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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast & Brunch

    Bird in a Nest • Toad in a Hole

    January 9, 2015 • Updated: June 28, 2021 • by Renée • This post may contain affiliate links.

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    By conservative estimates, I've probably made at least 5000 grilled cheese sandwiches in my three or so decades as a mom, and at least a quarter that many Toad's in a Hole. This mashup of the two is brilliant! 

    Bird in a Nest | The Good Hearted Woman

    I found this idea in the Portlandia cookbook, and ran with it. (Thanks, Old Portland. We miss you.) 

    While in some far-off places, a Toad-in-a-Hole may involve sausages and such, here in Oregon the term most often refers to an egg fried inside a piece of toast that has had a hole cut out the middle of it.

    Bird in a Nest | The Good Hearted Woman

    Bird in a {Grilled Cheese} Nest

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    Author: Renee

    Ingredients

    • 4 slices sandwich bread
    • 2 tablespoons softened butter
    • 2 ounces thinly sliced cheese Suggestions: Tillamook Medium Cheddar, Gouda, Jarlsberg
    • 2 large eggs

    Instructions

    • (This first part is just like making a standard grilled cheese sandwich.) Layer sliced cheese between two pieces of bread. Generously butter the outside of each piece of bread. In a medium non-stick skillet over medium-low heat, grill sandwiches on one side until golden brown.
    • Remove the half-cook sandwiches onto a plate or cutting board. Using a round biscuit-cutter or the rim of a drinking glass, cut a hole out of the middle of the sandwich.
    • Flip everything over and put it back into the pan, including the sandwich middles.
    • Crack an egg into each sandwich hole. Continue to grill until sandwiches are golden brown and eggs are done to your liking.
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    Renée is writer, music maker, artist, and storyteller. In her spare time, you can find her writing love songs about cowboys, exploring the moss-covered nooks and crannies of the Pacific Northwest, and making music with her talented singer-husband.

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    Comments

    1. Bea says

      January 10, 2015 at 1:36 pm

      What a genius idea!!! Love it…Thank you for sharing. Oh, and I will have to take a look at the Portlandia Cookbook.

      Reply
    2. Louise says

      January 09, 2015 at 7:33 pm

      If I wasn't literally stuffing my face scooping hummus with warm out of the oven Jalapeño bread right now, I would most definitely be making this ingenious "toad in the hole."

      Thanks for sharing, Renée, I think:)

      Reply
    3. Lisa says

      January 09, 2015 at 5:59 pm

      Love the idea of making it into a sandwich with cheese, genius!

      Reply
    4. Gail says

      January 09, 2015 at 5:28 pm

      OMG... Yes!

      Reply
    5. Nicole @ Or Whatever You Do says

      January 09, 2015 at 1:57 pm

      Oh gosh this looks great!! You just figured out the only way to possibly make a grilled cheese better. YUM. Know what I want? Bacon cooked into that grilled cheese toad in a hole. PERFECT breakfast!

      Reply
      • Renée ♥ says

        January 09, 2015 at 2:00 pm

        Bacon! Brilliant!

        Reply
    6. Kayla Whittington says

      January 09, 2015 at 1:44 pm

      um...YUM!

      Reply
    7. Tracy says

      January 09, 2015 at 1:35 pm

      5000 is lot of sandwiches! 🙂 What a great idea, especially for kiddos. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
    8. Kristi says

      January 09, 2015 at 11:41 am

      ha! That is a brilliant idea! I feel the same way: why didn't I think of that?

      Reply
    9. Rachel says

      January 09, 2015 at 11:11 am

      OMGOSH! I love this. I've seen so many variations of this recipe over the years. I always want to try new ones to see if they are better ha! I think this may happen over the weekend!

      Reply
    10. Marlynn [UrbanBlissLife] says

      January 09, 2015 at 10:55 am

      I love making these!! Mine are always simple as well. Sadly, I am the only one in my family who likes them, so I usually just make them on weekdays when it's just me working from home. I can't wait to be able to have bread again so that I can make one. Yours looks SO yummy, I want to eat the screen!

      Reply
    11. Emily says

      January 09, 2015 at 10:05 am

      Grilled cheese was our family obsession last week for food. Must be the weather, nothing better than crispy grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup!

      Reply
      • Renée ♥ says

        January 09, 2015 at 10:44 am

        Grilled cheese and tomato soup is a staple meal at our house. My youngest is celebrating her birthday this weekend. Her requested birthday dinner? Tillamook Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup. (If only all my kids were this easy.) She is topping it off with Marionberry Cobbler in place of birthday cake - a true Oregonian is ever there was one.

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    12. Brittany Sierra says

      January 09, 2015 at 9:07 am

      OMG YUM! I'm making this over the weekend!
      Gosh, looks so good! Thanks for the recipe!
      xxb

      Reply
    13. Pech says

      January 09, 2015 at 8:42 am

      Yum, this looks like something I want to eat RIGHT NOW for breakfast, lunch or dinner!!

      Reply
    14. Melinda says

      January 09, 2015 at 8:38 am

      What a great idea! I may try this one!

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