A Hodge Podge and Hungry Girl's Breakfast Goodies

I thought I would bring you up to speed on a few things going on in the Eeny Meeny Miny Mo Cook's world.  First, Holland the Wonder Dog had his ACL surgery Thursday, and he is now home.  When I say home, I mean recovering in the house for 3 weeks.  This is not a little dog, and this is not an inside dog.  This is a 50 pound furry dog with a big bandage on his leg.  Can I just tell you that this has messed up the felines' world.  They are beside themselves.  They look at Holland the Wonder Dog like he is some alien intruder, arch their back, hiss and run off and hide.  Actually everyone is in an uproar.  We had to turn the thermostat down in the house to 60 degrees because Holland the Wonder Dog is burning up inside.  We have to remember to take him outside to use the bathroom.  We had to fix up the laundry room as his dorm room.  We have to remember to put the cat food up because he eats it in one big gobble, and the felines get irritable when they cannot eat on demand.  Oh my goodness but it is okay.  We love Holland the Wonder Dog.  Excuse me while I take him outside.

I am back.  The second thing that I have been doing this weekend, besides being a Dog Nurse, is taking down the Christmas lights.  You heard right.  I am taking down the Christmas lights.  Do you know how embarassing it is to be doing this in March?  The last time we were late was the year we went to London after Christmas and contracted the most horrible flu known to man.  We were sick as dogs.  So it was February before we even thought about the lights.  When we finally got to it, Husband Fred was in the attic putting up the last few strands when I heard the most deafening crash in the world.  I looked up and saw his legs dangling down into the kitchen.  Somehow he had managed to step off the attic beam and through the kitchen ceiling.   He let out the most guttural scream I have ever heard, and I really thought that he was hurt badly.  I knew I could not climb up those rickety stairs into the attic to check on him because I am deathly afraid of that attic.  One time he was up there and threw a fake rat down at me and that was all it took.  I told him I was never going up in that horrid place.  I asked him if I needed to call 911.  He responded no and said very gingerly that he just needed to sit there for a moment because he was lightheaded and about to pass out from straddling the beam.  Oh my goodness!!  So from that experience, we made a promise that we would never wait that long to take down the lights again.  Hmmm...Fast forward to the present.  Every person that walked or drove or rode their bicycles by the house today looked at us with disdain and disgust and pity.  They tried to say cute things like "Oh you must be getting a headstart on the lights this year!"  I answer back  through gritted teeth "No fool we are just trying to get them down before Easter!"  I really don't say fool but I am thinking that.  Then to make matters worse, Husband Fred has the audacity to ask me if I can possibly remember what order I strung the lights.  He said "It sure would make my job of getting them off the trees and shrubs a lot easier and quicker if you could remember the order you put them up in!"  I answered back sarcastically through gritted teeth "No fool I don't remember the order.  I put up over 50,000 lights on 7 trees and 20 plus shrubs last October and November .  Let me stand here and think a minute and MAYBE I can recall this information!"  I stood there for one second and went (actually stomped) back in the house before I said something unkind.  Holland the Wonder Dog got mad too and followed me into the house.

Now on to the recipe.  I am still cooking out of  Lisa Lillien's Hungry Girl Cookbook.  The Game picked a breakfast recipe.  I love breakfast.  I believe it is my favorite meal.  I love to eat breakfast for dinner.  That makes me happy.  I decided I would do 2 breakfast recipes since I had to buy a carton of those "fake" eggs, and I didn't want to waste them.  So here we go.

For the first recipe which is called "Yumtastic Breakfast Burrito", you will need the low calorie flour tortillas, turkey bacon, fat free Singles and the liquid egg substitute.  Publix calls it "Eggstirs".

Cook the turkey bacon.  I hate to say it but this stuff looks so fake.  Who likes fake bacon???  Food Police and Hungry Girl.  I will be honest.  It is not too bad but it sure doesn't taste like that Applewood smoked slab bacon!!

Spritz your pan with cooking spray and scramble the egg substitute over medium heat.

Tear your cheese slice in half and lay it on your warmed tortilla.

Place the eggs on top of the cheese.

Put the fake -whoops- turkey bacon on top of the eggs.

Roll it up and cut in two.  I must say it was rather good and only 239 calories.

For the second recipe which is called "Eggamuffin 101", you will need English muffins, the liquid egg substitute, Canadian bacon and the cheese singles.

Place your cheese on the toasted English muffin.

Then add the Canadian bacon that you first microwave.

Add the cooked egg.  I love jalapenos so I added that too.  This tasted as good or better than a McDonald's Egg McMuffin, and it is only 184 calories.

Here are the recipes......

Eggamuffin 101

Hungry Girl

Lisa Lillien

1 light English muffin

1 slice Canadian Bacon

1 slice fat-free American cheese

1/2 c fat-free liquid egg substitute

Toast English muffin.  Cook egg substitute over medium-high heat in a pan sprayed with nonstick spray.  Place cheese on the bottom half of the muffine, followed by the egg, ham, and then the other muffin top.

Yumtastic Breakfast Burrito

Hungry Girl

Lisa Lillien

1 low-fat flour tortilla about 110 calories

2 slices turkey bacon

1/2 c fat-free liquid egg substitute

1 slice American fat-free cheese

Cook bacon according to directions.  Pour egg substitute into a pan sprayed with non-stick cooking spray and scramble over medium heat.  Heat tortilla in the microwave until warm.  Place cheese in the center of the tortilla.  Top with eggs and bacon.  Roll the tortilla up and then heat in the microwave for an addition 15 to 20 seconds.

Now go have a great day................