veggie tofu scramble
Yesterday, I kind of joked around and posted a really bad for you but delicious breakfast like what I would have have “back in the day.” That is back when I was fat and killing myself with food. Toady, in honor of the end of National Breakfast Month, I will post what is a more typical breakfast for me.
A 3 egg white omelette stuffed with spinach, grape tomatoes, and fat free feta
1 Arnold’s Sandwich thin
1 cup milk (Not a tumbler, but one of those on-the-rocks glasses)
1 banana
3 slices turkey bacon cooked crisp.
coffee
Sometimes I put strawberries and blue berries into the omelette. Here’s another:
3/4 cup oatmeal with brown sugar and 1 Tablespoon evaporated skim milk
1 apple
1 cup milk
When I am on the run, I like a smoothie:
1 cup strawberries
1/4 cup blueberries
1 small banana
1/2 cup fat free vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup fat free plain yogurt
2 egg whites
Throw them in the Magic Bullet til blended.
I have also discovered some new foods – Morningstar Farms Veggie sausages, links or patties. Don’t do the “bacon,” it is inedible. I have also had scrambled tofu. I now make my own turkey breakfast sausage. Sometimes I switch off the oatmeal with barley, a whole grain mix I got at Trader Joe’s, even rice.
I never overeat for breakfast. I always save a little room for a fruit bar or piece of fruit around 10:00 then lunch at noon.
I never skip breakfast.
And Tums is not a food group.
Here is the veggie tofu scramble:
Ingredients:
- 1/2 yellow onion, diced
- 1/2 green bell pepper, diced
- 1 block tofu, drained and pressed
- 2 tbsp oil or margarine
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1/2 tsp turmeric (optional)
Preparation:
Slice the tofu into approximately one inch cubes. Then, using either your hands or a fork, crumble it slightly.
Sautee onion, pepper and crumbled tofu in oil for 3-5 minutes, stirring often. Add remaining ingredients, reduce heat to medium and allow to cook 5-7 more minutes, stirring frequently and adding more oil if needed.
Serves two.
