It Starts and Ends with Food!

 

In spite of how expensive eggs are, I still think they are an ideal breakfast.  We spend extra for cage-free/pasture-raised/organic. We buy what is available at the better end of the quality scale because they taste better.  If I plan to bake, I will buy the cheapest I can find.  But for omelets, we like the better-quality eggs.  They are around five and a half buck a dozen.  I will be getting a huge bonanza of farm eggs from a friend who has more than she can consume from her own hens.  

I like using refried beans for filling.  They are high in protein and dense.  One can will last a couple of weeks since I just use one egg.  Once my mix was made, half of it went into the freezer.  The rest will be used for the next five days or so.  Having homemade sourdough bread to go with this all, makes for an extra yummy and nutritional start to the day.

My outfit today was chosen because it would be easy to change in and out of. It was a pool day. The top and legging were 99 cent thrift finds. I swim for about a half hour and stretch for about twenty minutes. Today there was an open lane in the deep end, where the swim platforms for racing are.  The nice thing about that is I can do biceps and triceps pull-ups every couple of laps.  Once I am done in the pool, I indulge myself in a half hour in the sauna.  Of course, I shower and wash in-between, and then another time once I have finished sweating.  So I am there about two hours.  On the way home today, I picked some stuff up from Aldi.  But once home, I stayed in -- it was cold with wet snow!

The salad for tonight used an entire package of mozzarella pearls, which I got through Flashfood.  I also used fennel from my sister, half of a large seedless cucumber, olives from Dollar Tree, and peppers and tomato from Aldi.  It's dressed with balsamic lite dressing, also Ff, along with EVOO and balsamic vinegar.  Dinner was linguini with homemade sauce.  This used the rest of the pork from last night.  There are one and a half large jars of sauce left that will last us another week.

In addition to exercise and cooking, I managed to fit in a load of laundry. It all adds up to a full day, even if it's not a long list of accomplishments. That's why I always prepare extra. If I am going to spend the time, I want to do it once and then save time the rest of the week.

Have you ever put beans in your omelet? If not, please try it -- very tasty!