My Better Breakfast quest continues. Mr Kellog may have had a point (we do need more fiber in our diets) but his cereals just don’t cut it as a morning meal for me. The carbs burn off and leave me hungry. The sugar makes me sluggish. I need protein! I need ‘no hunger’ breakfast recipes. I also need to lose weight. So here’s my latest Better Breakfast Recipe:
Eggs make a good breakfast food: they are quick-cooking, protein-packed and satisfying. But I get really, really sick of the taste of eggs.
So I came up with this scrambled egg recipe. You’d barely know there were any eggs involved, but you get 1-2 servings of veggies and all the protein you can handle before noon!
INGREDIENTS
1 tbsp butter (you can use a low fat alternative if you like, but I’m using a little butter. It’s natural and tastes good and satisfies my body’s need for a little fat)
1 egg, scrambled or two egg whites if you’re watching cholesterol/fat (buy free-range eggs. They taste better, although that might just be the absence of guilt…)
Spash of milk
1/4 cup salsa (I use organic, medium or hot. Your taste may vary)
1 big handful of baby spinach, washed (if you don’t like spinach, throw in some other soft, quick-cooking veggie for added virtue)
1/2 cup black beans, rinsed (I used organic black soy beans which I bought by accident, and really liked)
A few shavings of Parmesan cheese (because I love that umami taste. Use a potato peeler to shave a few thin slivers off the block)
METHOD
Heat your butter (or wimpy non-fat cooking spray) in your frying-pan/skillet of choice. I use a small, thin non-stick omlette pan. Medium heat, don’t let the butter burn.
Mix an egg with a splash of milk. Pour into pan. Allow to cook for a minute, until you can see that it’s starting to firm up at the edges.
Turn the heat up and stir like crazy until the egg is mostly cooked, but still looks kinda moist.
Toss in the spinach, stir until it starts to wilt.
Throw in the salsa and black beans, give it all a stir and allow to cook through.
Serve on a nice side plate, with shavings of Parmesan arranged artfully on top. Get yourself a cloth napkin and some water in a crystal wine glass.
Sit down and enjoy.
TIME
(Prep: 2 mins; cook: 3 mins; eat: 2-3 mins) 8 minutes
GOOD STUFF
Protein from eggs, cheese and beans, 1-2 servings of veggies with associated fiber, vegetarian (though no vegan, obviously), small portion, enough fat to tell your body to stop whining for it.
WW Points: 6ish
Your copper-headed niece has to have a filling breakfast too. She prefers protein but she’ll go for soup or pasta if it’s available. Either that or she eats nothing, which she seems to prefer to the taste of cereal or anything sweet at that time of day.
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