Nigella Lawson – The Sexiest Woman Alive’s Bacon & Tomato Hash

The other day I caught Nigella Feasts on the Food Network.

I was familiar with Nigella, having owned a couple of her cookbooks (I used to regularly make her Fairy Cakes for my daughters and they still talk about them), but haven’t seen her on the telly in awhile.

First off, Nigella has to be the sexiest woman around today. She’s got that gorgeous face and smile and hair and wonderfully padded curves. But most of all she’s got a witty, intimate sense of humor that makes you feel like she’s talking directly to you and that sensual style of talking about the food she’s preparing.

I think I’m in love.

Anyway I was so impressed with the show, which featured all breakfast foods (my favorite meal), that I looked up the recipes on the Food Network site.

Earlier this week I found an about-to-expire container of cottage cheese in the fridge and made her cheesecakelets (what Nigella refers to as “cheesecake pancakes”). I topped them with a mix of strawberries, raspberries and blueberries.

Just as Nigella promised, they were divine.

Today, when I awoke to a day of rainy, thundery gloom requiring that all the lights in the house be on, I decided to try out Nigella’s Bacon and Tomato Hash for lunch. I thought I’d also try her favorite way to eat an egg – soft-boiled for exactly four minutes (when she dunked her bread in the gooey yellow I almost melted).

Well? Take a look. I used grape tomatoes, applewood smoked bacon and a bit of olive oil mixed with crushed garlic because I had no garlic infused olive oil in the house. I thought about using cream of balsamic instead of Worcestershire, but decided to play by the rules this time.

My verdict?

The bacon and tomato hash is fabulous. I will make it again (and I think I’ll try substituting a dash of cream of balsamic for the Worcestershire).

Can you believe I’ve never eaten a soft-boiled egg? I wasn’t crazy about it. Actually I think I’d love the bacon and tomato hash topped with a couple of over-medium fried eggs or poached eggs. Yeah, that’s the ticket.