Homemade Breakfast Sandwich

I don't always eat breakfast, but when I do...

I'd rather eat what I know. 

While I have had my fair share of McD's over the years, I have not been in 2015 at all. This is really a great accomplishment since I live between 2 different locations. Convenience at it's finest. 

I realized that I have not posted my Maple Breakfast Patties recipe yet so I will have to link to that later. 

Homemade Breakfast Sandwich

Serves 1

1/2 Flat Out flatbread (I used Light original but any flavor is acceptable)

1 extra large egg

1 liquid egg white

1 Finlandia Reduced Fat Cheddar slice

2 Maple Breakfast Patties

I use my little bullet blender for fast and consistent blending for my eggs. Use a small frying pan and let it cook in one piece. Flip or use a cover to cook the top side. Place the egg on half a flat out, add cheese, and add the heated breakfast patties. 

Note: If you do not want to make them from scratch, try AmyLu's chicken breakfast patties. The nutrition info will change so record accordingly. 

Once you see the breakfast patty recipe, you will see how easy it is and want to make them for yourself!

Serves 1

Cal 298

Protein 34

Carb 13 

Fiber 5

Fat 14

Chol 260

Compare to McD's

Cal 480

Protein 13

Carb 36 

Fiber 2

Fat 31

Chol 45 (that can't even be right! Is it not a real egg and sausage?)

It's Lunchfest Time!

What is Lunchfest? Breakfast foods for lunch. You might be thinking, "that's what brunch is". Yeah, well I didn't make up that word so I made up something else. You're welcome. 

You could also think of lunchfest as HUGE amounts of breakfast foods for lunch. Because this little gem is a nice healthy portion. All for just over 300 calories!

Red Pepper and Maple Turkey Sausage Frittata

4 slices red pepper (width-wise)

1 extra large egg

2 (96gr) egg whites

2 oz homemade maple turkey breakfast sausage crumbles

1 oz feta cheese

Mix egg and egg whites. I like to use my wannabe bullet blender. 

Turkey sausage: I used about 1/2 a package of ground turkey from Costco. It's Butterball which 4 oz is 150 cal and 8 fat. I didn't measure this because I knew I'd weigh when I assembled the egg. I added Italian Sausage Seasoning from Penzey's. It has about 3 cals per tsp. I added until it smelled good which wasn't more than 1/2 tbs. When that was well cooked and crumbled, I added 1 Tbs of pure maple syrup. This is just a little extra flavor but not necessary. I thoroughly enjoy AmyLu's Maple Chicken Breakfast Sausage...that has not been stocked at Costco. grrrr...

Put the red pepper in the bottom of your frying pan, divide the egg misture, add the turkey. Cook until set, then add the feta, cover pan to set the egg and heat the cheese. 

Leave out the maple syrup and it's under 300 cals!

Serves 1

Cal 307

Protein34

Carb 8 

Fiber 1

Fat 14

Chol 270

A Peanut Butter Chocolate No Bake Twist!

Oh Em Gee! This was so good! I'm really excited to share with you a great little treat I had today. 

First off, fresh rolled oats are amaze-balls. My local grocery chain has this machine from The Grainery. Check out the website for all sorts of info. I'm happy I picked up this brand!

Secondly, what does that picture look like? As soon as I pulled it out of the microwave, I thought "Peanut Butter No Bake!". I was equally excited to devour this and was not disappointed. 

Peanut Butter Chocolate No Bake

1/2 C or 40gr fresh rolled oats (you can use any plains oats you prefer)

1C water

12gr PB2 with chocolate

a little no cal sweetener to taste (sugar will add more calories)

Microwave for 2 min. Make sure to use a big bowl or cup as oatmeal likes to expand. 

You can make it a little creamier with milk or any milk substitute. Try PB2 without chocolate too. 

It will be a little hot so it is more like a hot, gooey, no bake cookie. 

Serves 1

Cal 195

Protein 9

Carb 33 

Fiber 5

Fat 4

Chol 0

Hidy Ho There!

Hello Faithful Blog Followers!

It's been so long since I've posted! Fear not, I'm still here. And still on my journey. 

Since last I've posted, so many things have changed but some have stayed the same. 

I got married! Yay! 

I got a Fitbit! Yay! (more on my Fitbit obsession later)

I still need to lose weight! Boo!

I found a great article on protein and protein sources on My Fitness Pal. Today's lunch is inspired by that article. 

Black Bean and Pork Scramble

1 extra large egg
2 egg whites
2oz shredded pork sirloin roast
130gr black beans
Sazon seasoning to taste (from scratch found on Skinnytaste.com here)

I like favorful foods and this delivered! Great way to start the day...or end it!

Serves 1

Cal 310 

Protein 37

Carb 22 

Fiber 9

Fat 6

Chol 243