Hard-Boiled Eggs with Toast Soldiers

This is breakfast stripped down to the basics: eggs boiled until set, toast buttered and sliced into strips for dipping. It's an easy way to hit a solid protein number first thing without any fuss, and it fits neatly into a tracked day since every ingredient is simple to log. Make it on the stovetop while your toast pops, and you're eating in under 15 minutes.

Ingredients

• 2 largeeggs
• 2 slicesBread
• 1 tablespoonbutter
• salt, to taste
• black pepper, to taste

Method

1. Place the eggs in a small pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, then cover and remove from heat. 8:00
2. Let the eggs sit in the hot water for 10 minutes for hard-boiled, then drain and run under cold water. 10:00
3. While the eggs cook, toast the bread in the toaster until golden. 3:00
4. Spread the toast with butter and cut each slice into strips.
5. Peel the eggs or stand them in an egg cup, slice off the tops, and season with salt and pepper. Serve with the toast strips for dipping.