Green Eggs and Ham With Ital-Tots and Garlic Cheesy Toast

Rachael Ray

• Ready In: 1 hr 1 min
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• Ital-Tots

• 1 (32 ounce) bag  frozen tater tots, any brand
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon dried thyme
• 1  teaspoon dried oregano
• 1  teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1  teaspoon  crushed hot red pepper flakes

• Green Sauce

• 1⁄2 cup  Baby Spinach or 1⁄2 cup arugula
• 1⁄2 cup fresh basil leaf
• 2  tablespoons pine nuts
• 1  small garlic clove, cracked from skin
•  salt
•  fresh ground black pepper
• 2  tablespoons parmigiano-reggiano cheese
• 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil

• Eggs and Ham

• 1  tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1  tablespoon butter
• 1⁄2 lb  breakfast ham, chopped
• 8  large eggs
•  half-and-half (a splash) or  milk (a splash)
•  salt
•  fresh ground black pepper

• Toast

• 4  slices  crusty Italian bread (thick slices)
• 1  garlic clove, cracked from skin
•  butter
•  grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese

Directions

1. Make the Ital-tots: preheat the oven to 425°; open tots bag and pour four portions onto a nonstick cookie sheet.
2. Sprinkle the tots with salt and dried seasonings; toss them around a bit to get the herbs to stick to the tots.
3. Bake the tots about 12 minutes or until crisp; remove from oven and turn the broiler on.
4. Make the green sauce: add the sauce ingredients to a food processor; process until sauce forms; set aside and reserve.
5. Prepare the eggs and ham: heat a nonstick skillet over med-high heat; add in olive oil and butter, let the butter melt.
6. Add in the ham and cook 3 minutes or until lightly browned at edges.
7. Beat eggs and half-and-half with salt and pepper; add eggs to skillet and scamble up with the ham to desired doneness; remove from heat.
8. Make the toast:
9. Toast bread under hot broiler 30 seconds on each side; rub with cracked garlic then spread with butter and top with a sprinkle of cheese.
10. Stir green sauce into ham and eggs; serve with Ital-tots and Garlic Cheesy Toast on the side.