Eggs

When I buy eggs, the cashiers often ask if I'm doing some baking.  When you walk up with a crate of eggs people begin to stare.

Between the 3 of us, we go through about 2 1/2 dozen of eggs every 7-10 days.  I hard boil them, we scramble them, we make omelettes but I don't usually bake with them.  I make a deliciously moist cake but if I keep cake in my house the cake will soon find itself a resting spot on my inner thighs.  I don't care how delicious it is, it doesn't look good in a swim suit.

Victoria's Secret
Get your mind off cake and remember you want a screamin' healthy bod!

I harp on breakfast in so many of my posts.  You'd probably laugh to know that breakfast is my least favorite time of day.  I rush around to get ready and I even used to be one that had a cup of coffee for breakfast. I have found (and science agrees) eating breakfast wakes up your metabolism from starvation mode and will help you ultimately lose weight.

I hard boil eggs for quick breakfasts.  I also make mini-quiches with eggs, egg whites, cheese and spinach.  I usually put in too much spinach then I have to choke down the remaining 15 over the next week.  (Have I mentioned I love hot sauce and how thankful I am for it?!)

Scrambling eggs is quick, easy and has a ton of flavor options.  On my prep day, I usually fry up 1/2lb of sausage (turkey or pork) but I make it in to little crumbles.  At the same time I'm baking a 1/2 pack of bacon on a baking rack on top of a baking sheet on 350 for about 30 minutes.  These are the meaty, flavor additives for my morning rushed eggs.  Having these pre-cooked and at my disposal has made mornings run so much more smoothly.

Also, these help tremendously.

My routine: 

1. Break eggs & egg whites into mason jar
2. Add frozen vegetables
3. Add sausage crumbles
4. Add a little cottage cheese (for extra protein)
5. Add lid
6. Shake it like a salt shaker or a polaroid picture, depending on whether you are more Ying Yang Twins or OutKast.
7. Pour in hot pan and scramble.
   (If I opted for bacon instead of sausage I would skip step #3 and add the bacon strips to the pan once my egg mixture reached a less runny consistency.)

I also like to scramble eggs with cottage cheese, throw the bacon in to heat and make a wrap out of it with some added avocado.... like this:

Don't let breakfast be boring or unhealthy.  It is the start to your day!!!  Start strong, delicious & healthy!