You know when you’re at a diner, and you start thinking to yourself, “Should I be indulgent and get the big ol’ country breakfast plate or be safe and just get like a bowl of fruit or a small stack of pancakes?” Yeah, that happens to me all the time. The sad news is that I almost never get the big country breakfast, and believe me, I’d love to. Sometimes you have to be a logical thinking person though, and consider all of the doughnuts and cookies and fries you’ve already eaten in the week, so you decide to be good. What makes country breakfast platters so great anyhow? Could it be the country fried steak slathered in gravy served with eggs and of course let’s not forget about those fluffy flaky buttermilk biscuits? There’s no way that a bowl of fruit could beat that.
These sandwiches are in honor of all those times that we’ve all opted out for the fruit instead. All those times we’ve tearfully made the decision to be good. Sometimes we just need to be bad. So whenever you do have that sudden urge to indulge, I’ll always be here rooting and cheering you on. Today, I’m rooting you on with these Country Breakfast Sandwiches. It’s everything we love in that traditional diner plate, rolled into a nice small package. I’m not going to be crazy and say that these are healthy, because let’s face it, that’s impossible. But I will say that these have two things going for them that make them a little bit better, A). they’re homemade and B). the country fried steak is actually country fried turkey breakfast sausage. I practically feel healthier already.
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It’s time for another installment of 
I don’t know if you’ve noticed by now, but I have a thing for breakfast. I post a lot of breakfast recipes on the blog because it’s actually one of the easiest meals to make. Don’t even get me started with breakfast for dinner. I can get down with that 7 nights a week. For some reason, pancakes just taste better in the evening. Whenever I brainstorm recipe ideas for posts I always try to think of different ways to mash-up two distinct dishes into one, and then I try to fix everything by putting breakfast in the title. If I made this into breakfast, will it work? Most times the answer is yes. Even when you think the answer might be no, something like this 
These are some giant muffins. Like jumbo status muffins. You can’t really tell in the photo but these aren’t your regular standard cupcake sized muffins. These are more like eat one for breakfast and you’ll be good for lunch and dinner type of muffins. Okay, that’s an exaggeration, but you get the picture. I bake them off in a jumbo muffin pan so even though we only end up with six muffins in the end, they are really satisfying so you actually don’t need that many. They’re fill you up muffins that will get you ready for the day, making it more productive for you. Plus did I mention that they are made up of homemade cornbread batter studded with bacon, cheese, scallions, jalapeños with an egg in the middle? You can’t really go wrong with any of those ingredients. 
Upside Down Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. They’re required on days like these when we have to overcome so many obstacles, and I’m just talking about Mondays, really. So if the start of the week is getting you down, like it is me, the only valid solution I see for us at the moment is to make a batch of these no-fuss little cakes for the week. Eat them for breakfast, or a mid-afternoon snack, or even for dessert. It’s crucial to have them on hand so that you can reach for a muffin whenever you’re feeling frustrated, sad, tired or feel like the start of the work week is just swallowing you whole. I can understand that completely. So I say, take it slowly and remember that there’s only so much you can do. I got you covered with these muffins, so have no fear. 
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