Breakfast Burrito

I never skip breakfast. Eating a good breakfast not just makes me feel great, but it helps me to stay on track throughout the day. Despite all it's great benefits, I often rank breakfast as my least favorite meal of the day. So the reason for that? Thinking in the box.

Even though I have perfected the art of making perfectly fluffy scrambled eggs, thanks to Pinterest, I have found a new way to eat eggs. Say hello to my new favorite breakfast, the breakfast burrito. I first made it a few weeks ago when we had some leftover pernil (Puerto Rican pork roast), and in meal planning for the Whole 30, it's the perfect breakfast. The typical flour tortilla is replaced with an egg omelette (or crepe), and filled with meat, veggies, guacamole, whatever! Totally easy and so good.

Breakfast Burrito

(Printable recipe HERE)

Ingredients
2 eggs
cooking oil (olive, ghee,etc.)
1/2 an avocado
1 tomato
Veggies as desired
Meat as desired (Leftovers work perfectly for this!)
salt and pepper to taste

I like to prep all the filling first, this way the omelette doesn't get too cold or soggy.

I love using leftover meat for this dish and used leftover steak from a previous dinner for this particular burrito. If using leftover meat from a previous dinner or lunch, warm it up in the toaster oven or microwave and set aside. If using fresh meat, prepare it with your favorite seasonings ,and set aside.

Next, beat your eggs, and again, set aside.

Now for the guacamole and "salsa." For the guacamole mix together half a chopped tomato, half an avocado, some salt and pepper, and a squeeze of lime. Then I chop the other half of the tomato and call it salsa/garnish.

If using other veggies, have them ready to roll. Literally.

Now for the omelette. Warm your skillet and add in the cooking oil of your choice, about 1-2 tablespoons. Pour in your beaten eggs and make sure the eggs go all the way to the edges of the pan. Let cook a few minutes, flip, and let it cook on the other side, about a minute more. 

Place your omelette on a plate and add your filling. Roll it up, top with salsa, and enjoy!

Frank's Hot Sauce optional. 

Color Crush: Yellow

Every now and then, I find myself being drawn to a color, without even realizing it. Currently that color is yellow. 

Yellow is a color I have always avoided. At 5'9," I just always envisioned myself looking like Big Bird. As I was headed to the fitting room while shopping in H&M a few months ago, I randomly picked up a beautiful chartreuse dress to, you know, try on for funsies. Well, funsies turned into a purchase because I absolutely loved the way I looked in that dress! It's truly a shame I've avoided the color for so long, because it is such a beautiful compliment to my skin tone. You live and you learn! 

What's a color you can't get enough of at the moment?

images via: Oscar de la Renta (style.com), Pinterest, Beautiful Portals, A Cooking Mizer

Whole 30: Week 1

From March 15th to April 13th, I will be doing the Whole 30 and recapping my experience every Monday with a post outlining how I'm feeling, what I'm eating, and how it is going overall. 

I can't believe it's been a week already on the Whole 30! Today marks day 11, and after feeling a bit of the carb flu, I am truly feeling much better. I am sleeping better and waking up feeling ready for the day and my morning workout. While cravings were an issue last week, I don't find them creeping up at all. Hey, I even resisted the temptation of fresh baked bread that was made Saturday night! 

The biggest adjustment I have had to make on the Whole 30 is incorporating a pre-workout meal (some fat and protein used to signal the body of activity) and a post-workout meal (some lean protein and carbs, as needed, for recovery) to my day. I do notice that the post-workout meal has been a great help in my recovery (and I'm not starving later in the day), but I am still getting used to the pre-workout meal as I am so used to (and much prefer) working out on an empty stomach. But, it is still early days, so I'm sure I will get into the groove of things soon enough. 

My main focus this week is to think outside of the box with some of my food choices.  For starters, I need to ween myself off eating pistachios and cashews (too easy to get carried away with), and I need to find other vegetables other than broccoli, spinach, and kale to eat. I foresee a trip to Whole Foods in my future....

Again, here is my journal for the past week of all I ate, how I felt, so on and so forth. 

Sleep About 8 hours, and only woke up once.
Activity Physical Therapy (elliptical, leg machines, etc.)

Breakfast Baby spinach and ground turkey scrambled together in ghee, half an avocado
Post-Workout Handful of dry roasted, unsalted pistachios
Lunch Salad of baby lettuce and arugula, can of sardines, half an avocado
Mid-Afternoon Chai latte (ground spices+black tea+almond milk)
Dinner Herb roasted chicken (leftovers), kale/collard greens/Swiss chard mix from Trader Joe's, chayote

I could go for something sweet/carby. Mac and cheese, a latte from Starbucks. Carb flu, you suck.

OP

If you knew from reading those two letters that this would be a post about Olivia Palermo, you're good.

I absolutely LOVE Olivia Palermo's style. It's classic, yet fun, often times accessible (hello Zara and Topshop!), and most importantly, it's all her own and it shows. Even when she was "plotting" and "scheming"* on The City, I couldn't help but admire her style, while also being super annoyed with her character. 

From then until now, OP's style just keeps getting better and better. Whether she is dressed up or down, in NY or abroad, Olivia Palermo is always impeccably dressed, and I love seeing what she's wearing. 

*(I put all those things in quotes because I'm sure that was all reality TV portrayal. Sam met her during NYFW and said that she was super sweet. That's not the first time I've heard that either..)