Gluten Free and Paleo Recipes | Food L'amor by Melissa

It may sound like nothing, but this sandwich is a great low calorie breakfast, lunch, light dinner or whatever.  The secret ingredient is this delicious little bottle of spices called “Spike”.  You can find it at most health food stores, in the healthy section of some grocery stores, or shop for it online (follow the link). That seasoning makes this sandwich so good!

Here’s what you need: 
2 eggs
2 slices gluten free bread
2 slices of tomato
a small handful of fresh spinach
extra virgin olive oil
spike seasoning

Here’s what you do:
In a small, shallow frying pan fill with water (only about two inches deep).  Bring water to a low boil.  This is important because when you put your eggs in you don’t want them floating apart before they can cook.  Once the water is steadily bubbling, crack one egg into pan letting it slowly into the water.  It should start to cook instantly.  Cook for as long as you like, until the yolk is as runny or hard as you want, then remove with slotted spoon. Pat dry with paper towel.  Repeat for second egg.

Toast bread slices then drizzle some olive oil over both pieces, followed by a sprinkling of Spike.  Place washed and patted dry spinach on one slice followed by the two slices of tomato. Finally place your poached eggs on top and drizzle a little more oil and sprinkle a little more Spike. Top it with the other slice of toast and enjoy!

*  You could probably guess that an egg boiled in water as apposed to fried would be healthier for obvious reasons, but here’s a few other reasons why to eat an egg or two (and not just as part of the cookie you just made).
“Eggs are a good source of low-cost high-quality protein, providing 5.5 grams of protein (11.1% of the daily value for protein) in one egg for a caloric cost of only 68 calories. The structure of humans and animals is built on protein. We rely on animal and vegetable protein for our supply of amino acids, and then our bodies rearrange the nitrogen to create the pattern of amino acids we require.”


Eggs have choline, which is an essential nutrient that benefits memory and muscle control.  I also learned that choline from eggs can reduce inflammation which is a very good thing because…..
  
“Each of these markers of chronic inflammation has been linked to a wide range of conditions including heart disease, osteoporosis, cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s, and type-2 diabetes.”


Combine that with the spinach which is full of metabolite betaine it creates a potent defense against the number one killer of Americans – heart disease.