Meet Eggs Benedict's Cousin...Canadian Bennie!

On a recent Rachael Ray Show, she made something called Canadian Benny's. It's a new twist on Eggs Benedict and we all know how much Greg loves those right? So I decided to give it a shot...cheese, eggs, ham and tomatoes in a creamy sauce...what can you possibly not love about it?

Ingredients: (2 servings)

2 Tbsp butter, divided
2 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1 scallion, finely chopped
Salt and pepper
½ c heavy cream
2 thick-cut slices sweet, whole-grain bread, such as oat-nut bread
4 slices Canadian bacon
A drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil
2 large eggs
4 oz sharp cheddar cheese, shredded

Preparations:

1. Melt 1 Tbsp butter over medium heat in a small pan. Add tomatoes and scallions and season with salt and pepper. Sauté 2 minutes then stir in cream and let it reduce 10 minutes over low heat, stirring occasionally.
2. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add 1 Tbsp butter to the skillet and melt it. Add bread and cook 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Transfer to a platter.
3. Cook bacon in the same pan in a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil for 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Place the bacon on the bread and add 1 more Tbsp butter to the pan.
4. Melt butter then add eggs, careful to give each room to cook. Fry until soft or hard, as you like. Cover eggs with mounds of cheese. Foil tent the pan and melt the cheese.
5. Place cheesy eggs on bacon. Ladle tomato cream sauce down over the entire egg stack.

Strata Meets Crustless Quich = Egg Cake!

This was inspired by the Rachael Ray Show the other day. She made her mom's Egg Cakes and they looked SO good I had to try them! I substituted ham for bacon and used white sandwich bread (because that's what I had in the fridge) and the result was this ooey gooey cheesy cake hot from the oven!Ingredients:

6 slices ham, chopped
1/2 medium onion, chopped
Salt and pepper
EVOO, for coating the pan
8 slices of white bread, crust removed, cut into bite-size pieces
1 c shredded cheddar cheese
6 eggs
1/2 c milk
1/2 c grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese

Preparations:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Heat oil in a large pan. Saute onions until brown.
3. Meanwhile, whisk eggs and milk together.
4. Butter a 9-inch cake pan. Place half the bread pieces on the bottom. Pour in half the onions, then half the ham on top. Pour in half the egg mixture and sprinkle half of the cheddar cheese.
5. Layer on remaining bread, then onions, then ham and top with egg mixture and cheese.
6. Sprink Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese on top.
7. Bake for 20 min or until golden brown.

Super Foods from Fitness Magazine

1. Beef
Why? Protein, iron & B vitamins.
For me? Roast beef deli slices on my salads.

2. Curry
Why? Prevent breast, ovarian & pancreatic cancers.
For me? Sprinkle on cauliflower.

3. Coffee
Why? Lowers risk of diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's & colon & liver cancers.
For me? Drink 3 cups of DECAF everyday!

4. Shrimp
Why? Cancer fighter & vitamin D.
For me? Eat for dinner instead of Gorton's fish.

5. Brussels sprouts
Why? Cancer fighter, fiber, vitamin C & A.
For me? Eat with dinner once a week.

6. Red Tomato
Why? Lowers risk of cancer, heart disease & macular degeneration.
For me? Salsa on everything!

What to do with left-over ham and mushrooms???

Make Mac and Cheese and HAM!

This is basically the Mac and Cheese with Beef from the other night but now with ham and mushrooms!

Ingredients:
1 pkg (7-1/4 oz) KRAFT Macaroni & Cheese Dinner
4 slices of ham
1 c mushrooms, sliced
1/4 c (1/2 stick) margarine
1 c cheddar cheese, shredded
salt & pepper

Preparations:
1. Bring 6 c water to boil in large saucepan. Stir in Macaroni. Boil 7 to 10 minutes or until macaroni is tender, stirring occasionally.
2. Meanwhile, cook ham and mushrooms in large skillet on medium heat; drain. Add the Cheese Sauce Mix and all remaining ingredients except macaroni; mix well. Reduce heat to low; simmer until heated through, stirring occasionally.
3. Drain macaroni. Add to ingredients in skillet; mix lightly. Sprinkle on cheese and salt and pepper.

Pad See You (I'm now officially Asian!)

I've been wanting to make Pad See You for a while now knowing it's Greg's FAVORITE Thai food. I was never able to find the flat noodles at our little Safeway so I decided to pick up the ingredients on my Sunday trip to San Jose. I went a little crazy at the Asian supermarket seeing all the special sauces and stuff! Anyway, to make my life easier, I also picked up some Char Sew (BBQ Pork) to throw in the Pad See You so I wouldn't have to bother cooking the meat. Greg loved it and I think it's pretty authentic!

Ingredients:

1 c BBQ pork, thinly sliced
1 Tbsp oil
2 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp garlic, chopped
2 Tbsp fish sauce
1 lb fresh flat rice noodles
1 egg
1 c broccoli, chopped
1/4 c green onions, chopped

Preparations:

1. Cook garlic and broccoli in oiled pan for 10 min.
2. Meanwhile, break up the noodles and cut them into 1/2 inch pieces.
3. Add noodles, pork and green onions to the pan and saute for about 10 min until everything is cooked through.
4. Mix in soy sauce, fish sauce and egg. Stir to incorporate everything until egg is cooked.

Mac and Cheese with BEEF!

Ingredients:

1 pkg (7-1/4 oz) KRAFT Macaroni & Cheese Dinner
1 lb ground beef
3/4 c milk
1/4 c (1/2 stick) margarine
1c cheddar cheese, shredded
salt & pepper

Preparations:

1. Bring 6 c water to boil in large saucepan. Stir in Macaroni. Boil 7 to 10 minutes or until macaroni is tender, stirring occasionally.
2. Meanwhile, brown meat in large skillet on medium heat; drain. Add the Cheese Sauce Mix and all remaining ingredients except macaroni; mix well. Reduce heat to low; simmer until heated through, stirring occasionally.
3. Drain macaroni. Add to ingredients in skillet; mix lightly. Sprinkle on shredded cheese.

Trader Joe's Korean Ribs...SO easy SO good!

On my weekly trip to Trader Joe's with my mom, I spotted this Korean-Style BBQ Ribs in the frozen section. Knowing how much Greg LOVES Korean BBQ, I thought I'd give it a try. It was SO easy and SO good! Basically all you have to do is let the package defrost (which it did during my hour-long drive home) and then heat the meat in a pan. I also picked up some frozen white rice that cooks in the microwave in just 3 min! The end result was juicy, tender and yummy Korean BBQ! YUM! I'd definitely buy this again!