First off, breakfast! 

I’m a big BIG fan of eggs for breakfast.  I’m sure you have all heard the debates on whether or not the egg yolk is good for you.  Well, I’m no nutrition expert (that is for sure), but I tend to follow the “all things in moderation” type of thinking.  In any given week, I eat eggs for breakfast (on average) 4-5 days.  In an effort to help out my cholesterol levels, I typically only eat 1 whole egg per breakfast along with a few egg whites (usually 3).  This way I get my beloved eggs and my much needed protein without taking in too much cholesterol.

During the workweek, I often make up a large batch of scrambled eggs or baked eggins that I divide up into several containers and then pair with some sort of veggie.  I love this grab-and-go breakfast during the week, but on the weekends I take the time to make the eggs fresh and how I actually prefer them:  dippppppppppy. 

Today, I made my dippy eggs fake out.  First, I scrambled up three egg whites that I seasoned with S&P and red pepper flakes.  When the egg whites were almost cooked through, I added a whole egg to the pan and seasoned with S&P:

I cooked the eggs for precisely the amount of time it takes my bread to toast (that is an exact unit of measurement 😉 ), then I flipped the whole egg over for just a few seconds until the top set up but the yolk was still ooey gooey.

Egg whites onto the plate:

Dippy egg on top and 12 Grain Bread along side:

Then I broke the yolk and let it ooze down over the scrambled egg whites:

Mmmmmm… I love a good egg yolk. 

Using this “fake out” it’s like I’m getting a plate full of dippy eggs, but only the cholesterol and fat of 1 whole egg.  YUM.

ADORA GIVEAWAY WINNER!!!

First thing, first, I copied all the comments into Excel because that is what any self respecting accountant would do 😉

Then I removed comments that didn’t count (ahem, Allison… 7 posts still only gets you 4 entries… haha)

Then I used Random.org’s true random number generator to select a winner….

And the lucky winner is:

Hallie at Healthy Twists!!!!!

Yay!  Hallie, please email me your mailing address (ferventfoodie@gmail.com) and I will forward to Adora!

Keep an eye out for another giveaway next week!  All I can say is I’m super excited :)  And thank you everyone for checking out my blog.  Each of your comments brightens my day!

First off, breakfast! 

I’m a big BIG fan of eggs for breakfast.  I’m sure you have all heard the debates on whether or not the egg yolk is good for you.  Well, I’m no nutrition expert (that is for sure), but I tend to follow the “all things in moderation” type of thinking.  In any given week, I eat eggs for breakfast (on average) 4-5 days.  In an effort to help out my cholesterol levels, I typically only eat 1 whole egg per breakfast along with a few egg whites (usually 3).  This way I get my beloved eggs and my much needed protein without taking in too much cholesterol.

During the workweek, I often make up a large batch of scrambled eggs or baked eggins that I divide up into several containers and then pair with some sort of veggie.  I love this grab-and-go breakfast during the week, but on the weekends I take the time to make the eggs fresh and how I actually prefer them:  dippppppppppy. 

Today, I made my dippy eggs fake out.  First, I scrambled up three egg whites that I seasoned with S&P and red pepper flakes.  When the egg whites were almost cooked through, I added a whole egg to the pan and seasoned with S&P:

I cooked the eggs for precisely the amount of time it takes my bread to toast (that is an exact unit of measurement 😉 ), then I flipped the whole egg over for just a few seconds until the top set up but the yolk was still ooey gooey.

Egg whites onto the plate:

Dippy egg on top and 12 Grain Bread along side:

Then I broke the yolk and let it ooze down over the scrambled egg whites:

Mmmmmm… I love a good egg yolk. 

Using this “fake out” it’s like I’m getting a plate full of dippy eggs, but only the cholesterol and fat of 1 whole egg.  YUM.

ADORA GIVEAWAY WINNER!!!

First thing, first, I copied all the comments into Excel because that is what any self respecting accountant would do 😉

Then I removed comments that didn’t count (ahem, Allison… 7 posts still only gets you 4 entries… haha)

Then I used Random.org’s true random number generator to select a winner….

And the lucky winner is:

Hallie at Healthy Twists!!!!!

Yay!  Hallie, please email me your mailing address (ferventfoodie@gmail.com) and I will forward to Adora!

Keep an eye out for another giveaway next week!  All I can say is I’m super excited :)  And thank you everyone for checking out my blog.  Each of your comments brightens my day!

First day back to the daily grind!  I’m still recovering from the HLS bonanza this weekend!  More and more fun pics keep surfacing—like this one Heather @ Hangry Pants posted on her blog of the yoga group after the trainer kicked our butts:

Here are some I snagged from the Arnold & Orrowheat Facebook page:

Since I had zero fresh food in the house, my foods for the day weren’t quite as healthy as I was hoping (and craving)!

Breakfast #1

For breakfast, I tried out the new Toasted Nuts and Cranberry Luna Bar I picked up at Trader Joe’s over the weekend:

This was yummy… and guess what?  It actually tasted like toasted nuts!  Crazy! 😉 I’d rank this bar as a mid-level Luna Bar.  My top picks to date, in order of preference, are:

1.) White Chocolate Macadamia

2.) Blueberry Bliss

3.) Iced Oatmeal Raisin

4.) Lemon Zest

Breakfast #2

Luckily, I had the fixins for some overnight oats.  Last night I threw 1/2 cup uncooked quick oats, 1/2 cup Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk, 1 tsp Brown sugar, and a sprinkling of cinnamon into a bowl.  I didn’t have any fresh fruit (sadness 🙁 ), but over the weekend Erin @ agirlandhermutt mentioned she liked to use frozen fruit in her OO’s so I figured I’d give it a shot.  I added 3 frozen strawberries and a 1/3 cup frozen blueberries on top of my OO mix, and put everything in the fridge to chill out over night.

OO’s with frozen (now defrosted) fruit:

Mixed up and ready to chow:

I think the frozen fruit was pretty tasty.  In a pinch, I’m glad to know that I can use frozen berries if I’m out of fresh, but I do prefer the crunchiness of the fresh fruit over the mushier frozen fruit.

Let’s be honest.  You can’t really go wrong with overnight oats 😀

Lunch

I took some help from Bruegger’s for lunch today and did the salad and soup combo.  I usually find Bruegger’s to be a bit pricy, but this is a surprisingly good deal!  Only $5.99 for a big salad, cup of soup, and bagel bite! 

I did a create your own salad with lettuce, onion, tomato, green pepper, and cucumber.  I topped it off with my own Ken’s Steakhouse Lite Italian with Romano dressing. 

And for the soup I chose the chicken spaetzle:

LOVE this soup.  So darn good 🙂

Dinner?

Well I should be going to the grocery store to stock up on fresh produce… but the BF leaves for an out-of-town work assignment tomorrow AM and I’ve only seen him once in the last week… So what to eat, what to eat?

I’m sure you saw this coming:

Gionino’s.  Hot. Sauce.

Sorry Chicago, but you ain’t got nothing on this: