Holi holi holi-day!

We had a lovely 'holi', a mix of too much if you ask me but then who's complaining?! The day started with Ally's constant pestering for ice cream, for her summer starts on Holi and she hasnt had ice cream since October...sooooo! we headed out for the Holi mess with a feeble promise to keep it dry, I had a beer and Ally got drenched! soooo! Got home grossly purple to a freezer full of cornetto's and chocbars, bathed and tucked into them with a vengeance! This was all before noon by the way! Meet up with friends in pre party mode for a breezer and realized, there was no lunch in the house...none! with a friend over, this was getting tough... she suggested a Donna Hay recipe with bacon, eggs and stuff..baked! Ok so that's all I had anyway, we kept it simple and it turned out superb, light but flavoursome, lovely holi-day lunch!

you need 4 ramekins if you're serving 4:

Eggs                               4
Bacon                             8 rashers
Parmesan                        4 tbsp, grated
Parsley                             to sprinkle
Salt & Pepper
*Optional: dash of vinegar or tabasco

Line the ramekins with two streaky bacon rashers at the bottom. break an egg in each ramekin, be careful to keep the yolks intact. top with parmesan, parsley, seasonings and you're done. bake in a pre heated oven, on 200 C for 6-8 minutes, if you like the yolk soft, if you want the top browned like in the  picture then stick with a full 8!

I served this with a cold crostini of leftover garlic loaves sliced and topped with dollops of 'thoum' my favourite garlic dressing/dip and honey caramelized red onion slices. The sweet, salt and tang (tabasco) balance was amazing. the weird thing is 2 ramekins had tabasco and I dont know which of us got those, I know I got one but I wonder if Ally got the other...must ask her! This kid will eat only yummy spicy stuff...other spicy stuff is well...just spicy and nothing more she says!