Baguette with Chevre Scrambled Eggs and Chives

Each Thursday, Emily Vikre (a.k.a fiveandspice) will be sharing a new way to love breakfast -- because breakfast isn't just the most important meal of the day. It's also the most awesome.

Today: A breakfast sandwich that's a happy start. 

Chives make me disproportionately happy. For such a waifish little allium, the pleasure I take in using them is vast. It’s all because of my happy childhood chive memories, being handed the kitchen shears to hustle out to the patch of chives in the backyard and cut enough for sprinkling on our scrambled eggs and cold smoked salmon.

Back in those days I was tiny little person, but I could easily put away a half dozen eggs if they were scrambled with chives. I turned my nose up at the salmon. These days I’m more likely to eat just one or two eggs and will gladly take cold smoked salmon anytime I can get it, but I’m just as fond of chives.

This creamy scramble, punctuated with bits of chevre, turned out to be another excellent way to get my chive and eggs fix. Stuffed into a bit of crusty baguette, you get a filling breakfast sandwich with a nice combination of crunch and yield. If you happen to have some cold smoked salmon on hand, go ahead and sneak in a slip because it would not be at all out of place. Eat, and feel disproportionately happy.  

Baguette with Chevre Scrambled Eggs and Chives

Serves 2

2, 4-inch lengths of fresh baguette
3 large eggs
1/2 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons chevre, crumbled
1 1/2 tablespoons finely minced chives
Salt and pepper

See the full recipe (and save and print it) here.

Photos by Emily Vikre