I'm really excited to be writing the
first blog of a new weekly series discussing easy, awesome recipes
for yourself and loved ones as well as some creative DIY projects.
This week- an ultra yummy and easy breakfast recipe that tastes so
good you'll be wondering where it's been your whole life.
As the days progress more and more I'm
rushing out the door and eating more fast food than I'd like to
admit. It's easy to forget, or simply not care about maintaining a
healthy diet with as crazy and stressed out you can get with day to
day activities. However, our diet can effect more than our waistlines
but also our moods/ mental state and our skin and hair. With today's
recipe I would like to introduce a simple, quick and delicious
breakfast option that is packed with protein to keep you plenty full,
and productive until lunch time. The star ingredient for this dish is
avocado- an extremely healthy fruit that can make a big difference in
your cholesterol, hair growth, as well as your skin's complexion. In
fact, whether your a bride, married, or single- we all want
that glowing, flawless complexion we secretly hate models for and by
adding avocado and other healthy, skin clearing foods to your diet you can make great strides in achieving
it.
Although I'm not sure of the “real”
name for this recipe, in my house, I prefer to refer to it as the
Super Protein Messy Ultra Breakfast... when I'm feeling dramatic :P
Ingredients and items you'll need:
- Your favorite bread or bagel ( 1 slice or ½ a bagel)
- 1 avocado
- lettuce
- 2-3 pieces of bacon
- 1 egg
- ½ a tsp of butter or your favorite non-stick cooking spray
- Parchment paper (optional- used to make extra crispy bacon in the oven)
- Skillet/ frying pan and spatula
- Baking pan (optional- also used to make extra crispy bacon in the oven
- Toaster
Step One
Due to the time it takes to cook bacon
compared to everything else involved in this recipe, I'd suggest
cooking the bacon first. Everyone is a little different on how that
prefer their bacon to be cooked, a lot of people cook their bacon on
the stove ( place your desired amount of slices onto your skillet or
frying pan, set your stove to “medium” and allow it a few minutes
to cook on one side before flipping it over and repeating the process
until it's as cooked as you like) but I prefer extra crispy bacon
with very little fat so I'll be cooking my bacon in the oven. To
achieve the crispier bacon in the oven, preheat your oven to 375
degrees and cover your baking pan with parchment paper (found in the
same isle as foil at your grocery store). While you're waiting for
your oven to heat up, place your desired amount of bacon onto your
baking sheet. Once in the oven, you cook the bacon as though you were
cooking it on the stove- flipping it a few times to ensure
even cooking. Once it's at your desired crispiness remove the bacon
from the stove or oven and place it on a plate on your counter and
cover it with paper towels.
*Please Note: If you're in a hurry,
cooking your bacon, especially if it's thick, on the stove is a
little faster than in the oven. If you have no time to spare, already
fully cooked bacon is a nice option and is sold in most grocery
stores.
Step Two
Now is the time to take your piece of
bread or half of a bagel and put it into your toaster. Once toasted
to your liking, place aside onto a plate.
Step Three
Before we cook the egg (which shouldn't
take long), lets prepare your avocado/ the star of this recipe :P
Begin by washing your avocado, then dry it off and place it on top of
a paper towel or hand towel (this way it doesn't slide around while
you cut it). Careful not cut yourself, use your knife to slowly slice
your avocado lengthwise starting at the narrow end. You should be
able to easily glide your knife through the avocado and around the
large seed in the center. Holding the avocado in the palm of your
hand, use your other hand to twist and rotate the two halves apart.
Remove the seed (or leave it in if you plan to store one half) by
slipping a spoon between the seed and fruit. Gently work the seed out
of the fruit.
The outer skin or peel is easy to
remove. Simply slice the avocado into wedges, then grasp the outer
dark layer or skin and pull it away from the inner green flesh of the
fruit. If some of the darker almost black portions of the skin remain
on the green flesh of the fruit, simply cut them away. The yellow to
green portions of the avocado are what you want. Do not consume the
peel.
*Note: The skin may be more difficult to peel away on fruit that is not fully ripe.
Step Four
Once you have some wedges of avocado
sliced, place your lettuce on top of your bread/ bagel then add your
desired amount of avocado (2-4 wedges depending on their size and how
much you like avocado). Then place your bacon on top of your avocado.
Note: If you have extra avocado, cover
with plastic wrap or place into a small container and use the rest
for another breakfast or make avocado spread for your sandwiches.
There are an assortment of avocado spread recipes online but below is
a link to one of my favorites for your convenience.
Step Five
For this recipe we'll be making our egg
“sunny side up”. Grab your frying pan, throw in your butter, and place your temperature
at “Medium Low- Medium” and get ready, these cook up fast. Once the butter has melted, crack
your egg into the frying pan, be careful as to not to drop any of the
shell into the pan. Do not flip, or scramble your egg, you want the
yolk to remain together and runny. As soon as your egg is mostly white
with a runny yolk in the center as shown below, remove your egg from
the stove with a spatula and place it on top of the bacon on your
bread.
Step Six
Savor the delicious looking breakfast
in front of you and devour it before anyone else does XP
Warning: This meal is extremely tasty but extremely messy, have plenty of
napkins at your disposal and eat over your plate or prepare to spill
amazing flavor all over yourself!
Thank you for reading the first post of our new weekly blog on tasty recipes and DIY activities. I hope you enjoyed the above recipe and I hope you'll check back again next week for a fun DIY activity! For more healthy, skin clearing foods you can add to your diet check out the link below.
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