Friday, December 19, 2008

Why not Eggs

You've heard of egg shampoos before, right? They're good for the hair.
You've heard of my scrambled eggs before, right? Theye're very tasty.
Let's get cooking...



Servings: 1

Need:
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup of milk
- Sautéed Shallot
- Salt

Do:

- In a nonstick skillet, sauté some firsthand shallot. These will add the vegetable to breakfast and enhance the flavor of your scrambled eggs.
- In a bowl, crack the eggs and pour in the milk. Stir until a light yellow.
- Pour in the mixture over the shallot.
- Let the whole thing cook for a minute and then gently “toy” with the egg in the pan with a spatula. Shove the mixture back and forth.
- Once the eggs have “formed” into a pretty-much liquid free mountain, stop pushing it around and let it cook for about two minutes on a high setting.
- Turn the pan off and spoon the eggs onto a plate and salt them before serving.

Surround the eggs with washed and cut in season berries and enjoy your fruit, as well.

Classic Homey Pancakes

We've heard of pancakes, have we not? Well, I invented this delicious way to start Sunday mornings again. So, let's get cooking...

Servings: 1

Need:
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup of milk
- 1/2 cup of pancake mix
- Cinnamon
- Vanilla
- Pure Maple Syrup

Do:
- Crack the eggs into a bowl. Get all the white (the clear liquid) out of the shell. The white is protein rich.
- Beat up the eggs. While beating, add the milk.
- When the mixture is a nice light yellow, add the pancake mix. Buttermilk based mixes work best. Stir in the mix until thick.
- Add, say, about two shakes of cinnamon and a teaspoon of vanilla and mix in. The batter should smell delicious.
- Heat up a nonstick skillet and grease it with nondairy butter, canola oil or cooking spray.
- Spoon ladles of mixture onto the skillet.
- Cook for roughly three minutes and flip. Depending on the size of the pancake, it may take longer or shorter.
- Once flipped, always cook it for no more than 15 seconds.
- Serve it up on a plate and drizzle it with a small amount of pure maple syrup.

The pancakes are made even healthier when you add freshly washed blueberries while cooking. I think blueberry pancakes are better when blueberries are in season.

Bon Appétit, and I hope the pancakes were a hit with the kids!

Hey, Let's get Cooking

Well, let's get cooking here. Oh, almost forgot. Go wash your hands first, please?

Okay, with that done, we'll get the pot out. Crash! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Dropped the skillet on my foot, by the way...






Okay, now I'm ready. I hope.


NOTE: Everyday there will be a fun game on the bottom of the page in case the pancakes go SPLAT! when you flip them, the lasagna burns or you find you're all out of baked beans.