Smoked Salmon Scramble Recipe

Update: As of today I've lost 17.6 lbs on the Angry Wench Diet! Tomorrow it will be one month since I started the diet. I started it as a rush way to fit into a cocktail dress. I've tweaked it to be less radical but it's still annoying.

I've found the best way to stay on track with my diet is to avoid eating nasty and bland food. I try to liven it up with minimal calories and by adding good stuff with lots of flavor that works within my hair brained diet plan. 

For breakfast I will start with a 1/2 cup of Egg Beaters (I used the Publix brand today) and add a few fun things.

Busted...I am totally eating this off of a paper plate. Fancy, no?

Today's breakfast included:

Smoked Salmon Scramble

1/2 c Egg Beaters (or store brand...I really can't tell the difference)
1/2 tsp capers
1 tsp of diced sun dried tomato
1 tbsp of green onion
2 tbsp of chopped smoked salmon
Pinch of dill
Pinch of seasoning salt
A few good shakes of black pepper

Combine ingredients except for smoked salon, pour into pan sprayed with vegetable spray and cook over medium low heat until it's almost done. Add smoked salmon into egg mixture the last 1-2 minutes and stir to combine.

This recipe is less than 250 calories. I'm showing 170 on My Fitness Pal and I factored in 2oz of salmon.

The smoked salmon gives it a nice flavor. The combination is a lot like other breakfast dishes but without the English muffins, hollandaise and other badness that won't fly on the diet. Who doesn't love the combo of smoked salmon, capers and onion? 

 Penzey's has a seasoning called Northwoods and I added a few shakes to my eggs. Good stuff. If you get their catalog you'll spend an hour dog earring pages. Don't say you weren't warned. They have a store in Atlanta and hubs breaks into a cold sweat whenever I pull into the parking lot. Most of their spices start at about $4-5 dollars and I find 10-15 jars to buy almost every time. 

I'd also like to mention that Egg Beaters travels a lot easier than eggs. These ingredients are portable enough to stash in a cooler and take on getaways, stays with efficiency kitchens, etc. You can even premix everything and put it into baggies or storage containers. If you don't know the trick about making an omelet in a ziploc bag let me know and I'll explain the process. Because the salmon is smoked you don't have to fret as much over it as you would raw fish.

Oats and More Oats

Who ever thought I could have fun with oatmeal? I've been jazzing up the usual oatmeal lately and I'm so please without how it turned out. Now I have so many oatmeal ideas I just want to eat different oatmeal recipes all day.

It started off with discovering a box of Trader Joe's Whole Grain Instant Oatmeal with Cranberries in my pantry. The bag of steel cut oats was looming on the top shelf but I was hungry and wanted to eat soon.

Yesterday I mixed the oatmeal packet with water and added a bit almond butter. After heating I added some sliced banana. I didn't miss the packet of sweetener I usually add to oatmeal.

Slightly Jazzed Up Oatmeal

1 Packet Trader Joe's Whole Grain Instant Oatmeal with Cranberries
1/2 water
1 tsp Almond Butter
1/2 small banana chopped

Yesterday I picked up a few healthy items at Publix. In fact, by the time I checked out I was feeling like a bit of hippie health freak. I can't say it was a bad feeling. I had a cart full of stuff I usually never buy. I'm excited to start adding them into the foods I already make to improve the nutritional value.

I started my mad scientist additions with my oatmeal for this morning's breakfast. It was so good!

I made the oatmeal like yesterday's but I used vanilla soy milk instead of water. I also added a teaspoon of milk and egg protein powder (which I already had on hand). Now for the really fun stuff...I bought the Publix Greenwise Whole Flax Seeds from the dried fruit and nut section. I also picked up a container of wheat germ. I added a bit of both along with the usual sliced banana and tad of almond butter. It was thick, rich, nutty and sweet. Again, I didn't miss the missing sweetener packet. It was also very filling. According to the calorie counter on My Fitness Pal it totaled up to about 306 calories.

Jazzy Nutty Oatmeal

1 Packet Trader Joe's Whole Grain Instant Oatmeal with Cranberries
1/2 c Vanilla Soy Milk
1 tsp Almond Butter
1 tsp. MLO Milk and Egg Protein Powder
1 tsp. Publix Whole Flax Seeds
1 tsp. Wheat Germ
1/2 small banana chopped

Combine all of the ingredients except for the banana and zap for 1 minute in the microwave. Stir and add on any additional time if needed. I noticed the soymilk didn't absorb as fast as water and I cooked it for 1:20. Add chopped banana and enjoy.

This afternoon I discovered another blogger at Eating Bird Food who loves oatmeal and I'm excited to try her overnight oats recipe.

She also adds in Chia seeds. I've seen them have never tried them. I suspect they will be in my next hippie shopping basket full of stuff.

I'll try to post pictures. I just get so hungry the food is gone before I think to take a photo.

Low Calorie Omelets

So this is a take on the South Beach omelet. I've never made that one before but my former boss did. I've jazzed this one up a bit but the cooking is similar...

Behold! A super hi-tech frying pan. 

Preheat oven to 350. Spray PAM in a muffin pan that holds 12 muffins. Yes, muffin pan, no lie.

1 pint Egg Beaters
1/4 c Soy chorizo
1/4 c diced portabella mushrooms
1/4 c chopped bell peppers
1/4 c chopped green onion (1-2 stalks)
1/4 c low calorie shredded cheese
Salt and pepper to taste, go easy, the chorizo has lots of flavor
Paprika (optional)






Spray a saute pan with PAM and add the soy chorizo (I like Trader' Joe's). Brown the chorizo over medium heat for 5-7 minuets until you see little brown pieces starting to form.

In a bowl, add all the other ingredients, stir to mix and add to the muffin pan using a 1/4 cup measuring spoon.

The veggies before adding eggs

Veggies with browned soy chorizo and Egg Beaters

Bake for about 20 minutes or until the egg sets.

Makes 12 1/4 c omelettes. 93 calories per serving (according to My Fitness Pal).

I put the extras in a zip top bag and have two each morning for breakfast with a 100 calorie English muffin.

                                            

                                               I like a little smoked paprika on each one. Makes it festive!