Truffled Egg Sandwiches

Egg sandwiches for 4 people - if you have friends with chickens, invite them over for breakfast and ask them to bring the eggs! The truffle essence adds a delightful twist to these sandwiches, to make an ordinary egg breakfast into a holiday extraordinary meal!



4 English muffins (sour dough ones if you can find them work great!)
12 eggs (use the whites only of 8 eggs and the full egg for 4 of them)
1/2 cup chopped pancetta
1/4 teaspoon of truffle salt
1/2 teaspoon truffle essence olive oil
2 tablespoons half and half
1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
3 slices Swiss cheese
4 slices fresh mozzarella cheese

1. Heat a large non stick sauteuse pan (shown above - it is a saute pan with steeper sides) to medium-low heat.
2. Meanwhile, beat eggs with salt, oil, and half and half until well mixed. When pan is warm, pour eggs into pan.
3. As eggs cook, and begin to set, lift and pull back a corner of the eggs and let liquid portion of eggs on top run underneath (you may have to twist pan to get them to run under). Repeat until all liquid on the top of egg is gone.
4. Place chopped pancetta, shredded mozzarella cheese and Swiss down middle of eggs. Fold omelet in half to melt cheese.
5. English muffins should be split and toasted in toaster oven to desired doneness.
6. When eggs are done (about 1 minute after folding), slide out of pan onto plate. Divide into four portions, place 1 portion on each English muffin bottom, top with slice of mozzarella cheese and squirt some spicy brown mustard on top if desired!

Enjoy with friends for breakfast!

Mom's weight may be a risk factor for autism

I'll have to look into this more, but very intriguing article about the association of overweight women with or without diabetes producing children with autism.

Could be the link in the answer to why the climb in autism diagnoses has been so great over the last decade (not vaccinations at all).

Mom's weight may be a risk factor for autism posted today 4/9/12 on the CNN Health page

Avocado, Cilantro and Cucumber Salad/Salsa

2 cucumbers
2 avocados
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Fresh ground black pepper
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro

1. Peel cucumbers, slice into quarters lengthwise. If seeds are large remove them, then cut into cubes.
2. Halve avocado, remove seed, and using spoon scoop out flesh as one piece. Dice up
3. Add lime juice, salt, chili powder and ground black pepper to bowl with cucumbers and avocado. Toss.

Enjoy! As a salsa type dip or a top something like baked chicken, lentils or quinoa!

Tis the season...

for California Avocados! Yes that is right guacamole fans - avocados from the good ole USA are now in season and arriving at your supah-mahkets (as we say here in Masshole land). Avocados are a great source of omega fatty acids necessary for brain function, so as the school year starts to come to a close and/or tax season is taxing your brain, get yourself some guac, or slice some up and put on baked chicken/salad/turkey burgers/poached eggs etc.

For complete nutrition facts visit: California Avocados

ENJOY!

Did you see this article on Whole Foods and seafood?

This article on Whole Foods discontinuing sales of unsustainable seafood starting on April 22 (Earth Day), way to be ironic guys!

Whole foods to stop sale of unsustainable seafood.

Sources for this article where from Blueocean.org

Banana Walnut Pancakes

Makes 3-6inch pancakes

1 cup almond milk
1 large egg
1/2 tablespoon ground flax seeds
3/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 tablespoon wheat germ
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1 banana, peeled, mashed
Grape-ola oil or cooking spray

1. Whisk milk, egg and banana together.
2. In a separate bowl mix the dry ingredients (flax, flour, wheat germ, sugar, baking powder, salt - then stir in the wet ingredients and mix well
3. Fold in the walnuts
4. Heat the non-stick skillet over medium heat, put a few drops of oil in bottom of pan or spray with pan spray.
5. Use approximately 1/4-1/3 cup batter for each pancake. Pour into pan and let spread. Leave pancake be - when small bubbles form on the surface and start popping it is time to flip the pancake, let cook additional 1 minute then take off heat.

Repeat for a delicious breakfast.

Serve with 100% pure maple syrup and a dollop of nonfat, plain Greek yogurt

Deluxe Station Diner

Set in a cutesy part of Newton Centre, exactly where the green line stops, is the local favorite, Deluxe Station Diner. The old train station is a beautiful building, everything is mahogany stained wood with decor back to the glory days of train travel. The owners of Deluxe Station Diner remodeled the building in 2010 to create an eatery that is anything but a stereotypical diner.

The menu has some things on it that you might expect: meatloaf, chicken pot pie, fish and chips; and a few that had you go 'really?': vegetable curry, spaghetti and 'meatballs' (made with eggplant instead of meat) and a Thai noodle dish. As you people watch waiting for your meal to arrive, you realize that the menu is a reflection of the clientele, and it is as eclectic as they are. People of all ages, dressing styles, social classes, and professions frequent this stop - probably due to the ease of access and the high quality of all their homemade-made from scratch dishes.

I ordered the waiter's recommendation of Broasted Half Chicken which came with two sides. I choose mixed greens (which was exactly that, with a few grape tomato halves thrown in). When I asked the waiter to choose between the mac & cheese and sweet potato fries he gave me a look as if I must be a moron, he wrote down and muttered "mac & cheese" without letting me get another word in edgewise.

He was very correct in his recommendations though! The broasted chicken was a cross between broiled and roast chicken, so it had a crispy outside as if it had been deep fried, but the meat was juicy and pulled easily away from the bone. I was pleasantly surprised. It was also not over seasoned which was nice. Some places salt the heck out of the poor bird or cover it in thyme and then it also comes greasy. DSD let the quality of the meat shine through, which I really appreciated! The mixed greens were fresh and a nice thing to break up the cheesey deliciousness of the mac & cheese, which was creamy and saucy, with extra cheese melted on top. I was to full to finish it and it made a fabulous lunch reheated today!

The Deluxe Station Diner also has a selection of microbrews and small batch wines to go with the food. The choices fit the character of the place with things like Alagash White (ME), Smuttynose IPA (NH) or Original Sin Cider (NY).

The atmosphere of this place is fabulous, the location is great with plenty of street parking, the noise level is good (the T came by multiple times during the 2.5 hours I was there, and you never heard it once), and the food is fantastic and reasonably priced (dinner for 2 with 2 beers = $42 + tip).

Deluxe Station Diner gets an A most definitely.