This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sargento® Cheese. All opinions are 100% mine.
If someone said you could only eat one type of food for like a month straight (and not worry about calories or anything like that), what would you pick? I’d most definitely go with cheese! It’s always been one of my favorite foods. With so many different types, you could eat it every day and never get bored. I’m an insanely picky eater, but I’ve yet to meet a cheese that I didn’t like. Well, except Blue Cheese. Sorry, I just can’t get on board with that one (except maybe when I’m eating hot wings, and even then, I prefer ranch). The rest, though, bring it on!
While I’m always open to experimenting with different types, when I’m picking out cheese for a recipe, I do opt for 100% real, natural cheese as often as possible. Did you ever notice how when you’re browsing in the dairy section, most of the cheeses actually have the word “cheese” after their name? Swiss cheese, Provolone cheese, Cheddar cheese, and so on. Then you get to the “American” and it says things like “American Singles” or “Cheese Product.” Ever wonder why? Turns out that Pasteurized Process Cheese Food (PPCF) is only required to contain 51% real cheese. Hmmmm.
Don’t get me wrong, there are times that I grab the PPCF because I like the flavor in certain food, but 99% of the time, I want REAL, authentic, never processed cheesy goodness. Since excellent flavor is just as important to me as real, natural ingredients, I almost always grab for Sargento®. Whether I’m making something with shredded, sliced or blocked cheese, Sargento® has me covered with 100% real, natural cheese. While I eat pretty much everything they have to offer (did I mention that I love cheese?), today we’re celebrating Sargento® Sliced Cheese! You can do SO many things with the incredible variety Sargento® Slices, but I’m going to share my favorite 2-minute breakfast sandwich. Then I’ll tell you a little something else I discovered the other night (but didn’t take pictures of because it was a last-minute discovery) that was super tasty!
2-Minute Bagel, Egg & Double Cheese Breakfast Sandwich
You guys know I’m all about the easy recipes. I work an insane amount of hours, don’t really have great cooking skills and, quite honestly, just don’t like cooking. Now that my husband is back, I’ve actually been eating more like a normal human being again. He loves cooking, thank goodness! Still, I feel bad making him do all the work, so I do try to get myself breakfast! I can make this sandwich in under two minutes. Here’s how!
Ingredients:
- Your favorite bagel
- 2 eggs
- 2 slices of cheese (your choice, I used Swiss and Provolone)
- Cooking spray
- Salt, pepper if desired
How to make it in 2 minutes:
- Slice the bagel and place it in the toaster, but don’t put it down yet.
- Lightly spray a microwave safe bowl with cooking spray. I use a soup (or ice-cream, depending on how you want to look at it) bowl. See picture, because this is the perfect sized bowl!
- Crack your eggs into the bowl and stir well.
- Microwave for 1 minute. At the same time, toast your bagel, grab a plate and place one slice of each cheese on it.
- When the microwave dings, carefully remove the bowl (it will be hot!) and flip your egg with a fork. Put back in for 30 more seconds.
- While the egg is finishing up, grab your bagel and put a slice of cheese on each half. The warmth will slightly melt the cheese.
- When the egg is done, remove with a fork and plop it on the bottom half of your bagel (and one slice of cheese). Top with the second slice of cheese and other half of the bagel. Enjoy!
If you want, you can add salt, pepper or other condiments to the egg before you top it with the second slice of cheese. Now, some people put both slices of cheese on the top. You can do this if you want, but I HIGHLY recommend putting one slice on the bottom and one on top. The flavors just mingle better in your mouth that way! As long as you’re multitasking, the whole process takes just around two minutes to make. While Provolone and Swiss are my current favorite cheese choices, I’m thinking of mixing it up this week and trying some Cheddar and maybe Pepperjack. I may also grab some Gouda and try that! The possibilities are endless, really.
What else can you do with Sargento Slices?
Speaking of endless possibilities, basically, you can use Sargento® Slices anywhere that you’d use cheese, including on quickie muffin pizzas! Yes, you heard me! I had a massive migraine the other day and just didn’t feel like eating anything. Then, as usual, around 7PM it finally let up and I was finally ready to eat. Since I had already told Rich to just go ahead and make something for himself, I figured I’d just slap some pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese on an English muffin.
Well, when I pulled out the mozzarella, I noticed that it had gone bad. Yuck, right? It was a couple of weeks old, but I thought it still had life left in it so I didn’t get new stuff when I was out shopping. Anyway, I had the muffins toasted and the sauce all ready to go, so I figured I’d try something different. I ripped up a slice of provolone and a slice of cheddar, tossed it on the muffins and microwaved the whole shebang for about 45 seconds. It came out awesome!
Now I have a whole list of things that I want to try to make with Sargento® Slices. One that I’m really looking forward to (but also nervous about) is an apple crisp with cheddar cheese recipe. I’ve been seeing apple and cheddar paired in a ton of recipes, but like I said, I’m a picky eater. I think I’m going to try it, though. The pizza muffin success has encouraged me to step outside my comfort zone and pair different cheeses with classics to create whole new food adventures.
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This looks like a yummy breakfast I can even get my kids to eat.
This recipe looks easy to make. I’m all about easy and simple recipe and this is up my street. My son loves cheese so definitely something I’ll make for him for lunch.
This looks like a great quick breakfast to make!!! I know I love to make sure that my kids have a healthy good breakfast before school.
Like you, I also love cheese! That breakfast sandwich looks delicious and easy! I will give it a try!
Really a quick recipe. I cannot think about making something in 2 minutes except ramen noddles. I’ll surely try making it
I want this for breakfast! That is my type of breakfast sandwich. It looks so tasty!
This is like a lightning fast breakfast sandwich! I would even have time to make this on a school day. Thanks for the recipe. 🙂
Looks good! I always love a light breakfast, this would be perfect for my daily breakfast. Will try it!
I’m with you! I’ve never met a cheese I didn’t like – including bleu cheese. It’s all good and your breakfast sandwich looks amazing. My tummy is growling.
Now this is the perfect breakfast for people on the go like me. It also looks really tasty.
This is the perfect breakfast as fas as I am concerned! I wish I could take this right off the screen it looks delicious!
Swiss and Provolone are my 2 favorite cheeses! I love breakfast sandwiches and this one looks so delicious.
Yum! That looks so good! I will have to try it. I love Sargento cheeses. They are delicious!
I love the two different cheese options for the sandwich. I love a good egg white, ham and cheese sandwich. Going to have to try different cheese to break it up :).
I love cheese too, include the Blue one! Grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup are my favorite cold weather comfort food.
This is one of my favorite breakfast ideas. I have a bagel with some kind of protein on it every day for energy. And it tastes so good!
Two minutes is all I have in the morning! I am usually starving and need to eat right away1 This looks delicious, I will have to try it!
Thanks!
Ok this would totally be a hit here, I must make it. Love the idea of a quick breakfast idea that is filling!
I love 100% cheese as well. I hate things that are overly processed.
This is clever! I need to start making breakfast sandwiches like this. This is so quick and easy!
Yum! This looks like such a great breakfast. I am all about the quick and easy options when it comes to morning meals.
This is such a nice breakfast – Too often I am out the door without enough to eat or sustain me to lunch time. Sounds yummy and those cheese slices are so convenient!
I was just picking up a coffee before and noticed their bagel on display and it looked amazing – lucky I didnt get one cause now I can make one at home!
My favorite Sargento Cheese is Aged Swiss which I cook on a lot of recipes.. Apple crisp with cheddar cheese sprinkled on top does indeed taste delicious. I used to work a restaurant that used to sell something like that. Thanks for sharing the endless possibilities with Sargento Cheese Slices.
That looks like a great looking sandwich. I haven’t had a bagel I months. Now I want one lol.
I’m saving this for my son. Bagels are his favorite thing as of late. Because big brother likes it littler sister is having some as well.
Those all look so good! I love bagels because of all the flavor combinations that you can do! Especially with different kinds of cheeses!
Now that’s a quick and easy breakfast dish I can sink my teeth into. I have some fresh bagels I picked up over the weekend that would be perfect.
I like their pepper jack cheese, and I would certainly try it on this sandwich! We do breakfast sandwiches often, but never like this. YUM!
This looks so good! I love breakfast sandwiches. I have only tried one kind of sargento cheese, but it was really good and the texture was perfect.
This looks like the perfect breakfast – all my favorites, especially cheese!
This sandwich looks so delicious and easy to make for me and the kids for breakfast. A good breakfast to make for the kids before school in the morning.