This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of the happy egg co. for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.

Are you looking for the perfect (and portable) breakfast to save you on busy mornings? This Egg Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Bacon and Chives is just what you are looking for!

Do you ever think about where your food comes from?

Most of us don’t think beyond the grocery store shelves. I started looking a bit deeper into the food I bought a few years ago and what I discovered was disturbing . . . especially when it came to the egg industry.

Fortunately, there are some companies doing things right. The happy egg co. is the gold standard in hen welfare – they are the first commercial free range egg producer in the U.S. to certified by the American Humane Association ™

The happy egg co. takes the consumer confusion out of the egg aisle – their delicious, brown-shelled eggs are produced by free to roam hens raised on family run free range farms. For this brand, raising their hens humanely isn’t simply a marketing tactic or a misleading mantra.

That’s good news for me, because we eat A LOT of eggs in my family. Seriously, breakfast for dinner is pretty much standard around here.

Speaking of breakfast, we wanted to share our favorite on-the-go breakfast with you.

We are often in a hurry in the mornings. We used to throw together grilled cheese sandwiches so we could eat them in the car. You don’t usually think of grilled cheese sandwiches as breakfast food but they are essentially cheese on toast and they are fantastically portable.

To make our breakfast grilled cheese sandwiches a bit more breakfast-like, we started throwing in a fried egg.

The results were delicious.

Suddenly we had a portable fried egg.

Egg grilled cheese is now one of our favorite quick meals, whether it is breakfast time or not. To take things really over the top, we use eggs from the happy egg co.

You can see just by looking at these eggs that they are something special. The yolk is so much darker on these eggs than your standard grocery store egg and the flavor is amazing.

The happy egg co. is available nationwide with widespread distribution in Safeway, Albertson’s, Kroger, Sams and Walmart. To find your local retailer, use the happy egg co. store locator.

Ingredients

1 large egg from the happy egg co.
Shredded cheddar cheese
2 slices of buttered bread
2 slices of crispy bacon
Chives, chopped

Preparation

Fry your egg in a bit of butter.

Remove it from the pan and place one butter slice of bread in the pan, buttered side down.

Sprinkle with shredded cheese. We find it melts a bit better than sliced cheese.

Top with your fried egg, chopped chives (use a pair of kitchen scissors to make this really easy), cooked bacon, more shredded cheese, and the other slice of buttered bread.

Cook for 3-5 minutes, on medium heat, on each side.

You’ll end up with an amazing sandwich that is not only packed with flavor but portable too! Make one of these and take it with you on the go or throw one together for a quick meal.

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