Ranch Eggs

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Ranch Eggs

Well Hell froze over. And with it North Carolina.

Did your Friday night involve the entire infrastructure of your town shutting down due to some precipitation? Maybe.

Did your Friday night involve a massive plate of pad see ew, a comped bottle of wine, a mildly uncomfortable discussion with a stranger about the now shuttered clothing store Structure, and this same stranger’s orgies that he participated in during the late 80s? Probably not.

Did your Friday night involve your two bartenders abandoning ship to take a bright blue sled down the middle of a snow filled main street while the local news aired it live? I doubt it.

Did your Friday night involve an impromptu, live on Facebook, snowball to the nads? Unlikely.

Did your Friday night involve watching a grown ass woman create a parking lot snow angel in 1” of snow with the excitement of a toddler who just discovered that farting is funny? I'm thinking no.

Did your Friday night involve some midnight racing of remote control trucks in a snow covered parking lot? I don’t think so.

It's okay. I'm sure your Friday night was fun too.

In all seriousness last night was off my plan de jour to make January a “cleanse” month. Not cleanse in the classic sense. Just cleanse in that I'm not binge eating homemade peanut butter balls while waiting for the lasagna to warm.

With an attempt at some clean eating I enlisted the help of my fellow blogger and Netflix aficionado, Steph Ondrusek over at Strong By Steph. Take a moment out of your current binge and check her out.

Steph recently blessed us with a simple guide to some healthy and tasteful food options to start the year out. Below is a slight variation of her Mexican Breakfast. Easily altered to make your own so mix it up! This easy meal is still fulfilling that guilt seeking pleasure we all promised to give up New Years Eve.

Happy Snowpocalypse.

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Ranch Eggs

RECIPE INSPIRED BY STRONG BY STEPH

ingredients

2 Large Eggs

2 t Butter

1 Tortilla (your choice of flour or corn)

1/2 C Black Beans; drained and rinsed

1/2 C Tomatoes; diced

1/2 Ripe Avocado; peeled and sliced

2 T Cotija Cheese (or pre shredded cheese of choice)

1 T Green Onion (green part only); chopped (optional)

instructions

1. Move oven rack to top position and turn oven broiler on high to preheat.

2. Place tortilla on baking sheet and warm under broil until slightly browned around the edges. Depending on your oven this could happen quickly. So keep an eye on it.

3. Remove from oven and place on heat safe surface. Being careful not to burn yourself. Place the black bean and cheese on top of the tortilla. Place back in oven for 1-2 minutes or until the cheese has melted. Remove from oven and place on heat safe surface while you prepare the fried eggs.

4. Heat 2 teaspoons butter in nonstick skillet over medium high heat until hot. Break eggs and slip into pan, one by one. Immediately reduce heat to low. Cook slowly until whites are completely set and yolks begin to thicken but are not set. Remove from pan and place directly on top of beans and cheese.

5. Garnish with tomatoes, avocados, and green onion.

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Tomato, Toasted Cheese and Total Strangers

Now that Winter has officially set in it's safe to assume that we are all packing on the Winter Weight in order to survive. If you're like me you've sent off the extra christmas cookies with anybody that walks by the house. Or you're also like me and just unhinged your jaw and took down the whole freezer bag of them because, "if I eat them all now or spaced out over the next month it's the same amount of calories". Who are we kidding?  Eat the damn cookies. But when they are gone it's time to CLEANSE!

And what better way than by working out!  

Did you just throw up a little? I did.

Unlike my gym minded landlord and roommate, I am not going to the gym. It's just too cold out. And I do not have the stamina to wait out those resolutioners who don't have the ability to watch ESPN and use the elliptical without falling off.  

So my cleanse is starting with my food intake.

Tonight's dinner option was brought to us by my friend, Lady O of Boston. This grande Italian duchess is mother to none other than my electronic pen pal Anastasia Beaverhausen. I have never met Lady O of Boston but totally believe that she is a deity of Italian descent who wears only 3" heels, red lipstick and bathes in olive oil. A few days back Ms. Beaverhausen was telling me that she was making her mother's famous homemade tomato soup. Being a sucker for Campbell's I had ventured to ask what made it so good.  Ms. Beaverhausen simply sent me the recipe. There was nothing to it. And it was reason to use my immersion blender. Buy one (you know you want to).

So one night this week as the roommate slaved away working at the dining room table I pretended to break a sweat in the kitchen making dinner for us. As stated above the weather has turned nip hardening cold and the recipe was mind numbingly easy. Last minute I decided to pair it with some grilled cheese croutons enrobed in parmesan.  Totally light in calories.

Seriously though. The soup is not bad for you. The worst thing is this massive quantity recipe is 2T sour cream and 1T sugar.  

"She's been making it since I was a little girl. I don't know where she got the recipe, but I love it." - Anastasia Beaverhausen

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Ofelia's Tomato Soup

ingredients

Butter

1 onion

2-3 carrots

2 tbsp flour

1 tbsp sugar (optional)

35 oz can of tomatoes (San Marzano, diced or crushed)

50 oz of chicken broth

2 tbsp of milk, cream, or sour cream

instructions

Sautée onion and carrots in butter until onions are translucent. Stir in flour until cooked through. Add tomatoes and broth (and sugar if you choose. I can never really tell the difference). Simmer 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. Turn off heat, add dairy of your choice. Blend with immersion blender.

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