I wish I loved arugula. I wish dirty dishes cleaned themselves. I wish I was more sophisticated (imagine cooking dinner in heels instead of comfy but ruddy pajamas). I wish I could eat pizza every single day and not end up with motherly hips at age 23 24 (I almost forgot my age!). But alas, I do not yet like arugula. And I constantly find myself doing dishes. I still haven’t given up on sophistication- once and a while we drink sparkling fruit juice out of wine glasses. And pizza or not, I’m probably destined to have motherly hips someday. Which makes me wonder, why not have pizza more often?

Pizza for breakfast- ingenious! Pizza for breakfast with bacon and cracked eggs on top- even better. Except we at this for dinner. But no matter. It tasted very much like a big breakfast plate of crispy bacon and cheesy soft-cooked eggs. But it was on a chewy pizza crust sprinkled with a trio of freshly chopped onions. Unique and awesome.

P.S. See that parsley and those chives? They came from my very own little herb garden! Mid-pizza production I stepped outside my back door with my garden gloves and clippers and picked us some fresh pizza toppings. I have a fond affection for my petite plants. No doubt you’ll be hearing lots more about my new garden in the months to come…!

Breakfast Pizza

INGREDIENTS

1 recipe pizza dough
5 slices bacon, cooked and chopped
5 eggs
2 cups mozzarella, shredded (or a combination of mozzarella and fresh crumbled goat cheese)
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano Regiano
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
2 Tbsp. chives, chopped
1 shallot, minced
2 green onions, sliced

DIRECTIONS

1. Prepare pizza dough according to recipe directions.

2. Preheat oven and pizza stone to 450 F. Prepare pizza crust according to recipe directions.

3. Sprinkle the cheeses and bacon over the prepared crust. Crack the eggs over the top and season with salt and pepper.

4. Bake in preheated oven for about 10 minutes, until the crust is golden brown, the cheese is bubbling, and the eggs are cooked through.

5. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with the parsley, chives, shallot, and green onion. Let cool several minutes before slicing.

Makes 1 large pizza.

(Adapted from Smitten Kitchen)