2nd Annual Running 2 Rescue, and Free Eggs and Bacon

This past weekend was Trinity Church's Second Annual Running 2 Rescue, it was AMAZING! This year they held it on the TTU Campus and a whole hour earlier so it wasn't crazy hot (Hello, it's June in Texas!). The turnout was a huge success and we beat the amount we raised last year! All the proceeds go to fight human trafficking, to save girls who have been sold into sex slavery in America and beyond. Fight for freedom! So as un-pretty as race pictures can be here are a few.

Above is a picture of pretty much our whole team. We thought we were being ingenious by wearing hot yellow team shirts... Apparently it was THE shirt color to wear!

The girls from our LG that were on the team (Ashley was busy running the whole show and wasn't present in the picture).

A before picture of me and my wonderfully amazing husband!

This is us holding hands as we run across the finish line together, I know you can't see our hands but just trust me :-) 

The ever so beautiful after picture! We did a run/walk for the 5K since we're breaking our legs into our Five Fingers, so we were slow coming in at 42:19 but it was worth it because we were sore enough from that.

Since then I've had a very busy week, working a lot on data and statistical coding, the joys of grad school. Speaking of grad school I will take just about any free food that is thrown my way, some of which were eggs and bacon. I had 4 packages of bacon and a rack of 30 eggs! So I decided to re-make my eggs in a bacon basket thing that I have made in the past. Unfortunately I didn't blog about it so I didn't have my comments to refer back to (I may be in grad school but I have the memory of a doorknob!). Hence the double post! So here are my semi-beautiful egg baskets with what I did do and what I would do differently for the next time I get a ton of free eggs.

A few things to mention first:

1. I made these so that I can freeze them and then microwave them right before putting them on toast or an english muffin.
2. My oven temperature notoriously runs hot (about 25°F) so if by chance you decide to follow my instructions yours might take a bit longer.

Alright, on to making these money-saving beauties!

• I cooked the bacon so that it was NOT crispy, just a slight cook to get most of the grease out, then let it drip on a paper towel.
• Preheat your oven to 350°F
• Spray the muffin tin(s) well with some Pam
• Here I used the bacon and wrapped it around the outside, I forgot that if you cut it in half and put it in the bottom in the shape of an X it stays better. You can see that my eggs kinda pushed the bacon towards the center. Plus then you can get a bite of bacon with almost every bite.
• One by one I crack an egg into a small bowl (to make sure that it's still good) and then gently pour it into the bacon ring, or on top of the bacon X. Be very careful to not break the yolk. 
• On a side note if you want you can also scramble the eggs and add a touch of water to make them fluffy.
• Season the eggs with anything you would normally season eggs with. My favorite seasonings are salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. I added paprika to some of them to see if I like that!

Here you can see that I happened to have a twosie in one of my eggs!

• Put the muffin pan(s) in the oven for 15-20 minutes, I did exactly 18 minutes. You want it so that when you jiggle the pan(s) the top stops jiggling. But don't go much beyond that because then your yolk will overcook. This allows the egg to finish cooking when we re-heat them in the microwave and ensures that you don't overcook your egg.
• If you are serving these to people right away (no freezing) just let them cook a couple minutes longer. If they will be sitting in a well insulated serving dish while waiting to be served you don't need to cook a few more minutes because the eggs will cook themselves.
• Once the sides are bubbling and the top of the egg stops jiggling pull it out and let cool for 10 minutes.
• You should be able to use a plastic knife to run around the edges, or your fingers to just wiggle it away from the edge of the pan. Put in a ziploc bag and freeze!
• When you are ready to eat them put them in the microwave top side down for 30 seconds, then right-side-up for 30 seconds, place on an english muffin with some cheese and enjoy!