Crazy About Eggs

I eat eggs every day.

Some days, more than once.

My breakfast almost always has eggs or egg whites in it… whether it is a pancake of some kind, one of my grain free ‘cereals’, bacon and egg muffins, or I am just making omelets or scrambles. I often use powdered egg whites in my protein smoothies.

And my lunch or snack may contain hardboiled or baked eggs, or egg white ‘bites’, too.

Fruity Egg Cake

Eggs are a really good source of tryptophan, an amino acid and a precursor of neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine, which are closely related to sleep, mood, and feelings of pleasure.

They are also loaded with choline which Health Canada recognizes as an essential nutrient thought to play a role in brain function and prenatal brain development.

At one time eggs were blamed for high cholesterol levels in our blood, but we now know this is not true.  Cutting eggs from your diet doesn’t lower your cholesterol levels.

And the Harvard School of Public Health says that eggs contain nutrient that may actually lower your risk of heart disease.

Eat your eggs.

And don’t throw out the yolks… which is what I used to do when I was brainwashed by the ‘no fat’ craze of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s.  Now we know that fat is not the enemy and the yolk is where most of the vitamins are found.

Check out this post I wrote a while back that shows the nutrients in eggs and in egg whites.

Some of my favorite recipes that feature eggs…

Ham and Egg Baskets

Baked Eggs with Mushrooms

Eggs ‘N Oats with Variations

Egg Flower Soup

Baked Pancakes with Berries and Cinnamon

Are you an egg fan? 

What’s your favorite way to eat them?  I am always on the lookout for new ideas.

Best Cookies EVER! Gina's Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

A couple of weeks ago Gina posted this recipe for her Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies…. I had to make them right away!

I knew they would be pretty high in calories and in fat grams, so I used only 2Tbs of crumbled bacon and made 10 cookies instead of the 8 that Gina made in order to spread the calorieso out… but my goodness they are the BEST cookies EVER.  I looooooved them.

They are grain free and made with almond meal so they are right up my low carb alley!

The bacon is not obvious in them at all.  Don't be put off if you are not a bacon fan.

 I gave these cookies to The Captain and he liked them but still never has guessed that there is bacon in them.

But what he did like and what I LOVE about them, is that the bacon adds just a bit of saltness to the mixture and really really enhances the dark chocolate flavor.

Honestly!  You MUST try them… go to Gina’s blog NOW and get the recipe.  You can find it on the Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies post.

Into the oven we go…

Be sure to let them cool completely cause they love to fall apart.. yeah, betcha can’t wait that long!

I did calculate the N.I. as I made them and it turns out not too bad, even from a Weight Watcher's eve view!

Per cookie.
Weight Watchers P+ = 4
Calories 124; Protein 3g; Carbohydrate  6g; Fat 11g; Fibre 1g.


What d’ya think?  Would you try them?

Grain Free Low Carb Biscuits

Sometimes I get a little tired of eggs for breakfast and do a bit of experimenting with almond meal or coconut flour or milled flax seeds... I have been working on grain free substitutes for toast and rolls recently.

These lovely biscuits came after a few several previous experiments in my microwave, the results of which The Captain likes to call pucks.  Tasty but not the right texture at all... more like cake.

I finally got a brain wave and realized that I could likely just bake my batter in the regular oven like a conventional baking powder biscuit… and they are pretty darned good.

They freeze well, too.  I do keep the leftovers in the fridge, though, and just mike each for a few seconds when I want them to taste and look like fresh-baked and still warm.

They are really nice served sliced in half vertically and then each half topped with ham and an egg.  If I put a slice of processed cheese on The Captain’s he is really happy… just like a fast food biscuit sammy.  Just as messy and crumbly, too!

Grain Free Low Carb Biscuits
Makes 6 biscuits

• 3/4 cup egg whites
• 1/4 cup coconut flour
• 3/4 cup almond meal
• 1-1/2 Tbs coconut oil
• 1 tsp baking powder
• dash of salt

1. Preheat your oven to 400° F.
2. Whisk egg whites till frothy in small bowl.
3. Combine coconut flour, almond meal, coconut oil, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
4. Stir egg whites into dry ingredients.  The batter will become thicker as you stir it so do be patient!
5. Spoon the batter into 6 prepared or silicone muffin cups.
6. Bake for 13 or 14 minutes till golden.

Per biscuit.
Weight Watchers P+ = 4.
Calories 144; Protein 7g; Carbohydrate 7g; Fat 11g; Fibre 4g.

Pardon my well-used baking sheet!

Don’t they look just like baking powder biscuits?

I also used a couple to make Strawberry Shortcake with freshly sliced berries and coconut milk whipped ‘cream’.  Mmmmm…

And, I enjoyed one with a big slather of almond butter on it... Awesome good.

Printable Recipe

Are you a biscuit fan?  Warm with butter or honey?