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And for #2? Breakfast Pizza

Posted on September 30, 2008

 

 Pizza for Breakfast?

Child #2 dragged himself down the stairs, flopped on the couch (rather  dramatically), and announced that he wanted pizza for breakfast.  Pineapple and pizza, to be exact.  Can one actually call 1-800-Dominos at 7:30 am?  No matter, I have a quick fix for him, too.

1 slice of double fiber bread
2 tbs spaghetti sauce
1 slice of deli ham
2 tbs of pineapple chunks
2 tbs shredded mozzarella cheese.

Note that it is 7:30 am and measurements are not exact.  Measuring tools are not even used. 

Toast the bread.
Find the rest of the stuff.
When the bread is done, turn the toaster oven to broil.
Spread a piece of foil on the broiler pan, because cleaning up melted cheese is not fun.  Nor is cleaning up hardened cheese because you got interrupted in cleaning because someone couldn't find his shoes.  (Have we been here before?  I think so...)
Spread the spaghetti sauce on the bread.
Chop the ham and the pineapple into smallish pieces and put it on top of the sauce.
Sprinkle on the cheese.
Pop this under the broiler while you clean up.
Voilà. 

But of course, I had to know the nutritional value of this concoction, so I created a recipe out of it and it says:

Calories: 216.7 Fat: 6.6g Unsaturated Fat: 1.04g Protein: 10.7g Carb.: 35.9g Sugar: 7g Sodium: 732.4mg Cholesterol: 20.7mg Fiber: 7.2g

Now I only have to worry about lunch and dinner...

 

 


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High Protein Breakfast in a Flash

Posted on September 30, 2008

Sometimes I think my kitchen is a drive through.  This morning  son #1 shouted down  "Can I have a turkey bacon omelet for breakfast?  I'll be down in 5 minutes!" 

Fine, then, here's a 5 minute bacon omelet:

1.  Drop a teaspoon of olive oil in an 8" non-stick skillet and heat it over medium high heat.
2.  Chop 1 slice of bacon and drop it in the skillet.   Cooking the bacon is what takes all the time, but it goes fast after this!
3.  Get an egg and beat it in a cup (because this early in the morning bowls tend to think they can fly); add pepper (the bacon is salty enough).
4.  Stir the bacon occasionally while you pour a glass of juice, rummage for the shredded cheese, and put the eggs and bacon back in the 'fridge.
5.  Tear a paper towel in half, one half will be used to drain the bacon and the other to wipe out the skillet.
6.  Turn off the heat and dump the bacon onto the paper towel.
7.  Wipe out the skillet.
8.  Put a dab (maybe 1/2 tsp) of butter in the skillet and spread it around.
9.  Pour the egg in the skillet and swirl it around evenly.
10.  Put a lid on the skillet.  Ok, it wasn't a lid, it was another pan that didn't get dried and put away last night.
11. Take a minute to clean up your work area.
12. Sprinkle the now cooked (thanks to residual heat) omelet with the bacon, some cheese, and roll it out onto a plate.

#1 and I will use these directions to turn out omelets for the family this weekend, as my husband says the boys will never leave home if I don't teach them to cook. 

Child #2 will come stumbling out of bed in about 10 minutes, but he's going to want something TOTALLY different...Welcome to Mom's, can I take your order?


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