something you want to see us make, leave me a comment below!