Chocolate Chip Pancakes

5 minutes

one pan

and a taste of heaven!

One pancake mix

Chocolate chips

Syrup

Water

Mix the right amount of batch per directions and add up to 1/4 the batter of chocolate chips. I made 2 cups of mix so I added 1/2 C. Chocolate Chips

Cook - flip - cook again
Serve!

Amazingly divine! Fluffy, sweet just right for a great start to a ugh morning!

Breakfast, Egg Sandwich & Fridge Oatmeal

Or as I like to call this blog... Breakfast his & hers.
Breakfast, the most important meal of the day.
It sets the tone.
What I have personally found out is that if I have a breakfast prepped and ready I eat less and am less hungry.
Why?
If you wake up hungry and start searching for food, no matter what you find & eat, your brain still thinks its partially hungry. Its still searching for food - a different sort of hunger, worse really as it sticks with you.

For a few months now I have been pre-making my hubbies breakfasts, simple, filling and ready to go items that can be frozen.
Namely Breakfast Burritos. He loves them, but after 4 months he wanted a different taste.
Unfortunately the french toast didn't turn out well - it was too dry and too hard to eat on the go.

My Breakfast Shake is still very yummy but not something I can make every day - especially when the kids eating half of my ingredients (darn the fact that my kids love healthy foods! LOL).

Make ahead healthy Egg McMuffins that can be frozen. Here is the original recipe including Weight Watcher points 6  & 7.
Next time I will make these following the healthy ingredients - this time my hungry hubby went shopping and bought these less then stellar ingredients. Tastes great but it isn't even close to the weight watcher points.

This is no cook over night refrigerator oatmeal - very popular right now on Pinterest. I personally love it!
I will add a few pointers though - the fruit needs to be whole or cut in half, chopping it too fine or using mango or pineapple can cause it to ferment OVERNIGHT. I am not talking about yummy fermentation, I'm talking bitter bubbly yucky throw away fermentation.
Also buying Chia - you can find this in health stores. It comes in both canisters and sold in bulk where you bag and tag your own - much cheaper this way and I will vow - this is not cheap stuff but it does go far.
I have also started adding chia to my shakes.

These have been great! He gets his filling healthier meals and we will be doing both the burritos & the McMuffins for hubby. Have fun!

Breakfast Shake!

 

Shakes are one of the best or worst drinks you can have for breakfast.
If you add tons of sugar, shake packets or high fat products a shake every morning is not going to help you out.

However if you have an immersion blender/magic bullet or even a regular blender a shake a morning can be quick, easy and healthy!

First off is stocking up on the right products.

I change up my liquids - I float normally between, milk, pineapple juice or horchata.
Sometimes I will even combine them.

Fresh & frozen fruit with no added sugars.

Non fat Vanilla Greek yogurt (must - really its amazing!)  


Then comes my "secret" ingredients. The ones you can't taste, see or smell once they have been blended together.

1-2 tsp of Flax seed oil

1-2 tsp. Lecithin Granules

& 1/2 dropper of Ginkgo

Add a bit of this, a dab of that, frozen items on top - always the last items in and voila - sweet, thick, rich, creamy and healthy!

This does so many things for your body! Skin, muscles, blood, intestinal track... amazing! 

Also if you are anything like me, starting off my day with such a sweet treat curbs my desire for sweets later on - also helping keep me moving forward on a healthier path!

With my immersion blender (that I love!) this literally takes two minutes. One to assemble and one to blend and pour!

I am also of thinking of adding in a tsp of gelatin for nail & hair health. Will let you know how that works out!

Edit 9/14/12

I love adding in half a packet of gelatin! Really helps my nails and thicken the shake.

I also have started to add 1/4-1/2 tsp of Chia seeds - they are amazing and very healthy! Its best if you soak them in your base liquid for at least 10 minutes before making the shake so that they absorb enough to digest better in your tummy.

Breakfast Freezer style

Two in a half hours and I have breakfast for my husband for a whole month!

First up French Toast - eggs, vanilla, cinnamon - dash of salt and sliced bread of your choosing.
Dip, dip other side, cook and voila! French toast.
Make it in large quantities and freeze the extra! Can be heated on the frozen cycle of your toaster! Very simple and yummy!

Next up Breakfast burritos - mine change each and every time I make them and depend on the food at hand.
This time I used hashbrowns, sausage, eggs, peppers, salt and pepper, cheese & tortillas.
Cook it all up, chop it up, fill, wrap and then wrap in tinfoil to hold the shape.
Unfreeze the night before, microwave 1-2 minutes. If you unfreeze in the fridge the night before they won't even be chewy!
Delicious easy way to have breakfast ready on the go - Better then fast food burritos!

Cooking for once a month does not have to been done all in one day. If you know you love the food and it freezes well make double and freeze the excess. When you get into the habit you will continually be eating or cooking for/from the freezer.
Pairing the food with a side salad, fruits and veggies, as well as whole grain breads and you will be eating healthier, smarter and on budget!

Freezer Breakfast Burritos

Assemble all your ingredients - plan out what flavors you want cook up the basic's.
          
I choose bacon, sausage, eggs, beans, corn, red onion, cheese, hashbrowns & tortillas

I dump everything into slightly warm tortilla shells - keeping the meats separate.

Wrap, fold tightly into tinfoil add to freezer bags and freeze.

One at a time, pull out either defrost the night before or use the defrost setting on the microwave before, microwaving on high 1-2 min.

I packaged the bacon burritos & sausage burritos into two different gallon freezer bags

You can use any breakfast foods you like as long as its not fresh veggies ;)

great for once a month cooking!

Dutch Babies - first attempt

This is the Recipe for Dutch Babies as well as HOW they are SUPPOSED to look! Dutch Babies

I followed all the steps using a nonstick pan/oven safe rather than cast iron. Also not sure if the pan was SUPER hot when I added the batter... I didn't want to burn the butter.
Either on of those things must have messed up my attempt.

That said they are only a half fail - they failed in they didn't, fluff, puff, rise or fall.
They still tasted wonderful!
I will be trying this recipe again - not sure when, but I promise I will post a redo!

Winters Breakfast

Waking up to snow (more snow then all winter put together) I was in the mood for something hot and yummy!

I know I haven't posted much lately - I have been so busy lately trying to get the house back into order. Later I will be posting my own mix of soda (combing cherry soda and cola - to make my own stevia cherry cola!)

Breakfast this morning was wheat toast, maple sausage & provolone cheese.
Vanilla coffee & coconut creamer

Treasure the simple moments in life. When you look back over your life it won't be the "big" moments you smile over, but the small ones filled with love.

Eggs and Turkey

For breakfast or dinner Eggs are amazing!

Eggs

Turkey Bacon

Smoked Sharp Cheddar Cheese

Green Onion

Parsley

Salt

Always cook eggs in a hot pan

I have cooked eggs since I was 4 and its only been the last few years that I have cooked them

according to all the cooking shows rules (hot pan) and I have to say - Incredible!

Quick, fast and fluffy!

  

Breakfast for Two or dinner for one 

Tastes great and follows diet for B!

Breakfast & Lunch

Ok I am on Chapter two of the book "Eat Right for your Type". Meaning blood type.
Reading through the list it was easy to see all the things I had been doing WRONG. This morning I focused on eating foods on my list that are GOOD for me.

That's right! Oatmeal & apples for breakfast, and a WHITE tortilla, eggs, parsley, salt & onion with Turkey bacon - I could have added cheese as well if we still had some! (Loving the B blood type!)

Foods I will miss the most pumpkins, tomatoes, pepper and Chicken. Is this going to be hard - not really.
I found that most of the foods on my list are the foods I CRAVE!

Ironically my children with their O'ness need more of a hunter gatherer diet - which suits the foods they CRAVE!
Tonight I hit the stores and will be stocking up on supplies for the kids and I food that will help balance out our bodies.
Why the kids?
If this works (of course they swear it does and right now it makes a lot of sense) then I want my children used to eating for their bodies. It is so much easier to grow up eating one way then to change when your an adult!
In my tab section I will have recipes easily labeled under "Eating for (b/o)".

If anyone else has done this lifestyle change or follows someone who does please leave me a comment!

Simple Breakfast Soft Tacos

Check over your ingredients

Non stick skillet - spatula pull the sides gently in

Cook eggs on high heat - watch carefully

Serve on a warm tortilla with toppings of choice

Mine are:

Tortillas

Cheese

Tomatos

Sour Cream

Egg in a hole

Breakfast is one of the funnest meals of the day, when you have time to cook that is!

This goes under many different names

and is very easy to cook

Best of all it suits all different tastes.

Over easy done simply - for the hubby

Mine cooked longer and with smoked cheddar cheese

Baked Eggs with Cheddar and Bacon - a new twist

Always, I repeat Always BUTTER the sides of your dishes.

Never ever use spray!

This time I used chopped green onion in place of the parsley.

This time I served it up on a whole wheat bun

To find the whole recipe click link.

Baked Eggs with Cheddar and Bacon

Oh Yes! Its America's favorite meal and I have finally found a worthy recipe!

Breakfast!

Baked Eggs with Cheddar and Bacon

4 eggs
4 Tbls fat free milk divided
2 Tbls shredded smoked cheddar cheese
2 tsp minced fresh parsley
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
2 bacon strips (I used turkey bacon to lower salt, fat and cholesterol issues)

1. Coat the inside of 4, 4 - 6 oz ramekins or custards cups with cooking spray (I use butter so as not to have the nasty sticky residue); break and egg into each dish. Spoon 1 Tbls fat free milk over each egg. Combine cheese, parsley, salt, and pepper in a small bowl; sprinkle over the tops. If you like non runny eggs mix the eggs and cheese lightly by pulling a fork through it.

2. Bake uncovered, at 350 for 12-15 min (again if you like non runny 15-20 min) or until whites are set and yolks begin to thicken but are not firm.

3. Meanwhile, in a small skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towel to drain. Crumble bacon and sprinkle on top of eggs, then serve!

Final product! Yummy! I will be making this again tomorrow! YUM! What it took for me to find smoky cheddar cheese was worth every bite!