The New Eggs Benedict: All Our Breakfast Dreams Have Come True

We love Eggs Benedict. We love hollandaise sauce. And we want them all. the. time. We're all about balance here at The Chalkboard, but sometimes we find ourselves wishing there was a way to indulge in this fan favorite every morning without, you know, consuming a full day's worth of butter in the process. Having worked with the one and only Jamie Oliver on food styling, Anna Jones knows a thing or two about changing around unhealthy habits for the better (haven't heard of Jamie's Food Revolution? Read more from back when he was TCM Guest Editor). This writer and cook has officially answered all our breakfast prayers with this recipe for what she calls "The New Eggs Benedict," from her cookbook A Modern Way to Eat. A Modern Way To Eat is filled with vegetarian recipes for how we want to eat in today's world - healthy, satisfying, and accessible with the slightest edge of coolness. A great example? The hollandaise sauce in this recipe has two secret, too-good-to-be-true ingredients: cashews and avocados. Pinch us, we think we're dreaming. I’m not sure I know anyone who doesn’t like Eggs Benedict in all its rich hollandaise glory. This is how I make mine. Roasted slices of sweet potato step in for English muffins, and avocado and cashews blend up creamily in seconds with a bit of tarragon to make a killer super-light hollandaise, creamy but not too rich. The caramelized onions and spinach sandwich it all together. I like to make my hollandaise this way, as I find a butter-laden sauce too much of a treat with which to start the day (delicious though it is). To get a creamy sauce I soak my cashew nuts in water overnight, but, if you forget, half an hour’s soaking will do. For this recipe, you need to get your hands on large sweet potatoes so that they are wide enough to sit the poached egg on top. Other ways to use your healthy hollandaise sauce: Spooned over grilled asparagus, on top of a green spring risotto, next to a simple poached egg on toast, or in sandwiches in place of mayonnaise!

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