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Natashapearljamfan

Eggs - one of the most nutritious foods, they are low in calories, high in protein and contain all of the essential vitamins and minerals (the ones your body can not make). Aim to eat 2 eggs at least 2-3 times a week. But stay away from fried eggs as the cooking process destroys all the essential vitamins and minerals.

Recipe: Zucchini and carrot slice
serves 6 (leftovers for work, I freeze the left over, but it goes a bit soggy)
2 medium zucchuni grated
1 large carrot grated
1 large onion (grated or chopped finely)
1 cup low fat grated cheese
1 cup wholemeal self raising flour
3 tablespoons olive oil
6 eggs (lightly beaten)
1/2 cup corn kernels (frozen or tin is fine)

Optional: 1-2 tomatoes sliced thickly
3 rashes bacon diced
Serve with garden salad or steamed vegetables

Method
1. Line a baking tray (base 6.3" x 10.2").
2. Heat oven to 356 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Combine everything except the tomatoes into a bowl and mix well. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Pour egg mixture into the lined baking tray, and smooth top over with a spatula, then randomly place pieces of tomato over the top and push tomato into egg mixture.
5. Bake for 30-40 minutes, or until browned.
6. Serve with salad or steamed vegetables.

rr165892

Natasha,I consume at least 6 -8 eggs a day.Pan fried with Pam or an olive oil mist is fine.Remember it's not just the vitamins.The protein and good fat is quite essential to building and maintaining lean muscle mass,Boosting the immune system and overall well being.Eggs are a terrific source of all the above.

Sprunkn7

eggs, the power house and base of a great paleo breakfast, snack or salad filler!!

rgambs

Eggs are awesome... Has anybody here ever had an egg the day it was laid???
You wouldn't believe how much better the texture and flavor are compared to the weeks old grocery store eggs.

Ms. Haiku

I microwaved a potato, put an avocado and onion on it and then a microwave-poached egg to increase my potassium. It needed pepper, but good overall. Nice comfy-food texture.

FoxyRedLa

rr165892 said:

Natasha,I consume at least 6 -8 eggs a day.Pan fried with Pam or an olive oil mist is fine.Remember it's not just the vitamins.The protein and good fat is quite essential to building and maintaining lean muscle mass,Boosting the immune system and overall well being.Eggs are a terrific source of all the above.

I started to read your response and thought for sure you were gonna say raw eggs. Haha ewe.

Ms. Haiku

I'm eating Back to Nature, Harvest Whole Wheat Crackers. They are good. I'm surprised. They are Trisket-like, but taste buttery. Ingredients include whole wheat, safflower oil, sea salt, vitamin E.

low salt, no cholesterol. I would recommend these as snacks.

rr165892

Ms. Haiku said:

I baked a potato, put an avocado on it and then a microwave-poached egg to increase my potassium. It needed pepper, but good overall. Nice comfy-food texture.

Baked sweet potato is awesome with a tiny dab of some real Irish butter and cinnamon.Low glycemic carb.Great for energy.Great nuked also.

rr165892

FoxyRedLa said:

rr165892 said:

Natasha,I consume at least 6 -8 eggs a day.Pan fried with Pam or an olive oil mist is fine.Remember it's not just the vitamins.The protein and good fat is quite essential to building and maintaining lean muscle mass,Boosting the immune system and overall well being.Eggs are a terrific source of all the above.

I started to read your response and thought for sure you were gonna say raw eggs. Haha ewe.

Old school rocky style.
Not for me.I like to cook my salmonella first.lol

Ms. Haiku

rr165892 said:

Ms. Haiku said:

I baked a potato, put an avocado on it and then a microwave-poached egg to increase my potassium. It needed pepper, but good overall. Nice comfy-food texture.

Baked sweet potato is awesome with a tiny dab of some real Irish butter and cinnamon.Low glycemic carb.Great for energy.Great nuked also.

Sounds good, rr165892. I'm going to try that. I never eat sweet potatoes except in fries, but this sounds good.

Natashapearljamfan

rr165892 said:

Natasha,I consume at least 6 -8 eggs a day.Pan fried with Pam or an olive oil mist is fine.Remember it's not just the vitamins.The protein and good fat is quite essential to building and maintaining lean muscle mass,Boosting the immune system and overall well being.Eggs are a terrific source of all the above.

Yes you are definitely correct in talking about how great eggs are in their protein content and good fat content, but I think what I said has been taken out of context (the main problem with writing on threads). I was pointing out if you eat the minimum egg quantities you want the best results, and by frying eggs you are destroying a lot of those essential vitamins your body can't produce, such as vitamin E, vitamin B12, and vitamin A. There is much scientific evidence on this, I can send you some literature if you like (nutrition and dietitics is what I'm studying at uni). I'm not trying to dispute you, just trying to explain what I meant. Please PM if you want more info, or to discuss more.

rr165892

Natashapearljamfan said:

rr165892 said:

Natasha,I consume at least 6 -8 eggs a day.Pan fried with Pam or an olive oil mist is fine.Remember it's not just the vitamins.The protein and good fat is quite essential to building and maintaining lean muscle mass,Boosting the immune system and overall well being.Eggs are a terrific source of all the above.

Yes you are definitely correct in talking about how great eggs are in their protein content and good fat content, but I think what I said has been taken out of context (the main problem with writing on threads). I was pointing out if you eat the minimum egg quantities you want the best results, and by frying eggs you are destroying a lot of those essential vitamins your body can't produce, such as vitamin E, vitamin B12, and vitamin A. There is much scientific evidence on this, I can send you some literature if you like (nutrition and dietitics is what I'm studying at uni). I'm not trying to dispute you, just trying to explain what I meant. Please PM if you want more info, or to discuss more.

Thank you for the offer Natasha.I know you weren't trying to dispute,neither was I.

The field you are studying is one of great interest and has also been a important part of my life for the last 3 decades.For both fitness and health and well being.

If you want to see an interesting exercise in the proper nutrition/diet/exercise interface try studying body builders and female fitness competitors.Look at the eating requirements when caloric intake is both manipulated and exploited depending on the results one is looking for.I find this part of it very intriguing and it ties great into the hormonal response aspect.

Take a lot of the standard info you know and turn in on its head and really look at everything from insulin responses to carb uptake for max recovery.Finding the perfect balances for desired results.Its a science all its own.Ratios of proteins not just for required guidelines but to manipulate growth patterns.
I look forward to you sharing more of what you are learning.Like I said it's a very interesting field of study

rgambs

I used to work with this hottie named Katie..
Now she's Kate, and she is a fitness model or whatever they call the female bodybuilders...damn she is not a hottie any more, I feel like she took athleticism and made it uncool lol

Ms. Haiku

I was looking at microwaving sweet potatoes, and I got inspired by a recipe to put almond butter on it. It seems like it would need a crunch-texture food on top like popcorn or pretzels. I was thinking a crunchy cereal as I will try this for breakfast. Ideas?

rgambs

Ms. Haiku said:

I was looking at microwaving sweet potatoes, and I got inspired by a recipe to put almond butter on it. It seems like it would need a crunch-texture food on top like popcorn or pretzels. I was thinking a crunchy cereal as I will try this for breakfast. Ideas?

I would fry up some hot peppers in blueberry vinegar and mash them into the tater, throw an egg on top...yum.

Everything should have hot peppers.

Natashapearljamfan

Ms. Haiku said:

I was looking at microwaving sweet potatoes, and I got inspired by a recipe to put almond butter on it. It seems like it would need a crunch-texture food on top like popcorn or pretzels. I was thinking a crunchy cereal as I will try this for breakfast. Ideas?

What about crushed oats, nuts and seeds (raw assortment of walnuts, almonds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, chia seeds, sunflower seeds etc). Crush them in a food processor to the consistency you would like, but don't go to fine if you want crunch.
If you use a cereal you might want to check sugar content.
You could used air popped popcorn from a popcorn machine or you can cook healthy popcorn in microwave, use plain popcorn kernels (not microwave specific popcorn). Place 1/3 cup in a brown paper bag and microwave on high 1.5-3 mins (until the popping slows down).
Let me know how it goes. I love sweet potato, I usually cook a whole sweet potato with skin on in oven no oil needed, takes about 1 hr until soft, it's great mashed on sandwiches and wraps, I can't eat cheese and I find it adds a lot of flavour to my toasted sandwiches or wraps.

Natashapearljamfan

rgambs said:

Ms. Haiku said:

I was looking at microwaving sweet potatoes, and I got inspired by a recipe to put almond butter on it. It seems like it would need a crunch-texture food on top like popcorn or pretzels. I was thinking a crunchy cereal as I will try this for breakfast. Ideas?

I would fry up some hot peppers in blueberry vinegar and mash them into the tater, throw an egg on top...yum.

Everything should have hot peppers.

I love that comment, I'm on a restriction diet and everything I eat has chilli's on it!

rgambs

Natashapearljamfan said:

rgambs said:

Ms. Haiku said:

I was looking at microwaving sweet potatoes, and I got inspired by a recipe to put almond butter on it. It seems like it would need a crunch-texture food on top like popcorn or pretzels. I was thinking a crunchy cereal as I will try this for breakfast. Ideas?

I would fry up some hot peppers in blueberry vinegar and mash them into the tater, throw an egg on top...yum.

Everything should have hot peppers.

I love that comment, I'm on a restriction diet and everything I eat has chilli's on it!

It's the perfect low calorie, high vitamin c way to make every. single. meal. BETTER!

Ms. Haiku

rgambs said:

Ms. Haiku said:

I was looking at microwaving sweet potatoes, and I got inspired by a recipe to put almond butter on it. It seems like it would need a crunch-texture food on top like popcorn or pretzels. I was thinking a crunchy cereal as I will try this for breakfast. Ideas?

I would fry up some hot peppers in blueberry vinegar and mash them into the tater, throw an egg on top...yum.

Everything should have hot peppers.

OMG! That sounds inspired.

Ms. Haiku

Natashapearljamfan said:

Ms. Haiku said:

I was looking at microwaving sweet potatoes, and I got inspired by a recipe to put almond butter on it. It seems like it would need a crunch-texture food on top like popcorn or pretzels. I was thinking a crunchy cereal as I will try this for breakfast. Ideas?

What about crushed oats, nuts and seeds (raw assortment of walnuts, almonds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, chia seeds, sunflower seeds etc). Crush them in a food processor to the consistency you would like, but don't go to fine if you want crunch.
If you use a cereal you might want to check sugar content.
You could used air popped popcorn from a popcorn machine or you can cook healthy popcorn in microwave, use plain popcorn kernels (not microwave specific popcorn). Place 1/3 cup in a brown paper bag and microwave on high 1.5-3 mins (until the popping slows down).
Let me know how it goes. I love sweet potato, I usually cook a whole sweet potato with skin on in oven no oil needed, takes about 1 hr until soft, it's great mashed on sandwiches and wraps, I can't eat cheese and I find it adds a lot of flavour to my toasted sandwiches or wraps.

Nuts will probably do it. Awesome!