I am most definitely one of those people who wakes up in the morning without an appetite. The thought of food when I first get out of bed nauseates me. However, I'm pretty health-conscious, and I know that it's important to start your metabolism by eating well within the first hour of getting out of bed.
Several years ago my family purchased a microwave egg-poacher, so as to get all the nutrients from an egg without having to fry it and make it greasy. I started this morning by poaching well an egg (I find that the key to preventing egg-poacher explosions in the microwave is adding a teaspoon of water into it first), and then creating a small incision on the top to carefully remove all the yolk. I have never been a big yolk person -- egg-whites are totally my thing: a lot of protein, and pretty much nothing else. I seasoned the poached egg-white with some salt and pepper, and then I toasted a thin slice of rye bread.
When the bread came out of the microwave, I decided to be a little creative, and I folded the bread in half and inserted my poached egg and a thin slice of american cheese. After another 12 seconds in the microwave, I had created my first egg sandwich. I washed a hand-full of blueberrries and I sliced up a peach to eat along with it.
It honestly tasted incredible, especially knowing that the egg-white, american cheese, and rye bread all summed up to under 150 calories, and the typical fast-food egg sandwich is 400+ calories. A miracle, I know. I suggest you invest in an egg poacher, because creative poaching moments like this prove to be very rewarding =]. Try this at home, you'll love it!!
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