Brrrrr! It’s freezing here in Colorado!
I woke up, and warmed myself up with some good ol’ Jillian Michaels. After the butt kicking, I wanted something warm, with staying power.
An egg white baked omelet. In this particular creation: 3 egg whites, 1 handful of frozen (thawed) spinach, 1 shredded carrot. It was yummy, and it served its purpose. It held me over for a while, but as always, I was about to gnaw my arm off when lunchtime rolled around.
I had packed this the night before:
You can’t really tell, but this is an enormous container filled with lettuce, cucumber, and shredded carrot. I also always include some balsamic vinegar in a baggie to add to the salad at lunchtime. The best part of this lunch was the pear that I sliced and threw in the mix. Pear and balsamic…dynamic duo.
I also had this vitatop somewhere during the day. Along with a half a PB/pumpkin butter sandwich that went un-photographed.
I got home and realized we had a ridiculous amount of eggs in our fridge, and we’re leaving town soon, so I looked up a recipe for Eggs Foo Young in one of my favorite cookbooks: More With Less. This was infinitely better than my first attempt at these little guys.
I had to change the recipe based on the ingredients we had on hand, but it was a giant success.
Here are all the little eggy pancakes.
And my portion:
I actually had one more after this plate…
With instructions, Meeker made thickened soy sauce to accompany the eggs. I will post the recipe for both the egg cakes and the sauce here.
I will probably have some sort of dessert after publishing this post. A cookie, maybe? Dates and peanut butter? VitaBrownie? So many possibilities…
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Tomorrow is the last work day of the week! My day is jam packed. I am not exaggerating when I say that we booked our day so full (minor instruction, Thanksgiving feast, crafts, Grandparents Day) that I will not have ONE break. Not even 30 seconds to myself. I imagine I will have to go to the bathroom at some point…but I guess I’ll deal with that when it happens. Until then, I am going to rest-up for the fun day of festivities tomorrow!
Do you celebrate Thanksgiving at your job or in any of your classes?
Yes, I want cake. 
Thank you, thank you for linking to the recipes; I can’t wait to make that!
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I feel you on the no break thing!! I teach first grade and today we have a half day. Lunch in the classroom, no enrichment. I have to be “on” from 8am to 1pm. Atleast my classroom is close to the bathroom though. 🙂
Yum! Your egg foo young looks great!
We don’t really celebrate Thanksgiving with the high schoolers but I know it’ll still be crazy because at the time of year, they are like cagged animals. And I’m the zookeeper. 🙂
Those eggy pancakes look amazing! i love how you can be so creative with eggs!
I wish i was still in high school, cause we always did a little something for thanksgiving and all the other holidays, but professors in college don’t even care! hahaha.. i’m crossing my fingers that my spanish teacher cancels class!
I hope you and your kids have a wonderful day! 🙂
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mmm everything looks great! I love the combo of pears and balsamic together too!…havent tride that vitatop yet but I have it in my freezer as we speak…Ill take it out soon enough I am sure 🙂
certainly not celebrating thanksgiving at my job (being a personal trainer/exercise specialist) we are certainly helping people with some kick butt-pre thanksgiving feast workouts though!
have a fabulous day! enjoy the craziness and know that there is a break in your future. LOVING the pancakes and thickened soy sauce? totally intrigued!
love you girl!
I never knew what Egg Foo Young was. It’s egg pancakes?
Have a great day! We have a Thanksgiving potluck at my office tomorrow for lunch. And hopefully we’ll get to leave afterwards.
Your Egg Foo Young looks fabulous!
We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving at my workplace, but we do get treats!
i couldnt agree more about the balsamic pear duo! and add a little gorgonzola to the mix and i am in heaven. love the eggy creations!
good luck with the no-time-to-yourself thing.. haha.. might have to take an extra long bathroom break??
xoxo
Super lunch! I love balsamic on salads I don’t even need any Evoo. Happy thanks giving, hope the day goes by fast so you can enjoy the long weekend!
Ooooh egg patties and thickened soy sauce sound amazing!
Hope you make it through the day in one piece 🙂
I often have eggs twice a day, so I say go for it! And loving your vita tops. I have yet to try them.. and I cannot for life of my find them anywhere!
Oooh I remember my elementary school days! I loved grandparents day, and any day involving food!