Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Steaming Eggs

Hey steaming eggs worked!  Sweet.

Monday, August 9, 2010

Experiment in Steaming

So my old electric rice pot quit on us this past weekend.  It had been slowing down for a year and I just waited till it finally quit.  I simply dumped the rice and it's cooking water into my stainless steel heavy bottom sauce pan, brought the water to a simmer and turned to heat to low, covered the pan with the vent open, let it go 15 minutes, turned the heat off and let it sit about 10 more minutes==perfect rice.  However, I only have 1 sauce pan so decided to replace my rice pot.  Walmart, here I come.  Got a new electric Black and Decker 2 tier rice and steaming appliance, $29.00.  Washed it, and it is dishwasher safe.  I do wonder if the plastic bowls are safe, so I'll need to research that matter.
This morning, I was determined to try this new baby out.  I am trying to eat healthier breakfasts of the low carb type but that gets so boring so decided to scrounge around my fridge and pantry to see what I could come up with.  And this is what I found:
1 cup Oatmeal, not certified gluten free
1 cup Almond flour
1/4 cup Date sugar
1/4 cup Xylitol
2 tablespoons Ground flax seed meal
1 cup half and half
1 egg
2 teaspoons cinnamon
pinch kosher salt

I just dumped this all into the little rice bowl that insets into the steamer basket.  Additionally, I placed my last 4 eggs into the other steamer basket as supposedly you can soft or hard boil eggs by steaming them.  Set the timer to 12 minutes, the time for the eggs.  At that point, I checked the oatmeal mixture and it was still liguidy so I removed the eggs and reset the timer for another 12 minutes.  When it was finished, I saw a mixture that was not quite as set as a cake but more like a pudding, but not runny either.
I ate about 3/4 of a cup and oh my was it good!  I have a real problem with oatmeal generally because I do not like the sliminess of it.  I gagg, just can't get it down.  Oatmeal cookies  have been my preferred method up to this morning.  This baked almond oatmeal is quite nice and I'll definitely work on it some more, and tweak it and create variations of it.
This has a high protein content because of the almond flour, there are some carbs from the oats and dates.  Try this for your picky eaters who don't like slimy oatmeal.
Later, I will make the eggs into egg salad.  I will return and comment on how they steamed.