Who says you can't have pizza for breakfast...

Well I had an awesome weekend in Raleigh where I went to go visit my nephew.  Below is a picture of us together.

While I was there I decided that I would introduce my brother and sister-in-law to my blog "Single Guy's Guide to Cooking."  This breakfast idea came from Theresa Ward who said that pizza is one of her favorite meals for breakfast.  Now, cold pizza can make an awesome breakfast, but there is no cooking that goes along with that.  I have had similar meals to what Theresa suggested and had an idea of how this meal would be prepared.  So here are the ingredients that I had for this meal.

What I used was a good whole grain bread, eggs, an onion, fired roasted tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, garlic, mozzarella cheese, and fresh basil.

Now you can get really fancy with this if you want and add other vegetables such as spinach, sun dried tomatoes, different peppers, the sky is the limit depending on what your taste buds like.  Remember that adding more vegetables add more vitamins and minerals which make the meals that much healthier.

To start the meal I sauteed the onions in a little bit of canola oil and added in the garlic towards the end so that it would not burn.  Next, I added the fire roasted tomatoes and cooked it a while to cook off some of the moisture.  I then added in the crushed tomatoes and simmered for 5-10 minutes to let the flavors marry and thicken up the sauce.

While the sauce was simmering I poached the eggs which I have talked about in my last blog and toasted the bread in the oven.  I could have served everything on the plate seperately, but I like to make the presentation a little more fancy.  So, I cut out the center of the toast and placed the poached eggs in the center.  Italian eggs is what Theresa called them, but I have had this at other places and they called it Frog in a ditch.

The basil I cut up into a chiffonade which turns the basil into long thin strips.  I like to remind you that food taste better as you add fancy names to them, and learning new techniques and knowing what to call them will help you sound more knowledgable about cooking.  My brother and sister-in-law really enjoyed this breakfast and as I ate it the meal really did taste like pizza.  I kept the sauce very basic with just garlic, onions, tomatoes, and basil.  Feel free to add more flavors to the meal with different herbs, spices, and vegetables.

As always let me know what you think and if you try cooking the meal let me know how it turns out.  I love hearing feedback.  Hope you enjoy!!