Breakfast Bowl
This breakfast bowl is hearty and delicious and MADE for your freezer so you can skip those store bought versions and make your own healthier and less expensive version.
The idea came from this Jimmy Dean Delights breakfast bowl that I purchased one day with a coupon.
I liked it. It's a good product for something I can grab quickly to take and heat up once I get to work.
I'm not yet an all natural fanatic but I did glance upon the ingredients list while heating it up and the thought crossed of "what the heck is that" crossed my mind a few times. And then I thought "I bet I could make this myself without all of those unknowns and it would be a lot cheaper".
But don't get me wrong I'd probably also keep one of these in the freezer occasionally for those gotta grab something fast moments.
I then swapped Canadian bacon for the turkey sausage because sausage tends to give me heartburn. Feel free to use whatever breakfast meat you prefer.
I also swapped out peppered gravy for the cheese so I'd have a little more pop of flavor from the pepper and creaminess from the gravy. (The cheese in the store bought version is almost non-existant.)
Best part is that this homemade version is less than 200 calories!
Breakfast Bowl
Ingredients:
1 1/3 cup country style hash browns
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1/3 cup peppered country gravy mix (about 1/2 pack)
1 cup water
1 small carton 100% egg whites
8 slices Canadian bacon (about 12 calories each)
Add water and gravy mix to a small sauce pan. Bring to a boil then reduce to simmer. Heat until thickened. Stir frequently.
Add vegetable oil to a small skillet and heat to med-high heat. Add hash browns and cook untl browned. Remove to a paper towel.
Cut Canadian bacon into quarters. Place into pan and lightly brown. Remove from skillet.
Reduce heat to low-med.
Add egg whites to skillet and cook slowly while scrambling.
Divide all ingredients into fourths. In each container layer hash browns, Canadian bacon, eggs, gravy.
Place a piece of parchment paper over the bowl and press onto the gravy gently. Seal container and freeze.
When ready to reheat cook in microwave on high for 1 minute 30 seconds, then in 30 second intervals-stirring after each interval- until heated through.
You can also reheat on defrost for 5 minutes.
Well my picture's not as pretty as theirs but I can promise it tasted just as good.
I had just enough hashbrowns to make 4 bowls so that's what this recipe is for. I only had enough to add 1/3 cup to each bowl which is not a whole lot so if you're not trying to be calorie conscious you could get away with adding a little more.
I froze the bowls in a shallow, microwave safe container with a piece of parchment paper across the top of the food to prevent contact with the air in the container.
I used 100% egg whites from a carton. (I wasn't about to crack and seperate all of those eggs.) I chose to use the whole carton so I could bulk up the bowl without adding a lot of calories.