breakfast

It's a sad weekend breakfast plate that features no bacon, a sad plate indeed. We're very proud of our massive collection of brunch recipes from the dessertiest pancakes to the most sausage-packed quiche. Sometimes, however, if you have a certain breakfast meat side in mind, no amount of cheese can (necessarily) replace it. Thankfully, we have 5 suggestions that simply need the magic meat to be complete.

Here's why Food Republic's Test Kitchen is magical: toad in the waffle. These kinds of things occur when we cook at full-force for a whole day. The inside is savory and egg yolky and the outside is maple-ey and meaty — neither layer competes with each other, it's just the perfect breakfast in a very concise format. That's all.

When your weekend calls for a brunch lighter than poached eggs on top of Canadian bacon on top of regular bacon on a buttered English muffin with a pint of Hollandaise, turn to our featherweight recipes that will keep you fit as a fiddle. If you work out.