Egg McBacon with Cheese {recipe}

On a cooking roll? Trying to fit in where I can and make ahead to plan and organize. Win for everyone!

Another Pinterest creation and a pretty genius one I might add. I am a big breakfast person so anything dealing with breakfast I will usually jump up and down screaming all over. Another thing I'm pretty excited about is planning ahead. Being a busy full time working mom, and shift working at that, anything to help me plan ahead and make easier and cut down on time, I'll give a solid high-five to.

Original idea via Pinterest 

What did I use?

8 eggs (plus a splash of egg white I wanted to get rid of)
About 1/2 cup total: chopped red bell pepper and chopped zucchini
Salt and pepper to taste
About 1 tablespoon Wheat Germ (I use this everywhere I can!)
8 pieces of bacon
6 English muffins
5 slices of cheese

(clearly I did not measure to make them all the same. Some have cheese, all had bacon and an extra piece for me to munch on while making!)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a muffin pan with non-stick spray. I mixed the eggs with the veggies, wheat germ and salt and pepper in a bowl. Place bacon on a cookie sheet and bake 10 minutes in the oven BEFORE the eggs go in. Scoop egg mix into the muffin pan slots. Once the bacon has been in 10 minutes, flip bacon and put muffin pan in the oven for another 10 minutes. By time, the bacon was done and I found the eggs needed another 1-2 minutes.

I toasted the English muffins in the toaster. Placed a slice of cheese then bacon and then the egg. You could easily add some spinach, remove the cheese, etc. I used wax paper to wrap up the sandwiches. 6 total sandwiches between the Hubby and I, should last about 3 days. I plan to make these again and make some more. Storing in the fridge with just 6 should be fine for the next few days. Take out, pop in microwave for 2-3 minutes. Wah-lah! If I can make a big enough batch, I'll store these in the freezer.

Another Pinterest Win!



*Disclaimer: Egg McBacon is a name I just made up about 25 minutes ago. Not taking credentials from any big chain restaurant. And original idea for this recipe was not my own, I just made it and made my own twist on it. Thanks!

Get your vegetable on!

Gotta get those veggies in somehow. I am pretty easy to eat my veggies. Now having a little one around, I'm doing everything I can to instill healthy eating and exploring new foods. So far, he's done great. 

Another great recipe that I found here and tried and the boys loved it! So much that I have no idea how many I made because they were eating them straight out of the oven. Luckily, I was able to grab a few for myself. These are great and a great finger food for toddlers. Woah, I have a toddler now.

Baked Zucchini Sticks (Original recipe here from SkinnyTaste) 

3 medium zucchini, sliced into sticks (3"x1/2". Mine were too skinny!)
1 large egg white
1/3 cup seasoned bread crumbs (I used basil, oregano, garlic powder)
2 tablespoon parmesan cheese (I added more)
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
cooking spray
salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Put egg white in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. In another bowl, or zip lock bag, place breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese. Dip sticks into egg whites then into breadcrumbs and place on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with cooking spray. Lightly spray sticks while on the cookie sheet. Cook in oven for about 20-25 minutes until golden brown. Serve with marinara sauce to dip in. WOW! These are great and a great way to get your veggies in!

Popeye Eats Spinach & You Should Too!

Your mom always told you to eat your vegetables, and it was for a good reason. Vegetables have so many benefits to our bodies and can be prepared in so many ways to make them taste good. Yes, i said vegetables can and do taste good. Remember that cartoon Popeye?

 

The fuel for that superhero was Spinach! How many cartoon superhero's were telling kids to eat Spinach, let alone any vegetable, to be stronger?! He was on to something. I found a great recipe over at The Health Seekers Kitchen site for a green smoothie drink, and I've modified it just a bit to my own liking. Let me tell you this first before you dis this drink: It doesn't taste like spinach! I only taste the banana and it is a great boost-giver when you need one or great after a workout. Spinach has so many great benefits: full of Vitamin A and K (helping weak eyes/eye strain and helping anti-aging), Calcium and Iron to name a few benefits. Overall, we should all have more of it in our diet. You should strive to eat something green (not moldy green!) everyday. So, I'd like to share this green smoothie-drink with you. 

In a blender add:

about 1 cup spinach

1 cup water (cold)

1-2 bananas; better if frozen to make more of a smoothie consistency

2-3 tablespoons wheatgerm

*I add wheatgerm as an additional protein supplement. This is a great additive in almost anything! Banana bread, pumpkin bread, muffins, waffles, etc. It doesn't change the flavor of whatever you're making, just adds more goodness!

  I know this looks  pretty strange being green and all, but like I said, you CAN NOT taste the spinach. I only taste banana. I think it would also be great to add blueberries or strawberries as well. Enjoy!

image found here

Brown Rice with Stir Fry Veggies

Decided to throw some stuff together to take for dinner at work. I just had this stuff around the house and thought it sounded good. I'm really on a veggie crave right now! I've found that I really like brown rice; its got some texture to it compared to white rice but its just as good. Not a huge flavor difference from white rice, which I love and could eat everyday!

Brown Rice with Stir Fry Veggies
I used our rice steamer (a wedding gift!) to steam about 2 cups of brown rice. While that was cooking I put about 2 Tbsp of Olive Oil in a skillet and about 2 cloves of garlic (all I had) and heated it up. I added some fresh Asparagus cut in half, about 6 rods worth, half of a yellow Bell Pepper diced up, and one whole small Zucchini sliced in 1/4 - 1/8 inch thich slices. Sauteed or stir fry, whatever you like to call it, I did this until the Zucchini and Bell Peppers were soft. I should have done it longer and cut the Asparagus up more because they didn't turn out as soft as I'd hoped. Wa-la! You can mix the rice and veggies or eat them separate. I like to use a little Soy Sauce on the rice as well. Dinner in about 15 min!

I've been mixing this Siracha Hot Sauce (the one with the chinese writing & the chicken on it!) with Soy Sauce and it's a wonderful sauce! I really like spicy foods/sauces so this is a way to add some spice but only as much as you want!