As I was preparing my breakfast this morning, it occurred to me that certain famous fitness people would not approve.
Tag: eggs
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I Love Breakfast
I’m one of those must-eat-breakfast people. I’m also up before everyone so breakfast is one of my best times to try new things without concern about whether anyone else will like it.
I made another batch of whole wheat hamburger buns the other night. I shaped them in several different shapes to see how they came out. The next morning I grabbed the largest one and sliced it open. It was begging me to fill it with bacon.
I was glad to oblige. But of course, bacon tends to be a social creature and has many friends. The thought of some bacon sitting sad and lonely on this delicious bun was more than I could stand. I sliced up some jalapeño jack cheese, scrambled a couple of eggs, fried one little purple potato, and sautéed some onion.
While that was going on I mixed up a little horseradish sauce while it was cooking.
When it was done I threw it all together and got this:
The result was a delicious breakfast sandwich. Definitely coming back for a second round of these.
This article was first published on May 20, 2015 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.
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A Lotta Frittata
We had family over last night. This morning the fridge had quite a few bowls with stuff from build your own salads. There were chopped tomatoes, chopped onions, olives, and some sliced portabella mushrooms not used the other night.
When I saw them I thought about a conversation the wife and I had the other day regarding the difference between frittatas, quiche, and souffles. My search for the answers led me to erinnudi.com which sounded reasonable enough to me. So, with the cast iron pan on the oven waiting for something to be done with it I started yanking out the leftovers. I left the dairy products out as I have never made an actual frittata in my life.
I tossed a little butter in it and as soon as it was melted the mushrooms and onions went in with a pinch of salt and pepper. When they were ready I put in some olives and poured in eggs with shredded cheddar cheese scrambled into them. I let them cook a while, sprinkled the tomato and a little more cheese on top and popped it into the oven for five minutes at 500° till they started to just turn brown.
Put a piece on a plate. It was a little bit thin but the taste was delicious! A good way to make use of what’s on hand and still enjoy a great start to the day. My apologies for the crummy phone pic.
This article was first published on March 8, 2015 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.
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Quick Breakfast
Fried eggs over chili and cheese
Workability is key to any changes in dietary patterns. If you can’t keep up with it or stick to it because it is too difficult, it won’t work.
One way to help make things easy is to take part of one day a week and cook. Use a couple of hours worth of time to make things like chili, roast, or just cook a large quantity of meat seasoned with only salt and pepper. We refer to these as planned-overs.
Planned-overs allow variety and quick meals. The chili above has been eaten alone, in a salad and this morning tasted great with some cheddar cheese and a couple of fried eggs.
The good thing about planned-overs is the base food can be something that requires time to cook but most of it can be unattended, e.g. chili simmers in a pot, roast… well, it roasts. It does require some time but not a huge amount and the payoffs are worth it.
This article was first published on December 23, 2014 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.
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Chicken Jalapeño Scramble
Need a quick, affordable breakfast? Try this one on for size. A word of caution, you better be hungry.
Slice up a couple of jalapeño peppers, half an onion, and toss them into a skillet with some butter to sauté. While that’s going on, I cracked two eggs into a bowl and beat them well. I prefer to add about a tablespoon of heavy cream to my eggs, but that is not necessary.
Next, pour your eggs into the skillet. Grate some cheese of your choice, I used a mix of Colby Jack & Pepper Jack. Put a bit of the cheese into the eggs and set the rest aside. Give the eggs a quick stir.
The little wife picked up a package of chicken at the store pretty cheap. OK, real cheap. I took one of those that was already cooked, diced it up, and in it went. The whole thing took about twenty minutes and cost less than the price of a fast food breakfast. It tasted better too.
This article was first published on October 14, 2014 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.
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Fast Food “Eggs”
Let’s consider “fast food” and home-cooked food for a minute. Eggs are (or should be) a staple food of low carb & real food diets. They are often considered a perfect food for their nutrition profiles. One would think in a pinch, ordering eggs at a restaurant would be safe.
For starters, when I consider what the two look like a minute or two before they land on my plate, I certainly prefer the ones made at home.
Home McDonalds 
I realize that the whole out-of-sight out-of-mind applies here as well as anywhere else. So even if the distinctly less-appetizing look of those eggs doesn’t make you want to never eat them again, check out the differences in the ingredients between eggs cooked at home and eggs reheated elsewhere.
The cream in the homemade eggs is an option of course. It makes eggs smoother and more appetizing to one of the kids. Even with it…. well, here are the ingredient lists compared using McDonalds own information.
Ingredient # Homemade McDonalds 1 eggs eggs with sodium acid pyrophosphate 2 cream Citric Acid and Monosodium Phosphate 3 Nisin Preparation 4 Liquid Soybean Oil 5 Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil 6 Hydrogenated Soybean Oil 7 Water 8 Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil 9 Salt 10 Soy Lecithin 11 mono and diglycerides 12 Sodium Benzoate 13 Potassium Sorbate 14 Artificial Flavor 15 Citric Acid 16 Vitamin A Palmitate 17 Beta Carotene cura ut valeas
This article was first published on October 7, 2014 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.
