We're on the healthy eating trail. I keep pushing the Choice Menus book on J, simply because there's a great deal of variety and a good deal of food in each menu. A couple of weeks ago, J had a doctor's appointment at 1:15 that was about an hour away from home. I convinced him that brunch was the answer! We had breakfast at 10, with protein to keep us going until we got home.
I present to you now the centrepiece of this menu, Breakfast Egg Pitas:
Ingredients:From Choice Menus.
1/2 tsp butter or margarine
1 green onion, chopped
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 tsp dry mustard
1/4 tsp dillweed
Pinch salt and pepper
1-6" whole wheat pita bread rounds, split in half
4 lettuce leaves
4 tsp salsa
Method:
1. In a non-stick skillet, melt margarine on medium heat. Add onion and mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes.
2. Combine eggs and seasonings. Add to skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 or 4 minutes or until eggs are set.
3. Line pita halves with lettuce leaves. Divide cooked egg among two pitas halves. Top each pita with 2 tsp salsa.
This was an excuse for me to make pitas again. They weren't quite as successful as my first batch. I think I used too much flour. But with the filling, they weren't tough. I bought a really nice leaf lettuce to line the pitas. I used 2 leaves - one in each direction to keep things from leaking.
The original recipe made 4 pitas. I halved this for one meal and made a few modifications. So, 2 eggs, no mushrooms (because I don't like them), a full onion, and no cheese because we'd run out. We didn't miss it. We also probably used more salsa than was called for. So good.
This menu was 2 small kiwi, 2/3 c bran flakes, 1/2 c low fat milk and 1 Breakfast Egg Pita. It was enough to keep us going for a good long time.
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