Because. . .

Since we all know that my secret ambition in life, besides being a domestic goddess and page-turner-novel-writer, is to attend culinary school and become a chef, I thought I would do what I do in my not-so-neat-thoughts blog: write about recipes I've tried. Even though my folks are in denial about food (you know, 60+ year grudges against poultry, refusal to eat sweet meat).

Smoked Salmon Scramble

I got this from Food Network Magazine. They had a special with 50 egg dishes. After a while, scrambled, boiled, omelettes, scrambled, etc., loses its luster. I'll post the initial recipe and any changes I made.

Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 2 beaten eggs, 2 tablespoons cream cheese, 2 teaspoons chopped chives, and salt & pepper. Whisk until just set. Serve on toasted whole-grain bread with smoked salmon.

I used everything sans the chives (since I haven't planted my seeds yet). What I did was the following:

1. The non-stick pans we have here suggest not heating above medium heat. Also, the whisk is wire, so whisking in pan is not going to be functional.

2. Used butter & did not oil the pan before hand. Oil the pan (my method is paper towel with oil rubbed about pan). The eggs stuck a bit so will oil next time.

3. I heated the cream cheese for about 15-20 seconds in the microwave, cracked the eggs in the bowl and stirred with a spoon. I would use the whisk in the bowl on this. I also switched out salt & pepper for Mrs. Dash original blend. I bit more flavor, considering the omission of chives.

4. Used whole-grain english muffins. I also used Chicken of the Sea Smoked Salmon in the Tuna area of your local supermarket (if lucky). I found this worked pretty good, but my guess is if you find said salmon in the meat department, you can probably get the thin cuts used in the recipe & accompanying picture.

On a whole, it was a filling breakfast. I had yogurt as a side and still am feeling pretty good, four hours later. It has good taste and is different. The cream cheese makes the eggs fluffy. The only other thing I may try is possibly using the Garden Vegetable cream cheese in place of the regular/lite I used.

5/5 stars.

Mindy, chef wannabe