Good morning to you my dear reader! I have an intriguing question for you this lovely Sunday morning – what time are you awake on weekends? Is it 6am or 11am? Today I had a special fitness morning. Firstly, I wake up early today: at 8am (yes, it is early for me), went to a nice and energetic pilates class, which is really made my day. Afterwards, I was so hungry and in need of something extremely tasty and healthy!
I fell in love with zaatar (it’s a mix of dried spices) since I moved to Dubai. I can’t remember how or when I tried it for the first time, but once I tried this incredible mixture, it remains my favourite Middle Eastern spice ever since. As my husband says: “you can eat anything with zaatar”. 😀 it’s funny but true. You can prepare many dishes using zaatar, like eggplant wedges with it and pomegranate molasses or delicious roasted salmon steaks, or anything else you like.
All you need for today is an egg and zaatar! A slice of wurzel or sourdough bread, some olives and feta could make your breakfast more complete and nourishing. Hope this bright and simple meal satisfy your taste buds! 😉
Zaatar fried egg
Ingredients
1 or 2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 tbsp olive oil, for frying
1 tsp dry zaatar spice mix (per egg)
salt, pepper to taste
1 slice of wurzel or sourdough bread
1 tbsp olives (preferably in olive oil)
1 tbsp feta cheese
few cherry tomatoes, optional
- Heat oil in a frying pan on a medium-high heat, crack an egg, season with salt, pepper, then sprinkle with zaatar and fry for a couple of minutes.
- Meanwhile, toast the bread or put it under the grill for a minute.
- Arrange bread on a serving plate, carefully transfer the fried egg on the toast. Top with olives and crumbled feta.
- Serve immediately with fresh cherry tomatoes. Sprinkle with extra zaatar, if you like.
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Very nice spiced egg.
Thank you so much for the attention! I know it’s very simple dish, but I tried to show the way how I enjoy it😊
Yummy – I am having a ‘egg craze’ at the moment – I was up at 8 too, to go to the market and take photos of the crazy coloured vegetables that I have just posted – Happy Sunday x
Thank you, Linda! I wish I also had vegetable market near me! 😀
P.S. – love your funky blue plate
What a delicious way to start your day
And what do you love for breakfast, Julie?
Steel cut oatmeal with toasted pecans, raisins and almond milk! I can eat it every day. I make about 4 servings at a time so I have it all week
I absolutely love zaatar, I had never thought to put it on top of a fried egg! I will definitely be making this for brunch! Also just out of curiosity what does wurzel taste like? Is it similar to sourdough bread?
For me, wurzel tastes similar to sourdough bread. It contains whole wheat flour, so it has a grey-ish color.. 🙂 Actually, you can use any bread you like.
And you definitely will love zaatar on eggs! 🙂
Love zaatar and eggs together, this looks delicious. Beautiful photos!
Thanks a lot! 🙂 You should try it.
I just looked up how to make zaatar at home, sounds amazing! I made a quiche Sunday morning and I’m sure this would be amazing on the next one.
I wrote here (in the recipe section) how I mixed zaatar, the simple option)) You may try:
https://milkandbun.com/2014/07/16/middle-eastern-salmon-steaks/
I love quiches too! 🙂
What a perfect breakfast. Zaatar makes everything taste better. Great photos. I used to be a late riser on weekends and I still am, but we’re talking 9ish now instead of noon-ish 🙂
I’m trying to get up before noon on weekends, but sometimes it’s totally impossible 😀 Especially after watching various movies till 2-3am
You have to love the versatility of zaatar. This looks very yummy 🙂
Thank you! 🙂
I completely agree: za’atar with EVERYTHING!
Yay! Thanks for stopping by and commenting, Elaine! 🙂
Delicious! My breakfast tomorrow! 😀 Thanks for sharing!
That’s great!😀👍
NOw that looks like my kind of Sunday breakfast! Fried egg and zaatar = Perfection 😀
Thanks a lot! Glad you visited me 🙂
Yummy!!! This looks awesome, I love a good brunch 🙂
Thanks a lot! Zaatar gives a nice touch, and common eggs turn into something new and tasty! 😉 Enjoy!
Looks tasty and so true, zaatar goes with so many things!
Thanks Caroline! Zaatar is truly amazing spice-mixture!
I also love Zaatar and hadn’t thought to use it in combination with eggs. Thank you for the suggestion, I’m going to try it.
Awesome! So glad that it was a helpful tip for you, Liz!
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Yum! Great picture:)
Thanks