More Caprese

For breakfast, on toast:

Farm Fresh Fritatta

2 eggs
1/2 oz. goat cheese
1 cup sliced summer squash
1 big handful of arugula

225 calories

Moving slowly back to reality

Still working my way through some leftovers from Saturday night, but just a little bit at a time.

Grilled sandwich:
3 oz. Publix sourdough bread
1/2 oz. prosciutto
1 oz. Manchego cheese
Fig paste and brown mustard
375 calories

3 oz. watermelon: 25 calories

Breakfast on the Beach

A perfectly fine way...

to start a perfectly fine day.

Brunch munch

1/2 cup shredded hash browns (Simply Potatoes): 70 calories
1 egg over easy: (70 calories)
1/8 cup shredded low-fat Mexican cheese: 35 calories

Fruit and cheese please

Today's breakfast:

1 1/2 oz. feta cheese: 110 calories
1 oz. havarti cheese: 80 calories
3 oz. watermelon: 35 calories
1 oz. strawberries: 10 calories

Yum yum

Breakfast from Whole Foods:

Plain croissant (3 oz.): 310 calories
3 oz. strawberries: 27 calories

Breakfast Time

Pretty much everything tastes better when you eat it poolside.

1/2 cup egg substitute: 60 calories
1 slice American cheese: 80 calories
1 tbsp. salsa: 5 calories
1 pretzel roll: 110 calories

Making the most of leftovers

Breakfast:

Hash browns made from leftover mashed potatoes, and an egg over easy.

Lunch:

Sliced filet mignon with dijon mustard on ciabatta bread.

Happy Groundhog Day

In honor of Groundhog Day, today's breakfast is... no, not a groundhog, of course not! It does, however, include some ground hog.

Toasted English muffin with egg, American cheese, and pork sausage: 335 calories

A pleasant morning repast

Omelette: 2 eggs, beaten
2 mushrooms, sliced and sauteed
1/2 oz. Saint Andre cheese
220 calories

Screwdriver: 2 oz. vodka
4 oz. freshly squeezed Honeybell juice
180 calories

Enchiladas, augmented

Trader Joe's black bean and corn enchiladas: 260 calories

Topped with 1/4 cup lite shredded mexican cheese blend: 80 calories
and 1 egg over easy: 70 calories

Back in gear for the New Year

The fancy food and wine have been consumed, the Christmas treats have been demolished, the dishes are (mostly) washed, and it's finally time to get back to normal.

1 egg over easy
2 tbsp. shredded lite Mexican cheese blend
2 tbsp. salsa
1 piece leftover corn bread (1/12 of pan)

195 calories

Just Saying

I believe there is a special place in Hell for restaurateurs who write "hash browns" on their menu when what they serve is home fries.

A pocketful of breakfast

This morning's breakfast:

Mini whole-wheat pita pocket filled with:
1 egg
2 mushrooms, sliced
1 2% Kraft Single
all scrambled together

200 calories

Breakfast Burrito

Another one for the tastes-better-than-it-looks file:

8-inch flour tortilla
2 oz. shaved beef (i.e., leftover pot roast)
2 tbsp. salsa verde
1 tbsp. light sour cream
265 calories

Breakfast Quesadilla

Good morning!

1 8-inch flour tortilla
1 egg, scrambled
Sauteed onions and mushrooms
1/4 cup shredded low-fat cheddar cheese
Served with salsa verde and 1 tbsp. light sour cream

300 calories

The best-laid eggs... er, plans

This was supposed to be a perfectly circular poached egg perched on top of a circle of avocado slices, atop a circle of toasted white bread, in a neat little column.

Oops. It still tasted good though.

1 oz. white bread: 75 calories
1 oz. sliced avocado: 47 calories
1 egg: 70 calories

A Yankee in the South

I read somewhere a few years ago about the way to identify a Yankee. The saying was, if you ask a southerner, then a Yankee is a northerner. If you ask a northerner, a Yankee is a New Englander. If you ask a New Englander, a Yankee is a Vermonter. And if you ask a Vermonter, a Yankee is someone who eats pie for breakfast. I'm from New Hampshire, not Vermont, but I proudly claim my Yankee heritage.

Healthy hash browns?

This post at the blog Free the Animal inspired me to try making hash browns on my Cuisinart sandwich grill.

I peeled and shredded one red-skin potato, tossed with 1 teaspoon canola oil, and put it in the grill. I would say the results were mixed. They got a good crust, and they cooked through in the middle, but the whole thing was kind of tough and not very flavorful. If I tried it again I might use russet potatoes and par-cook them first.

5 oz. shredded potato with 1 tsp. oil: 140 calories
Egg: 70 calories