Bacon Mozzarella Scramble

A few weeks ago, I decided to go on a diet.  Nothing too extreme, just trying to firm up some of my more flabby areas. As a new mom… okay, it’s not that new, actually my son is almost 2 years old; but it’s a good excuse.  Anyway, as a mom it’s hard to get to the gym and it’s really hard to eat right.  You want to make nice filling meals for your toddler so he gains a healthy appetite and palate.  Then after six months to a year of that, you’re so used to making delicious, fattening meals that you and your baby are enjoying, you don’t want to give them up.  But the seasons change and the weather gets warmer and suddenly you’re wondering how you’re going to fit into that bikini you bought last fall.  And even if that’s not what you’re wondering, it’s definitely what I’m wondering.  So, as I said, I decided to go ahead and try to lose those last 10 pounds that don’t seem to want to come off no matter how hard I try.

However, since I’m a foodie who loves flavor and spice, those diet drinks just don’t cut it. Then there are those extreme diets where it’s all about cabbage and soup, but those are bland and just plain tough to swallow.  And after I’m done, the odds of putting all the weight back on is good because I’m going to go back to eating the delicious food I was eating before I went on the diet.

So, after some research and discussion with my trainer, I discovered that as long as I cut out sugar, salt, and bread, there was still a lot I could eat and it would still be flavorful, almost as if I weren’t on a diet at all.

For example, did you know it’s okay to have a cheeseburger? As long as you skip the bun, you can chow down. Do you like chicken? If it’s not deep fried or covered in bread crumbs, there’s no limit to what you can do. But best of all if you’re a breakfast fan like I am, you can have omelets stuffed with cheese and ham every day of the week.  So that’s what I’ve been having.  Every day for the past two weeks.  And yes, it has gotten old. You don’t know what I’d do for a plain old bowl of cereal right now.  But I only have a few more pounds to drop, so just another couple weeks and I can have as much cereal with fruit as I want.

Anyway, since my breakfasts are currently limited to eggs and some sort of meat, I’m becoming unbelievably creative with my eggs and bacon.  My favorite so far has been this Bacon Mozzarella Scramble.  It’s so easy and so delicious, I’m making it three or four days a week.  All you need is a few eggs, a little milk, some shredded mozzarella and of course bacon.  After all, everything is better with bacon.

So whether you’re on a diet or not, whip up this Bacon Mozzarella Scramble for breakfast this weekend.  Both you and your family will be in for a yummy treat.

Bacon Mozzarella Scramble

• 8 eggs
• 1/2 cup low fat milk
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 4 strips of bacon

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat.  Lay the strips of bacon in the skillet and cook until brown and crispy, turning once, about 4 minutes. Transfer bacon strips to paper towel to cool.  Reserve grease from bacon in pan.

While the bacon cooks whisk together the eggs and milk.  Pour the egg mixture into the same skillet you used to cook the bacon.  (The bacon’s grease will not only prevent the eggs from sticking to the pan, it’ll also provide delicious flavor to your scramble without adding salt.)

Once the bacon’s cool, crumble it up into small pieces.  Use a fork to fold the eggs over onto each other in the pan, thereby scrambling them.  As you do so add the cheese and bacon pieces to the egg mixture and continue to fold the eggs onto themselves until they’re a golden brown, about 5 minutes. Serve immediately with your favorite cup of coffee.