Huevos Rancheros

Recipe courtesy wholefoodsmarket.com

Serves 2

Ingredients

1 cup medium salsa
4 eggs
2 to 4 corn tortillas, warm
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cup cooked black beans, hot

Method

Warm 1/2 cup salsa in a nonstick pan then use your spatula to clear two 3-inch circles in center of pan. Carefully slide one egg from the shell into each circle. Cook 3 to 5 minutes to desired firmness.

Place warm tortillas on a warmed plate and slide eggs and salsa onto tortillas. Repeat with remaining eggs and salsa. Spoon beans onto plates and serve.

 **My variation: I use organic low sodium black beans, a sprinkle of chopped scallions and cilantro and sometimes some monterey jack or cheddar cheese. I heat the corn tortillas on a hot pan and I don't cook the eggs with the salsa. I do them sunny side up**

Breakfast

Eggs and Oatmeal...My favorite breakfast :)

I woke up today hoping for some beautiful weather to go hiking and guess what?!? It's raining...
It has rained almost every day for the past week and a half. That's Florida --> sunshine state that rains and is humid in the summer :)

To take the rainy blues away, I made my favorite breakfast! A four egg Omelet and cinnamon raisin oatmeal....Yes it sounds boring but it doesn't have to be :) I eat this meal  a lot! I usually exclude the cheese though, except on rare occasions.

My Omelet

Ingredients
4 eggs
Pam non-stick spray
Salt and Black pepper to taste
2 slices of your fav cheese --> I love either gouda, mont. jack, cheddar or american on mine
Things to add (optional)
A little bit of cold pressed Olive Oil 
Spinach
Onions
Tomatoes
Green peppers

Preparation
Dice the veggies into small pieces
Pour a little Olive oil to coat the bottom of a pan and put on medium heat
When hot, put all veggies into pan except tomatoes (add those when the other veggies are already soft to avoid making the tomatoes flavorless)
Cook until the veggies are no longer hard/crunchy
Take the pan off the burner
Cover or keep warm until ready to insert into omelet

Directions
Spray the pan with Pam and put the stove on medium heat
Beat 4 eggs (yolk and all!) in a bowl
Pour into hot pan (don't let it get too hot that the pam burns/turns brown)
Wait until the egg begins bubbling and gets a bit firmer, use the spatula to raise the edges of the omelet to allow the uncooked (liquid) parts to go under. This ensures a fully cooked middle :)
When all the runny parts look like they are firm, make an invisible line down the center and add the cheese and veggies to that half. Fold the other part over to cover the cheese and veggies, and cook for a minute or two letting the cheese melt.

Cinnamon Raisin Oatmeal! Yum!

Serves 1
Ingredients
1/2 cup of oatmeal
1/2 cup of unsweetened soy milk (or you can use vanilla soy milk)
cinnamon
a handful of raisins


Directions
Turn the burner on medium heat
Put the soy milk in a small pot and place on burner
Wait until it starts bubbling a bit and add the oatmeal
When it starts bubbling again, turn the heat down to low and cook until the consistency is no longer liquidy.
Add desired cinnamon and a handful of raisins

Breakfast Pizza

Recipe from wholefoodsmarket.com

Serves 2

Ingredients

1 medium red potato, diced
4 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
2 tablespoons water
Sea salt to taste
Pepper to taste
2 small or 1 large turkey breakfast sausage links, casing removed
1/4 cup onion, finely diced
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 whole wheat pitas
1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/4 cup of your favorite salsa

Additional topping ideas
Jalapeño slices
All natural salami slices
Ham or smoked turkey
Feta or goat cheese
Mozzarella or provolone cheese
Sliced Roma tomatoes
Avocado slices or guacamole

Method

In a small saucepan, cook the diced potato in 2 teaspoons of olive oil and approximately two tablespoons of water, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes, or until tender, stirring often. While potato cooks, sauté onion and turkey sausage in the remaining 2 teaspoons of oil, breaking up with a fork or spoon until sausage is cooked. Add beaten eggs and gently scramble until just cooked. Place egg and sausage mixture on pitas. Top with potatoes and cheese. Toast in a toaster oven or in a regular oven until cheese is melted and pita is hot and slightly toasted. Remove from oven and top with your favorite salsa.

**My variation: I love eggs so I add more than 2, the salsa from the skirt steak recipe below tastes great on this, and I add avocados for omega 3...Don't need to use as much oil as the recipe says**

Love this one!

Fluffy Cottage Cheese Pancakes

Recipe from Wholefoodsmarket.com

Serves 4

In these moist and tender pancakes, the cottage cheese adds quality calcium and protein. Serve with a bit of butter and maple syrup or, for a special treat, top with fig spread.

Ingredients

1 cup unbleached flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
4 eggs
1 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons canola oil
Canola oil cooking spray

Method

In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, salt and sugar. In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, cottage cheese, milk and oil. Add flour mixture to egg mixture and whisk until completely blended.

Spray a large skillet or griddle with cooking spray then heat over medium heat. Working in batches, form each pancake by spooning about 1/4 cup of the batter onto the skillet. Cook, flipping pancakes once, until golden brown on both sides and cooked through, about 5 minutes total. Transfer to plates and serve.

Nutrition

Per serving (about 6.5oz/186g-wt.): 310 calories (120 from fat), 13g total fat, 3g saturated fat, 220mg cholesterol, 600mg sodium, 33g total carbohydrate (1g dietary fiber, 9g sugar), 17g protein

**My version: I use whole wheat flour, don't add sugar, and sometimes use unsweetened soy milk. Instead of syrup, I use fruit sweetened fruit preserves (no sugar added) or fresh or frozen berries with some plain yogurt** This recipe says it serves 4 but at my house it serves 2 LOL!

Pancake recipe