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Spinach, Bacon, and Fried Egg Salad

Think of this salad as a deconstructed bacon and egg breakfast sandwich. It's savory, it's satisfying, and it's topped with a creamy acidic dressing. Both the homemade croutons and the fried eggs are cooked in the rendered bacon fat, giving every bite of the dish extra bacon-y flavor. And don't be intimidated by homemade croutons. Simply tear your bread into pieces, toss with oil (or in this case, bacon fat), season with salt and pepper and spread onto a rimmed baking sheet. By the time you're ready with the rest of the dish, the croutons will be perfectly golden.

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Poached Eggs With Chile Butter and Yogurt

This recipe is guaranteed to hit the spot, thanks to a satisfying combination of warm pita bread, garlicky herbed yogurt, perfectly poached eggs and a spicy, seedy chile butter. Not only is it supremely delicious (not to mention beautiful), but it will be on the table in just 20 minutes. You've officially got no excuse not to make it tonight.

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Smørrebrød With Yogurt, Beets, and Eggs

Smørrebrød is an open-faced sandwich from Denmark, where densely seeded bread is slathered with butter and piled with artfully arranged toppings like pickled herring, cheese, eggs, and herbs. The variations are endless! In this lighter version, yogurt swaps in for the butter, and a fresh marinated beet salad adds fresh tang. Top it off with jammy soft-cooked eggs and briny capers for an especially exciting way to serve your mom her breakfast. If guests are coming, double the recipe and cutt into bite-sized slices.

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Red and Green Chilaquiles

Chilaquiles are excellent for breakfast and just as good for dinner. Oven-baked tortilla chips get smothered in a cumin and coriander spiced red sauce, and rotisserie chicken comes in to save you time. Finishing with salsa verde adds tanginess, and fried eggs deliver crispy white edges and a runny yolk.

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Soufflé Pancake With Miso Mushrooms

This is likely unlike anything you've made before—and that's exactly why we love it. Folding whipped egg whites into a savory pancake batter makes it puff up as it cooks, resulting in a buttery, crispy crust and a tender, fluffy center. The mushroom-bok choy mixture served overtop is just as delightful.

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Bacon, Egg and Beef Hand Pies

These pies are a little bigger than your palm and are filled with flavorful ground beef dotted with green olives and golden raisins. The boiled egg with a runny yolk is a sweet and welcomed surprise as you cut thorough the buttery, flaky dough. Did we mention there's bacon in there, too?

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Crispy Potato Omelet With Smoky Aioli

If you've ever had patatas bravas, you know how irresistible they can be. So why only enjoy them as an occasional side dish or appetizer? We stuffed them into an omelet as an excuse to enjoy them for dinner. It's topped with a homemade smoky aioli, of course.

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Chard & Herb Frittata With Cherry Tomatoes

Inspired by kuku sabzi, the Persian herb frittata, this egg dish is bursting with herbs such as parsley and cilantro. We mixed in Swiss chard for added nutrition. The tomato salad bursts in your mouth with freshness as you bite into this herb-forward dish.

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Huevos Rancheros

Sunny-side-up eggs get the Mexican treatment with black beans, salsa, queso fresco, and crisp corn tortillas. If you aren't particularly partial to runny eggs, no problem—just cook them a few minutes longer until the white no longer looks translucent and the edges start to crisp up.

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Egg in a Hole With Smoked Salmon

This tasty breakfast looks gourmet, but takes just 10 minutes from start to finish. Use a cookie cutter to cut a 3-inch hole in the center of each slice of bread, place the bread slices in a buttered skillet, crack an egg into the center of each, and cook until the bread is golden and the whites are set. Top with the smoked salmon, crème fraîche, capers, and sliced red onions.

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Swiss Chard and Cheddar Quiche

This anything-but-basic quiche—filled with cheese, Swiss chard, and onions—makes a great light dinner when served with a green salad.

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