Easy Food
Egg Fried Vegetables
Inspired by my favourite fitness professional Faz from FazLifts and written for my friend Hash.
This is a great way to get a descent amount of vegetables in early and start the day right. The idea is if you eat right at each meal you are less likely to snack in between.
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This is just one of the great habits that Georgie Fear talks about in her book Lean Habits for Lifelong Weightloss which I highly recommend if you are trying to change your mindset around food and weight management.
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Ingredients in order of appearance: -
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300g of frozen vegegtables
1 tbsp of ghee or rapeseed oil
1 medium onion sliced or roughly chopped
2-3 eggs
Weigh out 300g of frozen veg.
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You can use any type you prefer, I like the premixed bags but you can use frozen peas, carrots, runner beans, brussel sprouts, whatever combination you, it doesn't matter - it's all veg. If you're particularly concerned about protein then stick with peas and runner beans.
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Anyway, stick the veg in a bowl, fill with water and stick it in the microwave for 6 minutes on high.
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While the veg is in the microwave, roughly slice and sauté one onion, whatever size you like. I like a descent medium sized onion because I like onions.
I also use ghee because it's supposed to be good for you. You can add garlic at this stage but I'm keeping it simple today.
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Keep the pan on medium.
When the microwave beeps, drain the veg well.
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Yes, I know I used the same image because I forgot to take a picture of the frozen veg in the other bowl first !!
Throw the drained veg into the frying pan and cook for 5-10 minutes until it's mostly dry.
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Add salt and pepper to the veg at this stage. You can also add some dried herbs like Italian herbs but, again, I'm keeping it simple.
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Keep the pan on medium / high.
In the meantime, whisk 2-3 eggs with salt and pepper. Yes more salt and pepper ...
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On this occasion, I was cooking for the wife and I, so I used 6 eggs.
Add the eggs to the frying pan and leave to harden a little.
You can spread the eggs out a little, gently, just don't be stirring straight away like a madman.
Once the egg starts cooking you can start mixing everything. Still gently, making sure all the eggs gets contact with the pan and cooks through.
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This should only take 2-3 minutes and you're ready to go. Turn the heat off and enjoy.
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There you go, you can hardly call it cooking really - it's so fast.
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There's a ton of variations in terms of the vegetables you can use, I've just shown you the quickest way to get a healthy breakfast in.