Thursday, July 31, 2008
Morning
3/4 Tbsp chopped walnuts, 1
1/2 cup Plain, 1.5
1 cup blueberries, 1
1 slice high-fiber bread, 1
1 large egg(s), 2
1/2 tsp butter, 0.5
Midday
Turkey w/cheese half sand & salad – from restaurant so points estimated, 10
Evening
1 cup cooked spaghetti, 4
1 cup cooked asparagus, 0
1 tsp olive oil, 1
1 srvg. Carbonara sauce with smoked salmon, 3
Anytime
banana split - Quick-added food, 9
Food POINTS values total used, 34
Food POINTS values remaining, 0
Activity
60 min walking, brisk, 5
Activity POINTS values used, 5
Day 7 
One of my new favorite breakfasts is yogurt & an egg in a nest for a points value of 7.
I used to make eggs in the nest occasionally when my kids were little and they thought they were cool. But I was having a dilemma b/c I wanted eggs & toast for breakfast but if I did it the way I wanted, it would typically be 2 eggs, 2 pieces of toast and 2 tsp. of butter for a points value 8 (or 10 if I used white bread). However, with 1 egg in the nest plus yogurt, fruit & nuts, I feel perfectly satisfied and it is a pretty good breakfast on the go type meal.
In case you are unfamiliar with these, it is just an egg cooked in a hole made into a piece of bread.
I use a 2” cookie cutter and cut hole in the middle of the bread (I use Rudi’s organic 7-grain + flax and it is yummy). I melt ½ tsp. butter in a very small fry pan (it is either 6 or 8”) and surprisingly it looks like a quite a bit. I then rub the little bread hole piece in the butter on both sides, which butters the hole piece nicely but still leaves a thin coat of fat on the fry pan. I put in the bread, crack an egg into the hole, lift the bread slightly to let a little bit of the egg white run out the bottom (otherwise the white sometimes doesn’t cook completely) and cook on both sides until it is done to how I like it. I cook the butter covered little hole in the pan at the same time and let it toast on both sides. It is very buttery & yummy.
My teenage daughter also loves loves loves these, even with the high fiber bread and she doesn’t notice that I use just a teeny bit of butter.
I have a carbonara sauce that I make that is very easy, but when I double checked the points last night, it was 8 points for one teeney little serving. I lightened it up a bit and you know what? Nobody noticed! I’ll post the recipe here shortly.
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