Hello my loves!
So, remember that drool-tastic foodporn shot I teased you with the other day?
Oh, well, in case you’ve forgotten…
Just TRY to tell me you don’t want to dive headfirst fork-first …no, I had it right the first time…HEADFIRST into that!
Now just keep that in mind while I explain the details…because ya know, it’s Friday, and around here, Fridays tend to get a little straaaaaaaaaaaaaange!
But ALWAYS in a GOOD way…you just gotta trust us! Hmm, that’s funny, I just got an image of the snake from the Jungle Book in my head! 😉
♫ Trust in meeeeeee! ♫
So…any guesses as to what’s in the #strangebutgood dish that I concocted this week? Here, allow me to introduce you to the players:
Cocoa
Peanut flour (or butter)
Greek yogurt
Eggs
and SPINACH?!
But I promise you’d never even GUESS that last one’s in there!
Because I swear to you this OMELETTE tastes just like CAKE!
Now I know there are plenty of you out there who just can’t seem to wrap your heads around the concept of sweet eggs, but you really just have to
♫ Trust in meeeeeee! ♫
Don’t think of it as an omelette…
But more as a really…thick…chocolate-y cake CREPE!
OOZING with peanut buttery goodness!
Peanut Butter Cup Omelette
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Prep Time: 3 minutes
Cook Time: 5-6 minutes
Keywords: fry breakfast high protein eggs peanut flour peanut butter cocoa powder
Ingredients (Serves 1)
- 1 large egg OR 2 large egg whites
- 1 cup packed, fresh spinach (optional)
- 2 Tbsp unsweetened almond milk
- 1 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder (I like Hershey’s Special Dark)
- 10 drops vanilla stevia
- 1/3 cup fat-free vanilla Greek yogurt (I like Chobani)
- 2 Tbsp peanut flour OR 1 Tbsp creamy peanut butter
- banana, creamy peanut butter, and cacao nibs for topping
Instructions
1. Heat a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat and coat liberally with cooking spray.
2. In a small blender or food processor, combine egg, spinach, milk, cocoa, and sweetener and blend until smooth.
3. Pour mixture into skillet and roll pan around so that the mixture climbs about 1 inch up the sides of the pan.
4. Reduce temperature to medium, cover and, cook until set (5-6 minutes).
5. Meanwhile, whisk together yogurt and peanut flour (or peanut butter) in a small bowl.
6. Remove from heat, transfer to a plate, spread with peanut butter yogurt and fold over.
7. Top with sliced banana, a drizzle of creamy peanut butter and cacao nibs.
Nutrition facts using one WHOLE egg and peanut flour:
Hmm, dessert for breakfast with over TWENTY grams of protein? I’ll take it!
Now if I’ve managed to tempt your curiosity slash made you drool enough so that you’ll actually try this, but you’re like, “Whoa Heather! Really? Spinach?”…just
♫ Trust in meeeeeee! ♫
Because once I lifted the lid to that skillet, the sweet Pavlovian smell of freshly baked chocolate cake had me even forgetting it was in there in the first place!
I mean seriously, I was drooling all over myself as I (painstakingly) assembled and took 3985 pictures of this thing!
And just when I knew I had the perfect shots I couldn’t take it anymore, the camera disappeared, the fork appeared, annnnnnnnd?
Well, um, yeah…ya know 😉
PUH-LEEEEEEEASE tell me you’ll make this!
Have you ever tried sweet eggs/omelettes before? If not, are you convinced now?
And since I seriously CANNOT get that song out of my head, what’s your favorite Disney movie?
Beauty and the Beast will always be my favorite since I grew up a total bookworm!
Ok, that one’s easy…PANCAKES!
Christmas pajamas!
![Christmas Story [Extended] - Front (Large)](http://www.kissmybroccoliblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Christmas-Story-Extended-Front-Large.jpg)
I really like listening to a wide variety of music, but I guess most of my iTunes library is filled with alternative and punk.
Being with family…sharing memories…and bonding in our collective craziness.
Obviously needing a bit more work.
