July 19th, 2014 
Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, French Toast, One Bowl Meals, Special Recipes 
Comments Off on Powering Up with Microwave Cooked Power French Toast – All in Pictures
Whoa, the men of the Tour de France had a tough day yesterday from St. Etienne to Chamrousse with a numbing 3000 foot climb for the last 8 or so miles. Ouch! And, still, Vincenzo Nibali leads the way.
And, today – almost all uphill climbing from Grenoble to Risoul. Ow!
The men will need power. Here’s a great power meal – with a good shot of French: Microwave Cooked Power French Toast.
July 11th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling, Cycling Food, French Toast Comments Off on Wake Up to the Tour with Pan Cooked French Toast and a Choice of Toppings – All in Pictures 
The Tour on TV and the smell of butter, eggs, bread, and a good shot of ground cinnamon cooking in the frying pan! Click either the picture above or directly below for a complete, easy to follow step-by-step picture book recipe.
As for toppings, sure, you can use traditional maple syrup.
But just click any of the pictures below for picture book recipes that show how to put together very easy and terrifically flavorful alternative toppings. As always, what you see in those recipes works fine but is just intended to fire up your imagination. Try something different and make it all yours!
June 30th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, Eggs Comments Off on Scrambled Eggs with Sausage, Bell Pepper and Cheese – All in Pictures 
This full-on flavor recipe combines the protein power of eggs and sausage, fresh zest of red bell pepper and shallots and richness of Parmesan cheese – all in one pan.
As mentioned in other scrambled egg recipes here, adding just a small amount of salt to the eggs before cooking them not only enhances scrambled egg flavor, it also ensures the eggs will turn out soft and tender. Eggs cooked without salt tend to be tough and rubbery as shown in the comparison pictures below.
June 2nd, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Eggs Comments Off on Left-Handed (Fully Flavorful) Fried Eggs – All in Pictures 
I’ve posted a few microwave cooked pasta one-bowl meals here recently, and though I do have one more all set to go, I thought I’d change it up a bit with a fully flavorful fried egg recipe my son introduced me to last year he calls “Left-Handed Eggs”.
I asked my son, why the name, “left-handed”? “Just because.” Quite right! Absolutely! Right on!
The great things about these “left-handed eggs” is that, first, they taste great, and second, they take no longer to make than straight up fried eggs because the flavor-enhancing ingredients are added as the eggs cook in the pan.
Here’s what it takes to make left-handed (fully flavorful) fried eggs.
As always, click any picture on this page for a complete, easy to follow step-by-step picture book recipe.
May 8th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling, French Toast Comments Off on French Toast with a Savory Topping – All in Pictures 
Yah, I know, ‘sounds weird at first – but then, wow, French toast with a savory topping? You’ll own it, especially for lunch or even dinner.
Here’s all you need for ingredients, all of which look GREAT!
Just click any picture on this page for a freshly revised, complete step-by-step picture book recipe.
May 5th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, French Toast Comments Off on French Toast with Yogurt, Jam & Fresh Fruit – All in Pictures 
Here’s all you need to make another energy-sustaining, fully flavorful alternative to maple syrup French toast topping with yogurt, jam, fresh fruit, and dried fruit. If you’re using leftover French toast, just do what I did with the piece of French toast you see below and give it a quick 30 second blast in the microwave oven before laying on the topping. Easy!
Just click any picture on this page for a complete, easy to follow, and newly revised French Toast with Yogurt, Jam & Fresh Fruit step-by-step picture book recipe.
May 1st, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, French Toast Comments Off on French Toast with Nut Butter and Jam – Easy & All in Pictures 
You bet, this is easy – and darn delicious! All it takes is spreading your favorite nut butter and jam on a piece of cooked French toast either fresh out of the frying pan or warmed in the microwave to give you a topping that’s both flavorful and much more energy-sustaining that traditional maple syrup or any other straight sugar topping.
Here’s all you need.
Click any picture on this page for a very short, newly revised step-by-step picture book recipe.
April 28th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, French Toast Comments Off on Pan Cooked French Toast – All in Pictures 
I don’t know about you, but I sure love the smell of butter, eggs, bread, vanilla extract and ground cinnamon cooking in the morning. Great stuff!
Here’s what it takes to put together fresh pan cooked French toast.
Click any picture on this page for a complete, freshly revised and more colorful step-by-step picture book recipe.
April 18th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Eggs, How To & Tips Comments Off on Easy and Safe Soft or Hard Boiled Eggs – In Pictures and Video All right! Adios, snow – bring on spring! The weather’s getting better – yah! We’ve got a big holiday weekend ahead. Boiled eggs – either plain white or brightly colored – are gonna’ be centerpieces of kids’ dreams Saturday night and breakfast tables Sunday morning – and, yes, it takes a real man – or woman – to eat those eggs out of the cups you see above – all in fun.
For the easiest and safest way I know to make soft or hard boiled eggs, just click any picture on this page for a free, newly revised much more colorful Gotta’ Eat, Can’t Cook step-by-step picture book recipe, and/or check out this short step-by-step video.
December 16th, 2013 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Comments Off on Cycling: Chocolate Pumped “Star Wars” Ride Fuel 
I don’t know how you feel when there’s a big snow storm expected, but for me, my mind flips a switch, my heart rate goes up in eager anticipation, and one of my favorite things to do is to get out on the bike and try to time it just right headed for home just as the snowflakes start flying. I call it a “Star Wars” ride because the flakes I see through my cycling glasses look like stars shooting past by Luke Skywalker’s x-wing fighter cockpit window. No-kidding, as soon as that happens, I can hear John Williams and his whole orchestra in my mind belt out the main title Stars Wars symphony. Talk about a big smile! Read more »
