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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Recipe - Nuked Eggs


Ingredients:
  • Eggs 2-8
  • Decent sized Bowl
Optional Ingredients:
  • Spices - parsley, pepper, salt, italian seasoning, steak seasoning, adobo, seasoning salt
  • Cheese
  • Hot Sauce
    • Above picture has chipotle tabasco hot sauce
  • Salsa
  • Meat
  • Sardines
  • Beans
  • Vegetables
  • Herbs & Seasonings:
    • Seasoned Salt
    • Salt and pepper
    • Garlic/Onion powder
    • Steak Seasoning
    • Pork Seasoning
    • Lemon Pepper Seasoning
    • Sazon
    • Adobo
    • Chives
    • Parsley
    • Dill
    • Tarragon
For a fast, easy breakfast, whisk as many eggs as you want in a bowl with a fork and stick it in the microwave.

Depending on your microwave 2 eggs = 1.5 mins 4 eggs = 3 mins.  Trial and error is necessary to figure out exactly how long to cook your eggs but the area to look for is the bottom middle section of the bowl.  Usually this part gets under-cooked so whenever that becomes fully cooked, you are good to go.  About 10 seconds after the eggs stop rising is a good time to take them out.  I prefer not to scramble them too much as you can see in the first picture.  I stir them once at around half of the cooking time when the edges are cooked about an inch towards the center of the bowl.

Taken out to mix at around 1:15

After mixing

Herbs should be put on after cooking while other spices that won't be affected by heat very much can be put in whenever.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Primanti Bros. - A Candid Review

I received a Primanti Bros. gift card from my parents a year ago so I tried their sandwiches and wings.

Chicken
This one isn't on the menu but it has ham, egg, cheese, turkey, bacon, fried onions, slaw, fries, and tomato


Borrowed from http://www.foodspotting.com/
I don't want to discourage anyone from trying their food, but it personally I felt underwhelmed.  It is definitely unique and worth eating once or twice, but the sandwiches are dry and nearly impossible to eat without some type of sauce.  After putting hot sauce or ketchup on them they become even more salty, which you may not notice until you need a gallon of water afterwards.  The bread is usually chewy.  I hope these attributes only apply to the location that I go to because I can imagine these sandwiches being good if they're given a little more love.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Recipe - Chocolate Yogurt


This is a quick and easy way to increase your mineral, fiber, and antioxidant intake. Unsweetened Cocoa Powder nutrition facts
  • Plain Greek yogurt
  • Unsweetened cocoa powder (100% Cocoa)
  • saccharin/aspartame/sucralose/ace k
  • stevia
  • Sugar alcohol like xylitol, erythritol, sorbitol, mannitol(optional)
  • Nuts(optional)
  • vanilla extract(optional)
  • honey(optional)
  • Pinch of Cinnamon(optional)
  • sugar(optional)
Mix the greek yogurt with the unsweetened cocoa powder and sweetener(s) of your choosing.  More chocolate=more bitter but more minerals.  The more chocolate is used, the more sweetener should be used.  The nice thing about chocolate is that its flavor is so powerful it usually covers up the aftertaste of the various sweeteners.  Combinations of sweeteners also aid in reducing aftertaste.  Caution should be taken with the amount of artificial sweeteners you use as studies have shown toxic  and carcinogenic effects. (1, 2, 3)

My usual blend:

  • 1 cup greek yogurt
  • 1 packet artificial/natural sweetener
  • 1 packet different artificial/natural sweetener
  • 1 full dropper of liquid stevia (or 2 packets)
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract(alcohol free)
  • 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder




Methanol from aspartame
Carcinogenic effects of aspartame
Saccharin: Technical Assessment of Risks and Benefits, Issue 1

Friday, October 3, 2014

Recipe - Conglomerate Cakes

Cheap, quick, easy, odd recipe.  They look a bit like concrete but taste great in my opinion.  When you see the ingredients don't give up.  Cooks best in a nonstick skillet.


  • 2 packs sardines in water (only add water from 1)
  • 2lb bag cooked pinto beans(or any other beans)
  • ~1 cup ground flax/chia seeds
  • 6 eggs
  • parsley ~3Tbsp
  • pinch of salt
  • oil(optional)
  • garlic powder, onion powder, italian seasoning, chili powder are all optional because I like to put hot sauce, mustard, ketchup, ranch, bleu cheese or pretty much any other condiment on them after I cook them

Mash up the beans at least this much.  I usually go further but I was in a hurry today.  If you leave a lot of whole beans it will be harder to cook the cakes without them falling completely apart.



Cooking cakes(in the pan) and finished(top right)


Finished "batter"


Conglomerate Cakes

This recipe can be tweaked completely to fit your needs.  More eggs=thicker, easier to cook cakes.  More sardines=fishier, healthier cakes.  More ground flax/chia seed=more nutty flavor and thicker batter.  Any soft fish or ground meat can be substituted for sardines or taken out completely.