Breakfast isn’t just for breakfast anymore.
For months chefs, cookbook authors and home cooks have been filling my e-mail box with breakfast-for-dinner and brunch recipes.
Just about everyone I know loves eggs, muffins, ham, pancakes, waffles and the hands-down biggest raging food trend ever is wrapped in bacon.
It’s no wonder. Breakfast foods are uber-cheap, lightening fast, salty and rich comfort foods with a note of nostalgia for the days when Mom made a full breakfast for the family every day of the week.
My mom always made pancakes and bacon for dinner when my dad was away on business. My brother and I loved it for lots of reasons, not the least of which was because she skipped the obligatory and much-maligned vegetables on those nights.
These days you can find millions of recipes for quiche, stratas and pastries, in both traditional and modernized with creative twists.
This one from Family Features made me hungry.

HAM, EGG AND CHEESE PIZZA
Non-stick cooking spray
1 3/4 cups buttermilk pancake mix
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/3 cup water
2 tablespoons olive oil
Filling:
3 large eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh dill weed or 1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup shredded Swiss or cheddar cheese
1/3 cup thinly sliced green onion
4 ounces thinly sliced deli-styled baked ham, coarsely chopped
Fresh dill sprigs (optional)
For crust:
1. Heat oven to 425 degrees. Coat 12-inch pizza pan with no-stick cooking spray. Combine pancake mix, Parmesan cheese, dry mustard and onion powder in medium bowl, stirring until blended. Stir in water and olive oil until dough forms.
2. Press dough onto bottom of prepared pan to form a crust, building up outside edge to form a rim. Bake 7 minutes.
For filling:
1. Whisk eggs, sour cream, Dijon mustard, dill and salt in medium bowl. Stir in cheese and green onions. Pour over hot crust, spreading evenly. Toss ham to separate pieces. Sprinkle evenly over egg mixture. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until egg mixture is set in center.
Cool 5 minutes before cutting. Garnish with fresh dill, if desired.
– Hungry Jack

Pay no attention to those people behind the curtain. They’re just voting.
And from what I’ve heard about turnout, many of them have waited a while in line. Poof! There goes time to make dinner.
Well, how about some heat and eat with a simple spin:
Autumn Spice Ham Steak.

Step one: Vote
Step two: Pick up ingredients: 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, 1 (2 pound) ham steak, 1 red apple, cored and thinly sliced, 1 green apple, cored and thinly sliced, 1/2 cup maple flavored pancake syrup, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Step three: Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Fry the ham on both sides in the butter until browned. Lay the sliced apple over the ham. Pour the syrup over the apples. Reduce heat to medium, and simmer, stirring occasionally until the apples are cooked through.
Step four: Pour a beverage, turn on CNN, and watch the world change before your eyes. Or not.
Just, whatever you do, don’t go hungry. A delicious homemade dinner doesn’t get any easier than this one.