A simple breakfast that keeps you full and is a definite treat. I like to spend a little extra time on breakfast over the weekends; I don’t want to eat the same old yogurt or cereal all the time. I like to wake up on a saturday morning and spend that lie-in time dozing and plotting breakfast. Today, I came up with this savoury dish: poached eggs on potato cakes.

Try adding avocado with chili to this dish for a spicy breakfast.

I started by mashing some leftover new potatoes (you can easily use leftover regular mash, but this is what I had), then I mixed the mash with some grated cheddar and some grated red onion; you could use chopped chives instead of the onion, it would look nicer and be quicker. Add some salt and pepper and enough beaten egg to bind it together, and you’re ready to start frying. Heat a nonstick frying pan and add a blob of butter; once the butter is frothing and melted, spoon dollops of the potato mix into the pan and flatten with the back of a spoon. When it is golden brown on one side, flip it over and cook the other side. Then you’re done.

Top with poached eggs for a comforting, savoury, filling breakfast that just screams “weekend!”: you get started on the mash, I’ll go make another pot of coffee…