Eggy Day
Posted: November 23, 2009 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: baked omelete, balsamic vinegar, eggs, pear, salad 12 Comments »Brrrrr! It’s freezing here in Colorado!
I woke up, and warmed myself up with some good ol’ Jillian Michaels. After the butt kicking, I wanted something warm, with staying power.
An egg white baked omelet. In this particular creation: 3 egg whites, 1 handful of frozen (thawed) spinach, 1 shredded carrot. It was yummy, and it served its purpose. It held me over for a while, but as always, I was about to gnaw my arm off when lunchtime rolled around.
I had packed this the night before:
You can’t really tell, but this is an enormous container filled with lettuce, cucumber, and shredded carrot. I also always include some balsamic vinegar in a baggie to add to the salad at lunchtime. The best part of this lunch was the pear that I sliced and threw in the mix. Pear and balsamic…dynamic duo.
I also had this vitatop somewhere during the day. Along with a half a PB/pumpkin butter sandwich that went un-photographed.
I got home and realized we had a ridiculous amount of eggs in our fridge, and we’re leaving town soon, so I looked up a recipe for Eggs Foo Young in one of my favorite cookbooks: More With Less. This was infinitely better than my first attempt at these little guys.
I had to change the recipe based on the ingredients we had on hand, but it was a giant success.
Here are all the little eggy pancakes.
And my portion:
I actually had one more after this plate…
With instructions, Meeker made thickened soy sauce to accompany the eggs. I will post the recipe for both the egg cakes and the sauce here.
I will probably have some sort of dessert after publishing this post. A cookie, maybe? Dates and peanut butter? VitaBrownie? So many possibilities…
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Tomorrow is the last work day of the week! My day is jam packed. I am not exaggerating when I say that we booked our day so full (minor instruction, Thanksgiving feast, crafts, Grandparents Day) that I will not have ONE break. Not even 30 seconds to myself. I imagine I will have to go to the bathroom at some point…but I guess I’ll deal with that when it happens. Until then, I am going to rest-up for the fun day of festivities tomorrow!
Do you celebrate Thanksgiving at your job or in any of your classes?
Smells Like Fall…
Posted: October 14, 2009 Filed under: Breakfast | Tags: cottage cheese, eggs 11 Comments »
Good Morning!
The first thing to go when work gets busy is my intake of protein. It is so much easier and (for me) more satisfying to eat fruit, bread and cookies. So this morning’s breakfast was my best effort at “comforting protein”…
Looks icky – but trust me and Emily, it was dang good.
Cottage cheese and pineapple? Nope. Scrambled eggs and cottage cheese? Yes.
Took about 3 seconds to make, and only a little longer to eat. It’s a win in my book.
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In another news, this morning was my last run before my ½ marathon on Sunday. It was a little sad – and I stretched my 2 miles to 4 miles because I didn’t really want it to end. Plus it smelled like leaves outside and it was glorious. Hope you can stop and smell the leaves sometime today, it is so fall-like and earthy.
Since this post is pretty devoid of pictures, I will make it better with a picture of cute, snuggling kitties…
Clouds and eggs
Posted: August 24, 2009 Filed under: Breakfast | Tags: eggs, toast Leave a comment »I woke up to a cloudy morning, which made for a beautiful sunrise that I watched while walking with Punky. When I got home, I was hungry, hungry, so I had the heel of the bread with some good ole peanut butter on it. Then I headed upstairs to get ready for the day. Clouds always make me sleepy. So do Mondays.
When “real” breakfast came around, I wanted something warm – and an egg sandwich sound like just the right thing
I toasted the bread under the broiler with a bit of pepper jack cheese (just a teensy bit, because of the over-spiciness of last night’s sammy), and then cooked one egg doused in salsa. Then I put the gooey egg between the wonderfully toasted bread.
Yep, I ate it right over the computer. A risky move with eggs and crumbly toast. But I didn’t leave much of a mess, as I ate the entire thing pretty quickly.
The egg was perfect, the salsa added some sweetness and a little kick, and the bread was heaven. I probably could have done without the cheese. It kind of got lost with all the other flavors. Very enjoyable, overall. I will have to recreate this breakfast again soon!
Have a happy Monday, adios until dinner!
Sunday Fun-day
Posted: August 2, 2009 Filed under: Breakfast, leftover lunches | Tags: chicken, church, eggs, peanut butter, salad Leave a comment »We got to sleep in a little this morning, and then jumped out of bed, realizing that we we wanted to go to early church so we could have a nice full day in Boulder.
After feeding the farm (cats, dog)…I made myself 2 eggs and a piece of toast. However, after cooking, I realized I wasn’t that hungry so I gave some to Meeker. This is what my plate ended up looking like.
I ate most of the toast on the right with the PB on it. The half of the toast under the egg was mostly for “sopping” purposes…soak up the yolk. It was a good breakfast but I was super full afterwards and kind of wished I didn’t have so much.
But, the hunger was back after church, so we came home for another breakfast (or I guess, brunch). I used the leftover chicken from my salad at dinner last night to make another yum-yum salad.
Are you sick of looking at pictures of salads? (too bad…I am so not sick of eating them.) This one was particularly good. I had the chicken from last night’s salad that still had some ceasar dressing on it, and then I added my own lettuce with some vinegarette dressing…the combo was delish.
With that, we are off to Boulder…land of the beautiful scenery and good restaurants. Adios and vaya con Dios.
BLD
Posted: July 29, 2009 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: collard greens, eggs, garlic, huevos rancheros, peanut butter, yogurt Leave a comment »Yesterday, I talked about how everything I ate was so satisfying and filling, and today was the exact opposite. I couldn’t seem to get happy with my food choices today. Additionally, since school has semi-started, I will most likely be reducing my food ramblings to one spectacular and all-inclusive post per day.
This morning I went for a run with my extremely frustrating puppy who kept pulling me into people and embarrassing me by trying to chase every car that went by. Grrr. I need Caesar Milan in my life.
After the run and showering, I had significant hunger pangs, and we delighted to remember that I found Oikos yogurt on sale. But, when I opened the fridge, I discovered that I had accidentally bought BLUEBERRY yogurt. Grossssssss. I hate yogurt with fruit on the bottom. Just – eww. However, it was already purchased, opened, and in my hand – so I did what I could to turn it into something edible by adding granola and strawberries.
While the taste wasn’t quite as bad as I had imagined…it didn’t even put the slightest dent in my hunger – so I filled the little cup back up with cottage cheese and some lovely toppings:
After this I was moderately full, but late for school at this point. I rushed off to the writing workshop day 2, and was again inspired and filled with so many wonderful ideas to use next year. The only question remains…where do I start…?
For lunch, I came home and made quick work of some cherries:
And them made myself a very quick PB and honey sandwich which was incredibly unsatisfying. Although, the home made bread is still wonderful.
When I got home around 5pm, I was starving again and couldn’t bear the thought of another blah-blah meal, so I called Meeker and asked him what he wanted. He said “eggs” and I actually managed to turn them into something WONDERFUL! Huevos Rancheros.
(Eggs poached in tomato sauce. I added fresh garlic, corn, oregano, cumin and chili powder.)
Paired with some collard greens (which I had never made, but now LOVE them).
Finally, food satisfaction.
With my belly full of huevos, and my taste buds satisfied, I am off to do some teacher prep-work at the kitchen table. Adios amigos.
