This snack serves 1 and is good for a weekday breakfast – with the protein from the eggs you won't be hungry until at least 10 a.m. It takes 3 minutes to prepare if you already have boiled eggs on hand.

Ingredientsmashed eggs on toast

  • 2 slices of thick toasting loaf (aka white death – a term coined by my sister)
  • 2 hard boiled eggs, peeled
  • 2 tsps good-quality mayonnaise
  • a dash of tamari or soy sauce
  • a dash of balsamic vinegar
  • 1/4 tsp French mustard
  • 1/4 tsp paprika
  • a sprinkle of brown sugar
  • salt to taste, if you need it
  • a few sprigs of finely chopped flat-leaf parsley

How it's done

  1. Mix it: Mash hard boiled eggs with mayonnaise in a bowl. Stir in the remaining ingredients, minus the parsley, then mash a little more. Stir in the parsley.
  2. Serve it: Toast the bread, then heap the egg mixture on top of it. Serve with a strong cup of Darjeeling tea, in that favourite mug you secreted when last at your Dad’s house.