Mango Salsa Avocado'n Egg on Toast

 

I had this for breakfast a couple times....so yummy. With gestational diabetes I have to strictly monitor my carb and sugar intake. Bagels are pure sugar...and cereals...you may as well just be eating straight from the sugar jar. Needless to say I've been craving a bowl of Frosted Flakes for a while....I miss sugar. Anyways...for breakfast, I'm allowed one slice of toast. I use sprouted grain bread because it's much lower in glycemic index than regular fluffy bread. 

Bread

Avocado (1/2)

Pan fried egg

Mango Salsa (from Costco)

Really really tasty. 

Also really tasty is just avocado with mango salsa on toast. (I also discovered that eating corn products keeps my blood sugar levels too high for too long. So no corn chips for me.)

Banana French Toast

French Toast....you can't really go wrong. Having a few extra minutes in the morning....ok maybe an extra 30 minutes...I decided to make some French Toast for my husband. Weekend treat. =) I remembered how my Dad used to make it with filling in the middle....so I made a peanut butter and sliced banana sandwich, dipped the outter sides into egg and fried it. It smells SO GOOD.

My husband tried it with maple syrup....verdict is that maple doesn't really go with banana. Or maybe it's the peanut butter.

But it's plenty good by itself or if you drizzle condensed milk over it....super yums! Enjoy.

Ricotta Scramble

I've become a Chatelaine reader...I always thought that was for older women until I realized, I've become that. And by older I mean in your thirties. Because I don't care which celeb is hooking up with whom or who's in or out of rehab. And because I can't afford the beautiful clothes and accessories found in InStyle, nor do I ever aspire to own Jimmy Choo's...though I still check the online magazine for fashion inspiration. Ya, so I read Chatelaine because it has home decor tips, which I like and can execute, and it has recipes and food ideas, which I also really enjoy. Anyways, they have this awesome section covering what to do with the leftover bits of food and sauces that are in too small a quantity to make a proper meal with. I hate waste, so there's lots of great ideas.

One such idea was what to do with ricotta when you only have a spoon or two left. You put it in scrambled eggs!

Ricotta
Eggs



It makes the scramble really fluffy and fragrant. Yum!
I might do this on purpose instead of waiting until I just have leftover ricotta. =)

Toast Two Ways

Sorry for being MIA for a bit....I was on vacay in Sonoma valley...enjoying 30C weather and drinking lovely wines. =)

But here is what breakfast can often look like for me. One or the other....or BOTH.

There's avocado on toast, with sugar sprinkled over top.
And/or an egg fried over easy with ketchup.

It's quick and yummy. And semi-healthy. ;)

Salmon & Swiss Chard Quiche

Yep...I was so hungry I dug into the dish before taking a photo of it. Pardon the gaping hole in the quiche! I bought some Swiss Chard in my goal to eat more cruciferous vegetables...which are full of super food qualities...but also inhibits thyroid function if large quantities are consummed. (Eat lots if you're hyperthyroid; eat lots of iodine-rich foods in addition to these healthy veggies if you're hypothyroid.)

While browsing for Swiss Chard cooking inspiration I came across this quiche recipe. I had some minor modifications....but it was delicious! I ate 1/3 of the quiche.

Salmon (canned)

Swiss Chard

Almond Milk

Onion

Egg

Marble Cheese (I would've wanted feta instead)

S&P

I also found this fantastic quiche crust recipe:

Flour

Salt

Water

Olive Oil

I didn't have a pie dish so I used a casserole dish...which took 20 minutes longer to bake because it was thicker. But the end result...surprisingly yummy. Quiche is also easier to make than I thought! I now have a new place for leftovers to go for a meal transformation.

Pineapple Salsa

There's a bit much going on in the photo...but this post is really about the pineapple salsa. There were a few pieces left over from the pineapple we cut up so I decided to use it as a salsa over pork chops. It's got a very summery, sweet and fresh taste...brings out the flavor of the pork really nicely.

Salsa:
Pineapple
Tomato
Cilantro
Shallot
Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper
Honey



But why stop there...I had a bit of salsa left over so the next morning, it went over eggs on toast for breakfast. Yum!