Committing to Paleo | The Scramble

My friends who don't do Crossfit have listened to me talk about Paleo like it's the new religion.  Needless to say I appreciate them listening to my rants.  For my Crossfit buddies, "Crossfiters" discussing Paleo is like "God fearing" people discussing the finer points of Genesis; it's where you begin.  Thursday marks the beginning of my Paleo challenge (hopefully I won't be alone).  For 30 days I am committing to Paleo.  This blog is part of my motivation.  "Committing to Paleo" will focus on great recipes in the Paleo style (and a few exceptions).   I have enjoyed Paleo cook books, but I love to find my own recipes or modify others'.  This blog will have recipes that I'm excited about and want to share.  I encourage people to give me their recipes to add to this in the hopes that it will become a "Go To" place to great recipe ideas.

This leads me to my first recipe...

The Scramble

I realized after reading the Paleo book that we weren't getting enough protein by just eating eggs in the morning.  Just adding bacon can be too high in fat, so I had to get creative.  My cultural norm does not include a slice of meat or fish on my breakfast plate, so here is what I did...

Ingredients:

1 chicken or turkey sausage removed from the casing (whole foods or big johns has great flavors)

1 slice of bacon diced

1 tomato diced

1/2 avocado sliced

1 handful of spinach

1 egg scrambled

Turn stove on medium heat, toss in bacon.  Once bacon is cooked, (you may like it more or less crispy), make sure the bacon oil covers the pan and toss in the sausage meat.  Use a fork to separate the meat.  Once that is cooked through add the tomato and cook for about 1 minute and then pour the scrambled egg into the pan trying to evenly cover the pan.  Once the egg is about 1/2 cooked through toss in the spinach and mix until the egg is fully cooked through.  Transfer to a plate and garnish with the sliced avocado.

*If you prefer cooked avocado you can add it before the spinach

Add a bit of fruit to the plate and you've got one of my favorite morning meals that is fast and easy with minimal clean up.  Depending on your needed calorie intake, you may want to increase portions, but this is enough to feed my husband in the morning pre-protein shake. ( If I only use 1/2 the sausage & 1/4 an avocado its perfect for me)