Bacon & Kale Sheet-Pan Eggs

Sheet pan eggs are eggs that have been baked in the oven instead of being cooked in a pan, allowing multiple eggs to be cooked at the same time, depending on the size of the tray. This easy dish can be topped with anything one desires to add, like bacon and kale, salt and pepper, and any veggies one desires. It can be considered a meal for a large number of guests or be prepared as meal prep for the week—just cut off one square for each day.

Bacon has a long and interesting history, with salted pork belly first appearing in China. Methods of curing pork spread throughout the Roman empire, and many at the time cooked with bacon fat too. The story goes that during the 12th century a church in England’s Great Dunmow promised a side of bacon to any married man who could sweat before god that he hadn't fought with his wife for a year and a day. Any man who could ‘bring home the bacon’ was regarded highly by the community.

After Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto brought pigs to the Americas, locals fell in love with pork. Today, America, and the world, is in love with the item, as evident from the several memes online among many other things.

So the next time you’ve got an excess of eggs at home or feel like preparing a quick, easy dish that offers several servings, remember the Bacon and Kale Sheet-Pan Eggs.