Simple Spanish breakfast

Today is a holiday here in Spain so Jose and I didn´t have to work. We decided to have a lazy morning complete with breakfast in front of the T.V. Breakfast here in Spain tends to be pretty simple, a coffee and toast. They do NOT eat eggs, pancakes, bacon etc. For us, this kind of breakfast is reserved for when we are back home in the U.S. (though sometimes I treat Jose over the weekend). Though the same old coffee and toast might get old, I promise you that it is reallllllly good (if you do it right). 

Here are the simple (and cheap) ingredients:
-Bread
-Olive oil
-A clove of garlic
-Salt
-Tomato
-Turkey, ham or any other kind of lunchmeat (jamon here is the best but most expensive)

All you do is toast your bread and then scrape the garlic clove over it so you get a good taste/smell. Next pour some olive oil over the top. I like less than Jose, I think he sometimes drowns his toast it the stuff. We are lucky that Jose´s family works at an olive oil cooperative so we usually get it for free. I recommend spending a bit more in the U.S. to make sure you are getting quality olive oil. A little bit goes a long way. Check the label to make sure that the olives used are all coming from the same place. If not and it says from Italian, Spanish, Greek etc origen you can be sure that these are all the yucky olives that the producers didn´t want and sold off cheap. Just a little something FYI.

After the olive oil comes the tomato. You can either slice it, chop it, smash it up with more olive oil and garlic, the possibilities are endless. I prefer that it be a puree since it spreads better. Sprinkle a little bit of salt and then but on the lunchmeat. Voila! Add a coffee and you have a simple Spanish breakfast. Yum!