I consider myself a mild mannered person. I’m not particularly confrontational. It takes a lot to truly make me angry.
Today, however, I felt rage. I wanted to hurt something. Particularly my computer. And my blog’s server.
Two things and then I’ll be done complaining, I promise:
- Why do computers nowadays seem to have a one-year lifespan? I have taken good care of my laptop. I use it to blog, check emails, research things on the internet and that’s it. I’ve never downloaded anything shady or installed any odd programs. I’ve been a kind and gentle owner.
- Transferring a blog to a new server is stressful. I feel awful about the lag-time on my blog and sincerely apologize for the slow loading of the site and timing out of pages and comments. I am hoping this transfer eliminates all of these issues.
And now that the two big issues that took over my afternoon have been adequately addressed (I spent nearly 90 minutes on the phone with Dell “support!”), let’s move on!
Dinner
I was feeling a little drained after computer problems took over my life this afternoon and knew I wanted something easy and comforting for dinner.
Over the weekend I nabbed a Boboli pizza crust from the grocery store and decided to use it to create a unique pizza for dinner.
I brushed the crust with olive oil before topping it with chopped spinach, artichoke hearts, mozzarella cheese, chopped roasted asparagus, green onions and… eggs!
I received a coupon for a free carton of Eggland’s Best eggs through the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program and wanted to use them in a creative way (not that my usual favorite dippy eggs aren’t delicious) and figured using the eggs as a pizza topping would be a neat addition to the pie!
In a recent issue of either Shape or SELF magazine (I can’t remember which one – Ah!) I saw a recipe for a pizza topped with eggs and thought it seemed like such a neat idea. I clipped the article and used it as a guideline for how to make my version of the eggy pizza. I simply cracked the eggs overtop all of the toppings and slid the pizza into the oven and let it bake for eight minutes.
It worked like a charm!
The pieces of pizza with the runny yolks were the best.
My brain is already working on a recipe for a breakfast pizza topped with hash browns, Canadian bacon, sautéed onions and dippy eggs. Yum!
Time to relax with my little family. Hoping to hop into bed early tonight!
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I’m a little bit obsessed with your blog. In fact, I cannot stop reading it!!! Now I need to go to bed, but there are SO MANY MORE POSTS I NEED TO READ. Why do you have to be so entertaining, Julie?? 😉 I love your emphasis on health, not weight, throughout all your posts; I always want to be thinner and thinner but hope I can start thinking more like you; and btw, you are absolutely stunning.
thank you so much for such a kind comment, emily!
whoa- what a great idea! i can’t really imagine what this tastes like, but i love eggs. i definitely want to give it a try!
I actually read that issue of Shape while I was working out at the gym a few days ago, and stole it (shh!) for the same reason you clipped the recipe: egg pizza is amazing! I’ve enjoyed it several times in Europe (it’s on most menus there!), but never thought to make it at home. I’m so glad to hear the healthier version is tasty!
Sadie reminds me of Cole, except he’s on the prowl for squirrels! We can’t even say the word squirrel, he’ll sprint outside and run back and forth on “squirrel patrol” 😉
What a fantastic idea!!! I was totally on a pizza kick during finals; I think I’ll have to bring it back into my life here pretty soon! Favorite pizza combo: sundried tomatoes, basil, spinach, garlic, tomato sauce. YUM-TASTIC 🙂
i’m with you on computer rage! sorry you got sucked into the black hole of tech support, umm, why do they feel it necessary to keep you on hold forever and then transfer you to another person where you have to explain the whole situation again?! and the lifespan of laptops is what really gets me too. hopefully you’ve got it squared away and put another headache on hold for a long time.
moving on to the more fun stuff, that pizza looks amazing and i would have never thought of a pizza/egg combo but i love it! i like my eggs sunnyside up and runny yolks so that is right up my alley. can’t wait to see what you come up with for a breakfast pizza!
Love the pic of Sadie My golden is like that with bunny rabbits!!
Your pizza looks exactly like the one in the pic! Amazing! Sorry abut the computer issues, they can be so annoying!
You should get a mac:) just saying they are pretty awesome and ill never go back to a pc:)
As a kid we would always have boboli crusts and make your own pizza night:) Now the boyfriend and i will get dough and make pizzas:)
Egg-topped pizzas are the best! I always buy Egglands Best eggs. I’ve heard they are healthier than normal eggs, but I have to admit the only reason I buy them is because of the little stamp. So cute! 😛
I’ve been wanting to try eggs on pizza ever since I saw them show up on Meghann’s blog, but I’m too chicken (no pun intended!) to try it! I just feel like I’m somehow going to mess it up. Maybe I’ll give that breakfast pizza a go; that sounds awesome!
Wow! I’ve never heard of eggs on pizza but it looks really good.
Oh computer problems are the worst! I am so Julie!!
Oops…I meant sorry!
Computer problems are the worst. Mainly because it’s usually not your fault. I mean some people get viruses, but they actually make computers now so that they break in a certain span of time. It’s how they get your money! I took a class on it once, it was depressing
I love pizza, and I love eggs even more… this looks amazing Julie! Great find 🙂 P.s. my dippy eggs never look as good as yours… I’m thinking you must have a special talent!
Computers are so frustrating sometimes! I used to have so many problems with my PC and then I finally made the switch to a MAC. Let me tell you, I will NEVER go back to a PC again. I love my mac. It makes using a computer so much easier! You should consider it. 🙂
I’ve always wanted to try eggs on pizza! Your pizza looks great! I definitely am going to try this!
I had a Dell laptop through college and I had to replace my hard drive 3 times. Plus, the internal battery died and it had to be plugged in at all times (pretty annoying when the point of a laptop is to NOT have to be plugged in!) and I accidentally kicked the plug out while writing my senior thesis — goodbye pages and pages of hard work!
Anyways, I feel your pain — I wasted hours and hours dealing with Dell tech support, and finally just switched to a MacBookPro post-graduation. I know you love the blogging software for PCs, but I would think Apple has some great software too.
ps, your blog is running much better today! 🙂
That pizza looks great!
I love that we get more pictures of your “boss” now that you are home more! 🙂
1. Breakfast pizza is one of the best forms of pizza, a close third after #2: fruit pizza and #1: Girodano’s Pizza, which is in a class all its own.
2. Get a Mac. Seriously. Mine is a month away from being three years old, and I haven’t had any major problems with it (*knocks on wood!*).
That pizza looks amazing and I’m absolutely following your lead on breakfast pizza!
Julie, you neeeeed to get a Mac! Once you go Mac you never go back! They are the best computers…dells are probably the worst :/
I’m a PC girl for life, but sometimes computers just seem to be PMSy. Pain in the butt!
Man, I gotta make a taco pizza sometime soon. Refried beans, shredded lettuce, olives, tomato, cheese, like a taco salad on the crust. Mmmm I have no idea why this pizza recipe reminded me of that, but yum!
That pizza looks fantastic! I’ve never tried eggy pizza, but I did try a crepe once that was finished off with an egg on top. It was quite delicious, so I think i’ll like that pizza 🙂
OMG love this! I’ve recently started doing egg pizzas, too. I had it at a restaurant in San Francisco and it just looked so pretty and tasted so yummy. I’ve posted about this twice actually 🙂
Loving the idea for a breakfast one! Can’t wait to see it.
Sadie is the cutest dog ever! I’m slightly obsessed with her hah! Also- definitely on team Mac!! I got mine back in ’08 and have used it daily since for everything from entertainment to Word processing. It got me through my Master’s program and three years later is still going strong. Getting Windows programs to run on mac is easy peasy. It is really surprisingly easy to learn and has so many more cool features than any windows run machine. Love Mac. Love him.
Smitten Kitchen has one on her site – I’ve been dying to make it. You’ve got me craving eggs for dinner tonight now!
http://smittenkitchen.com/2010/03/breakfast-pizza/