Skillet Poached Egg w/ Bacon and Spinach

Poached egg infused with green onion and served on toast with turkey bacon and spinach.

Skillet Poached Egg w/ Bacon and Spinach

I have not had great success in the egg poaching department. It takes too long to setup and requires too much of a commitment from me in the early hours of the morning. My brain just doesn’t have what it takes until later in the day.

Fortunately, I’ve managed to get my hands on an old copy of a Bon Appétit cookbook ($8 for 1000′s of recipes… sold). While stumbling through the breakfast section, I landed on a fool-proof way to “poach” eggs. Not only did they come out tasting like a damn good poached egg, the green onions and olive oil added an amazing flavor. I’ll be making these eggs at least once a week for the rest of my life.

Ready In 20 min
Average Cost $3.00
Breakfast

Chocolate Strawberry Parfait

Greek yogurt based parfait layered with strawberries, strawberry preserves, and your favorite granola.

Chocolate Strawberry Parfait

Today, while I was perusing a list of “Quick Desserts” on MSN, it occurred to me that I’ve never eaten a parfait before. Being a lover of fruit and frequent yougurt eater, I found this completely unacceptable and vowed to change my status by the end of the night.

It’s very easy to consider yourself a success when you set very achievable goals like the one above. Considering it was my day off work and the only things on my to-do list were 1) go the gym, 2) make a parfait and 3) eat a parfait… I would chalk this day up as a complete win.

Ready In 20 min
Average Cost $12.00
Breakfast Dessert

Egg Sandwich with Canadian Bacon

Scrambled eggs with sauteed onions and peppers, tomatoes, and canadian bacon on a toasted english muffin.

Egg Sandwich with Canadian Bacon

I’ve noticed I am severely lacking in the breakfast department… which makes sense because I just can’t bring myself to eat breakfast most days. Even if I was a breakfast lover, my brain doesn’t turn on until later in the day, so my cooking / photography skills would be even lower than they are currently (if that’s even possible). So, I’ll just have to make a point to start having more brinner!

I had this amazing breakfast sandwich all planned out (AKA: I found a recipe in some article on MSN earlier this week). It was basically just eggs on an english muffin with some assorted veggies and smoked salmon… and I was ecstatic to A) post a breakfast recipe and B) finally get to see what smoked salmon tastes like.

It turns out smoked salmon is absurdly expensive. I sat at that freakin counter for about 5 minutes trying to talk myself into grabbing the $8 bag of 4 ounces of smoked salmon… but the Poormet in me just could not do it!

Ready In 7 min
Average Cost $1.00
Breakfast

Fruit Smoothie

With some foresight, this is an easy and delicious breakfast… assuming you enjoy fruit.

Fruit Smoothie

Congratulations to me, I made it through two months of eating (mostly) slow-carb friendly foods… and I am moving on and (hopefully) not going back.

While it was kind of a pain in the ass at times, I would say it was a relative success. I went from 192.2 lbs -> 172.2 lbs over two months, and since I did not fully stick to the diet, I am not going to complain (although I was hoping for another 5 pounds, but I’m sure that will come in time).

To celebrate my minor accomplishments, I’m treating myself to this delicious smoothie.

Ready In 10 min
Average Cost $5.00
Breakfast Fruit

Basic Frittata

Frittata, the lazy man’s omelette. Considering how many things taste good with eggs, the creative possibilities are endless!

Basic Frittata

Something about breakfast just doesn’t sit right with me (and by breakfast I mean the time slot). The thought of food directly after I wake up is not appealing to me… which is a low down dirty shame because breakfast foods are among the best (and easiest).

A couple times a week I will make myself an omelette or scrambled eggs for dinner (or snack), but not having the ability to eat some toast with eggs has been killing me. So I went digging deep through the internet to find myself a new breakfast solution for the remainder of this diet and landed on a frittata somewhere. Looked easy and cheap so I was sold!

Ready In 20 min
Average Cost $4.50
Breakfast Vegetable
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