So as a child my Mom was always super worried about my protein intake since she was raising me as a vegetarian. We ate some fish but our diet was pretty close to being a strict vegetarian. So she always tried to get me to eat eggs in the morning and as a kid I HATED eggs! I didn't like the way they looked, I didn't like the texture and the thought of something yellow and runny coming out of something I was supposed to eat absolutely disgusted the hell out of me. My Mom would try everything to get me to eat my eggs-bribery, disguises (the eggs not her), manipulation....you name it she tried it. Then one day she over cooked my eggs and the eggs had that crunchy over cooked layer around the outside and I started to become an egg believer. I think I actually used to ask for the eggs with the "crunchys" as a kid. For the majority of my childhood she would make my eggs over hard-no runny yokes, crunchy stuff on the outside and the texture was more rubbery than regular eggs which made them more palatable to my 5 year old mind.

Here is my confession I still love my eggs over hard. People who haven't eaten breakfast with me before always look at me so strange when we are in a restaurant and I am like "can I have my eggs over hard please." Now I will eat my eggs other ways-scrambled or poached work equally as well. But I have a soft spot in my heart for eggs over hard and they are just more comforting this way. Actually as I write this I just ate 2 eggs over hard with guacamole on top. I do love stuff on my eggs maybe its still me trying to disguise them because I love Larrupin mustard sauce, Tobasco, fresh salsa or guacamole on my eggs.

I have also decided that I probably shouldn't have fought my Mom so much over the eggs and protein thing because if I had just given in I probably could have at least made it to 5'6"-5'7" instead of the whopping 5'4" that I am. Ahhh yes still a little bitter to be the shortest person in my family with the exception of my Grandmother and I can't even really vouch for that because my Grandma may have been taller than me before she started to shrink...she is 93 so really what can we expect.



Last night I made a Warm Shrimp and Potato Salad. It was a really fresh and light salad but because the potatoes and shrimp were warm and roasted it was still a great meal for a cold night. I found these multi-colored potatoes at Fresh and Easy and I had to find a way to use them. Look how amazingly purple these were!!!



The potatoes are roasted with bell pepper in olive oil, salt and pepper. Toss the shrimp with garlic, oregano, paprika, olive oil, salt and pepper and then add to the potato mixture and continue to roast. Meanwhile chop the romaine and radicchio and put in a bowl. Toss the lettuce with lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. When the potatoes and shrimp are done roasting toss with the lettuce and then top the salad with feta cheese. It was super easy, the potatoes made it hearty enough to be a main course and it was low in calories.



Hope everyone is having a great week. Cheers! P.S. Happy Birthday Mom! I ate my eggs for you