Snack: The Perfect Egg power-up

This snack is quick, tasty and combines protein and antioxidants on the fly:

1 large organic egg

few fresh basil leaves

7-10 organic cremini or other mushroom (or substitute whatever veggie you have: zucchini, brussel sprouts, carrots, broccoli, etc... really sky is the limit)

some feta cheese or parm cheese

extra virgin olive oil

How to cook mushrooms: do not wash with water, they will become water-logged; simply clean them with a paper towel to remove any dirt, dont worry, the dirt wont kill you if you miss some. Slice the 'shrooms in bite-size pieces. Turn your flat cast iron skillet onto medium heat and toss in some olive oil, coating the bottom of the pan evenly. Add your mushrooms and then don't touch them. The BEST way to make delicous mushrooms is to leave them alone, only turning then once they are nice and brown on one side. They like to be left alone and then will cook nicely in warm olive oil or butter. Add a touch of salt at the very end. 

Lay out your grilled mushrooms (or other veggie) on a small plate so the snack looks bigger, and sprinkle feta so that it melts a little bit; add the chopped basil. 

Fry your perfect egg* and place it on your 'shrooms with the yolk nice and runnny... chop each bite as you eat it, and enjoy!


*How to fry the perfect egg:
1. Teaspoon of olive oil in cast iron skillet on medium
2. Wait a minute until oil heats (but don't let it burn! If it burns, start over, or if you have a tendency to burn things use higher heat oil, like grape seed)
3. Crack egg into the middle of oiliest part of pan, don't let it break (if it breaks, turn off the pan and keep going, just speed up!)4. If there are any dry spots around the perimeter of the egg, drizzle a little oil around it...you want little bubbles and brown crust around the perimeter, see pic5. Wait a min or 2 until the white looks almost all cooked.6. Carefully (but with hootzpa) flip your egg, and count down from 10-Mississippi, 9-Mississippi ... Then turn off the heat and plate your egg!3. Crack egg into the middle of oiliest part of pan, don't let it break (if it breaks, turn off the pan and keep going, just speed up!)4. If there are any dry spots around the perimeter of the egg, drizzle a little oil around it...you want little bubbles and brown crust around the perimeter, see pic5. Wait a min or 2 until the white looks almost all cooked.6. Carefully (but with hootzpa) flip your egg, and count down from 10-Mississippi, 9-Mississippi ... Then turn off the heat and plate your egg!3. Crack egg into the middle of oiliest part of pan, don't let it break (if it breaks, turn off the pan and keep going, just speed up!)4. If there are any dry spots around the perimeter of the egg, drizzle a little oil around it...you want little bubbles and brown crust around the perimeter, see pic5. Wait a min or 2 until the white looks almost all cooked.6. Carefully (but with hootzpa) flip your egg, and count down from 10-Mississippi, 9-Mississippi ... Then turn off the heat and plate your egg!3. Crack egg into the middle of oiliest part of pan, don't let it break (if it breaks, turn off the pan and keep going, just speed up!)4. If there are any dry spots around the perimeter of the egg, drizzle a little oil around it...you want little bubbles and brown crust around the perimeter, see pic5. Wait a min or 2 until the white looks almost all cooked.6. Carefully (but with hootzpa) flip your egg, and count down from 10-Mississippi, 9-Mississippi ... Then turn off the heat and plate your egg!