“I can’t beleive it’s not pizza Fabio!” – recipe

This was going to be called “Use it before you lose it Fricassee” but after the first mouthful I changed my mind  (although I reserve the right to keep “Use it before you lose it Fricassee” for another time – no takesies).

How this masterpiece came about.

Dans la pan

I had a few little bits of many things.

A couple slices of prosciutto from when I made the Broiled Prosciutto Asparagus spears, ditto for some asparagus spears. I had a pepperoni stick. I had some sliced mushrooms, chopped onions and green peppers. I have a couple pieces left of No egg cup for you broccoli casserole.

I sauteed the onions and green peppers in about 2 tbsp of aroma free coconut oil until onions were almost translucent.
I added the chopped prosciutto and I sliced the pepperoni stick and sauteed a bit more.
I added the mushrooms and sauteed a little bit longer.
I added the asparagus spears and the cubed slice of the the No Egg cup for you blah blah blah.
I whisked an egg with cream and poured over the whole thing and lowered the heat to about 3 and covered it for a few minutes.
When the egg was almost set, I added some cubed feta cheese ( a 1/4 inch thick by 3 inches by 2 inches piece) and covered again but turned off the heat.
About 5 minutes later…

And OMG! I had that first bite and could have sworn I was eating a pizza! The whole mouth feel was incredible, like a pizza!

Sur l'assiette

 

What’s for supper tonight? (recipe)

Asparagus stuffed omelet with smoked salmon and gouda.

Whisk 2 eggs with cream.

Pour into 2 tbsp melted butter over medium heat  in a frying pan 

When eggs begin to set, layer smoked salmon slices (I used 3) and asparagus (I used 8 stalks cut in half (pre steamed)), sprinkle about 1/4 cup loosely packed shredded cheese (I used Gouda), fold over and lower heat and cover. Leave for a few minutes until cheese melts. I garnished with half an avocado.

Eat!

No egg cup for you Layered egg and broccoli casserole – recipe

Just in case I was getting to be known as the egg cup lady, I thought I would offer something different, however, this recipe could be made into egg cups if you were so inclined.

Ingredients:   

12 eggs
1/4 cup cream
2 cups chopped broccoli
1/2 cup onions
1/2 cup chopped, sliced or shredded mushrooms
1/4 coconut oil ( I used aroma free – you could butter, olive oil, bacon fat or lard)
1/4 tsp dried oregano
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1/4 tsp dried basil
1 cup shredded cheese (loosely packed)
Himalayan sea salt (a couple of twists)
rectangle baking dish
cooking spray

Method:

Pre-heat oven to 350F.
Whisk together eggs and cream.
Add herbs and mix well.
Sautee onions and mushrooms in your oil of choice. When onions are translucent,
Add half of the egg mixture and reduce to low (3-4) and stir constantly until eggs mixture thickens slightly.
Pour the thickened eggs mixture into a greased baking casserole dish.
Sprinkle the broccoli on top of mixture and add cheese on top of broccoli.
Pour remaining egg mixture over the broccoli/egg mixture and bake in oven for 25 minutes (check at 15 minues and every 5 minutes as ovens vary).
When the middle of the egg casserole is lightly set (no more jiggling), turn off oven and leave in oven for another 10 minutes.

Eat!

*to turn this into egg cups, let the sauteed onions and mushrooms cool before mixing into the egg mixture. Stir all ingredients together including cheese, pour into greased muffin wells and sprinkle a little extra cheese on top. Bake for 15 minutes in 350F oven. Turn oven off and leave in oven for another 10 minutes to allow eggs to set without over baking them.

Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche But They Do Eat Egg Cups (recipe)

It’s safe to assume that my egg cup recipes are actually little quiches made without flour, hence baking them in a muffin tin.

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Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche, by American Bruce Feirstein, is a bestselling tongue-in-cheek book satirizing stereotypes of masculinity, published in 1982 (ISBN 0-671-44831-5). It popularized the term quiche-eater, meaning a man who is a dilettante, a trend-chaser, an over-anxious conformist to fashionable forms of ‘lifestyle’, and socially correct behaviors and opinions, one who eschews (or merely lacks) the traditional masculine virtue of tough self-assurance. A ‘traditional’ male might enjoy egg-and-bacon pie if his wife served it to him; a quiche-eater, or Sensitive New Age Guy would make the dish himself, call it by its French name quiche, and serve it to his female life partner to demonstrate his empathy with the Women’s Movement. He would also wash up afterwards.

The book’s humor derives from the fears and confusion of contemporary middle-class men about how they ought to behave, after a decade of feminist critique on traditional male roles and beliefs.
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So, to call a spade a spade, here is a recipe for mini quiches that men will make, eat and serve to their life partners and then clean up afterwards.

Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche But They Do Eat Egg Cups

Preheat oven to 350F.

Crab egg cup

Ingredients

12 eggs
1/4 cup cream
1 can crab meat (I used chunky style), drained
1/2 cup loosely packed shredded cheese (I used gruyere)
1 tbsp dijon mustard
sea salt (pink Himalayan salt) to taste
ground pepper to taste
1/4 cup each chopped onion, green peppers and mushrooms sauteed in 2 tbsp butter
a large pinch of marjoram

Method

Whisk eggs and cream. Add dijon mustard, cheese, salt and pepper.
Add the contents of the strained crab meat, mix well.
Add sauteed onions, peppers and mushrooms.
Grease your muffin tin. Using a measuring cup (I use a 1/3 cup) pour egg mixture into each well.
Bake for 18 minutes, turn oven off and keep them in oven for another three minutes.

Eat!

It’s safe to say the egg cups are now my most favourite thing like raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. They fit perfectly in those 8 oz snack sized containers from Ziplock and each one is one serving of egg.

What’s for lunch today?

A slice of upside down spinach egg pie, a chuck of feta with a dollop of kalamata olive tapenade.

Spinach egg in hand (yes it’s green) – recipe

Here’s another egg recipe that can be made in so many different ways that it may never be the same way twice (that’s sounds like a song doesn’t it?).

Spinach egg in hand

Ingredients:

12 eggs (this recipe isn’t for chickens)
1 pkg frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained (I used a paper towel to remove as much moisture as possible)
2-3 cloves garlic, minced

1 cup shredded cheese (or any combination -  I used shredded havarti, gruyere and shredded parmesan to make up 1 cup)
salt and pepper to taste
cooking spray, butter or olive oil
1 12 well muffin tin

Method:

Preheat oven to 350F.
Combine all ingredients (except the last item) in a bowl and mix well.
Grease your muffin wells ( I made the mistake of using a dollar store pastry brush and ended up picking out the bristles, so I just started again by rubbing melted butter in the wells with a paper towel)
I used a 1/3 cup measuring cup to fill the wells and that worked very well.
Bake for 20 minutes in 350F oven (check at 15 minutes).

for 1 egg

Let cool slightly.

Eat!

*options: use feta cheese, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts (process them in a food processor), asparagus, add bacon chunks, sausage chucks, chopped peppers, tomatoes, olives, let your imagination run free (like the chickens)

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I took the picture of the spinach egg cups.

Egg in salmon cup – recipe

This recipe can be modified in so many ways that it may never be the same twice!

For this recipe;

Ingredients:

12 eggs
smoked salmon
shredded cheese, crumbled feta
salt & pepper to taste
herbs
cooking spray, or butter or olive oil

Method:

for 1 egg

Pre-heat oven to 400F
Grease your muffin tin (12)
place a slice of smoked salmon in each of the wells
crack an egg into each of the wells
add salt and pepper
top each with your choice of cheese (I used crumbled feta on 4, shredded gruyere on 4 and shredded swiss on the rest)
sprinkle your choice of herb (fresh or dried,  I used dried marjoram)
Bake in the oven for 15 minutes (or until egg sets)

Eat!

*options: use bacon (partially cooked), sliced smoked turkey, or roast beef, or any sliced meat (not the lean kind)
Use any combination of cheeses, herbs, olives, or caramelized onions, or sauteed peppers, mushrooms, just let your imagination run free.
You could make this everyday and have it never be the same.

What inspired me to start the eggkins?

As I wrote in a previous blog, I had had some success with the Atkins diet once (and weight watchers, and the Zone, and Fit For Life, The Lemonade diet, The Milk only diet, etc…) and when I tried to get back on Atkins, I just couldn’t stomach eating all that meat again. And I wondered one day if eggs could be used as the protein source. I Googled and found a link which lead me to YouTube and a guy named Jimmy Moore and a video where he talks to doctors about a man who survived on 24 eggs a day for years.

I thought it was worth watching I guess because I watched the video which lead me to Jimmy Moore’s website http://lowcarbmenu.blogspot.com  and I was not put off by yet another “expert” trying to sell me something or whatever. Here was an ordinary guy who has struggled with his weight but found that living low carb helped him shed pounds and get his life back.

He did a 30 day experiment eating eggs, butter and cheese and he lost weight.

This inspired me to start doing the eggkins diet and then I created this blog.

If you’d like to read the eggfest entries, here are a few to get you started;

Day 1, Day 2, Day 4, Day 6, Day 8,  Day 10

What’s for dinner? (4 cheese egg pile ) – recipe

4 cheese egg pile!

OMG! This was so good, I ate it all before I remembered to take a picture!

Ingredients:

2 tbsp unsalted butter
1/2 chopped onion
1/4 cup sliced mushrooms (only because I didn’t have 1/2 cup of them!)
1/2 cup frozen peas
2 eggs, lightly scrambled with cream (about 1 tbsp)
3 kinds of shredded white cheeses (*colored cheeses contain dye)
1/4 inch thick slice of feta cheese (about 2 inches by 3 inches slab), crumbled
*Optional: crab meat, 4 chunks

Method:

Saute onions and mushrooms until onions are translucent.
Add peas and stir.
Assemble the onions, mushrooms and peas into a tight circle in the frying pan. slowly pour eggs on top, scooping egg back into middle if it tries to get away
Sprinkle your cheeses (not even a 1/2 cups worth), add crab meat (optional) and add crumbled feta.
Cover and turn off heat and let the cheeses melt and egg set.

Eat!

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* colored cheese contains dye, ever see orange milk?
Didn’t think so.

Upside down spinach egg pie – recipe

I love this recipe! I mean I really love this recipe!
It serves 4
takes 8 minutes to prepare
15 minutes to cook.
Ingredients:

2 tbsp unsalted butter
1 cup mushrooms, sliced
1 cup onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 tbsp dijon mustard
salt and pepper, to taste (I use sea salt)
8 eggs
1 pkg frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained

Method:

In a large, non-stick skillet, melt butter; sauté mushrooms, onion and garlic over medium heat until golden.
Stir in mustard and season with salt and pepper.
Spread spinach on top of onions and mushrooms. With back of a spoon, make 8 indentations in spinach mixture.
Break one egg into each well.
Cover and cook on medium-low for 6 to 8 minutes or until egg whites are set (I break the yokes as I cannot eat runny yolks – but to each his own).

*Optional: sprinkle some shredded cheese on top and let melt, this will be like an egg pizza. Add sliced olives, or capers, or chopped basil, let your imagination run wild.