Cracked-Wheat Cereal With Bacon-and-Egg Toasts

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Cracked-Wheat Cereal With Bacon-and-Egg Toasts

Try a new hot cereal: super-healthy cracked wheat. Eggs on the side add protein. Top your cereal with nuts, dried fruit and honey.

Prep Time15

Cook Time35

Total Time30

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cracked wheat Cereal with Bacon and Egg Toasts, hot cereal

Servings: servings

Calories: 601kcal

Author: Tara Teaspoon

Ingredients

2 cups cracked wheat or bulgar wheat
½ teaspoon salt
12 slices thick-cut bacon
3 large eggs
2 tablespoon reduced-fat milk plus more for serving
¼ cup (1 oz) grated cheddar
½ baguette cut into six ½-inch slices on a long diagonal
3 tablespoon honey
Dried fruits and nuts

Instructions

In a medium pot, bring 4 cups water to a boil. Add ¼ teaspoon salt and cracked wheat and reduce heat to a simmer. Cover and cook until almost all water is gone, about 15 min. Turn off heat and allow to sit, covered, for 10 min.
Meanwhile, cook bacon until just crisp; place on paper towels to drain and reserve 1 tablespoon of bacon fat.
In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, 2 tablespoon milk, ¼ teaspoon salt and cheese. Heat reserved bacon fat in a nonstick skillet over medium heat, add egg mixture and stir occasionally until eggs are just cooked, 3 to 4 min.
Toast bread and top with scrambled eggs and 2 slices bacon. Serve cereal with honey and toppings.

Notes

Cracked wheat, if you've never had it, is similar in size to steel-cut oats. But oats cook up much softer than wheat. So with cracked wheat you end up with a chewy, nutty bites. Even better, you can cook a large batch at the beginning of the week and it's easy to heat any morning.

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