over easy...

ain't so easy!!

yesterday morning (sunday).. ahh.. my one day to sleep in a little more and wake up leisurely and cook a yummy breakfast. simple pleasures. i thought it would be nice to have some french toast and i wanted to learn how to make fried eggs over easy.

attempt #1 - not so good

attempt #2 - yay!! :D

if you're inexperienced at the over easy egg and wanna give it a try i suggest a really slick pan. grease it well with some PAM or butta and then when the egg is ready use a nice swift smooth motion to flip the egg. and try it over the sink. i don't think my first attempt would have been very nice in the gas burner

now for the french toast. i mix a little bit of unsweetened almond milk (i purchased the 'original' by mistake and will get the 'vanilla' next time) in with an egg and whisk it up a little with a fork

take your bread of choice (mine is currently sara lee 45 calorie whole grain) and soak it in the egg/milk mixture and put it in a sprayed pan

when it's ready give it a little flip. i love the sound and aroma of it sizzling in the pan and getting a beautiful golden crisp

go ahead and make one more and then drizzle with a sugar free syrup. this was a few hours before i purchased the nature's hollow sugar free maple so i used my aunt's sugar free syrup. i'm anxious to try with the nature's hollow. it is much thinner than regular syrup and i do miss true real thick maple syrup, but this was just as delicious and i really enjoyed it. the S/C value for this is 0/1. it may be 0/2 however with the nature's hollow syrup because it does have a few carbs in it. still.. a great count for two slices of french toast along with an egg. you can even have bacon for 0/0 along with this as well if you would like.

for my mother...

i've been saying i am going to post this because i've been telling my mother about it and promising i'd post.

this is actually in jorge's book and is becoming one of my favorites.

fage (greek yogurt) with a strawberry banana swirl. what i have done is put 1/2 cup portions in these little plastic containers so that when i'm running out of the house in the morning or need a quick snack to grab they are already measured out and ready to take. they do sell them in single serving sizes, but it is a little cheaper in the larger container and i like the additional room in my own containers to add things to mine.

i start out with the yogurt and since it is a bit flavorless i tried adding a packet of truvia. i think i'll do this next time as well.

 

then i measure them out into these nifty little cups. and this is the magic ingredient!!

Barlean's Organic Oils Omega Swirl Flax Oil in strawberry banana.

i wait until I'm ready to eat it and then i get to the center of the yogurt with my spoon and squirt about a tablespoon in the center and then push the top layer of yogurt back and then squirt about another tablespoon on top. i noticed that if i squirt it all on top and then mix it all up the great flavor of this gets lost in the yogurt.

so, don't swirl!!

i stopped at the vitamin shoppe last week looking for some protein powder and found they had these. i had previously purchased mine at vitamin world which is a tiny natural food store in san dimas. they are a little pricy, but i believe worth the price. you're getting two tablespoons of flax oil and you don't have to take it in a capsule or down a disgusting spoonful of it. i was nervous to spend so much on this because i thought it would be disgusting and have a strange flavor, but it's actually really delicious and doesn't have any funky aftertaste at all. this is definitely one of my favorites and i can't wait to try the other flavors as well.

if you're looking for other ways to make your plain yogurt yummy you can also get some almond ezekeiel cereal and sprinkle a little on top for a little added crunch. i have uncle sam so i may try that the next time also since i really need the added fiber. i have also heard you can sprinkle a little truvia and cinnamon and i'm thinking maybe even a little vanilla or almond extract may be nice although i'm not sure if there's sugar in that or not. anyone?? i'll have to look into it because there's no nutritional information on mine. also, from time to time these little tidbits are yummy as well though they do have quite a bit of sugar so be careful!! i love these gogi berries and cacao nibs. they are a bit expensive, but they last a long time. sometimes i even mix them in with a tiny baggy of pecans or almonds as a snack.

and for a really tasty treat. if you have an ice cream maker!! this is the one i have... and LOOOOVE

Cuisinart ICE-20 Automatic 1-1/2-Quart Ice-Cream Maker, White

you can mix up your sweener of choice with the yogurt and then throw it in here. the reason i LOVE this one so much is that you don't need ice or special salts. you freeze the inner portion in the freezer and then when you're ready to use it you just turn it on and pour your mixture in. that's it! in about 20 minutes you have delicious homemade ice cream. one mistake i made once though is i used an ice cream mixture that needed to be heated over the stove. i didn't take into consideration that i should have made sure to get the mixture cool before i put it in the machine. so the heated mixture heated up the machine too much and i had soupy ice cream. so, make sure whatever you are putting in is cool or cold first. other than that it is pretty quick and simple and foolproof and you can get as creative as you want with it.

what i have been eating

this week has been my spring break and i've been enjoying long leisure breakfasts. yay! typically i wake up with a few minutes to spare and am running out the door grabbing something to eat on my way to school. this means that this past week i've really been enjoying cooking breakfast.. and well, i love eggs.

let me introduce you to my new favorite omelet:

begin with two eggs in the pan

be sure to have these friends ready to jump in too (oh and the triple washed fresh spinach is from the 99cent store. i heart california)

then get ready to throw in some rich deliciousness.. and you can be generous!!

not ridiculous, but generous.

starting to look yummy! so now i'm thinkin some green would be a nice addition and i love spinach.

really, i do. and green is such a great color.

now comes the tricky part. once it's almost ready try to fold it in half.

oops.. mine didn't quite turn out as beautiful as yesterday.

either way it was still delicious!

and wanna know the best part?

of course it tastes great and fills you up, but..

drum roll please... it's a 0/0 S/C value!!

enjoy your breakfast!