my first food pr0n post.
i love to cook. i actually used to cook for a living. the restaurant industry threatened to murder my soul, so i had to get out, but my love of cooking never died.
now that i’m out of the liquids/pureed stage (which are extremely boring, btw), i’m having fun introducing new foods and being able to cook again. here’s what i had for lunch today:
Going to Hell in a Ham Basket
1 large egg
1 slice deli ham (i use the president’s choice vermont with maple syrup)
set oven to broil, and place the rack 6 inches or so from the element. Take a muffin tin and give it a spritz with non-stick food spray type stuff. use your ham slice to line one of the cups so it forms a hammy receptacle in which for you to crack your egg. once you’ve cracked your egg, put it in the oven. i like my yolk plenty runny, so it took only 8 minutes in the oven before the egg white was solid enough. season with salt and/or pepper to your taste. i served mine with 4 trader joe’s mini multiseed soy sauce rice crackers.
i used a mini muffin tin in the above photo, but it was too small and my egg white runnethed over. i lost about 1/3 of the white. a normal sized muffin tin might be a better idea.
next time i will also try lining the muffin tin with the ham slice and putting that under the broiler on it’s own for a couple minutes so the edges crisp up a bit first.
this was really a perfect little wls lunch. i had a little cup of mandarin segments afterward, (packed in juice) and felt very satisfied! if i were further along, i would serve this up with a little salad on the side, but my tummy isn’t quite there yet.
