You'll never guess what I use instead of bread...

So... I really wanted eggs for breakfast and still wanted that 'bread crunch' to go with it. I love my crunch! I'm not trying to cut carbs out, just looking at ways to reduce the amount of bread I eat, so had a crazy idea. Zucchini!
Now don't screw up your nose, lemme explain... It's crunchy, savory, and when grilled or lightly fried adds a yummy, smokiness flavour to whatever you're eating. If you're interested, try this new 'healthy green crunch' recipe out. Approx. 350 calories per serve and around 5 minutes to make.

Tasty cheesy omelette on crunchy 'green bread'
- 2 eggs
- 1 medium zucchini
- 1/8 cup grated cheese (cheddar/mozarella/tasty or packet 'pizza' mix works well)
- 1/8 onion (diced)
- 1/2 cup spinach (sliced/chopped)
- 1/2 tsp olive oil (no need for this if using non-stick frypan)
- 1/2 tsp lemon pepper (or normal black pepper will do) - lemon pepper is awesome secret ingredient, makes everything tasty!
- Pinch of salt
- Pinch of chilli flakes (optional)

Whisk eggs, salt, pepper and chilli. Put aside. Warm your plate in microwave for 1 minute on high. Cut zucchini into slices long ways, about .5cm thick. Dry fry the zucchini in hot pan until golden (about 1 minute each side, still crunchy on inside). Season with salt and pepper. Remove from pan and place on your warm plate. Add olive oil to still warm pan, turn heat to low, chuck in the onion and cook for about a minute, spread onion around pan as even as possible, then pour in eggs mixture. Doesn't matter if it not reach the edges. Let this cook for about a minute, then on one half of the wet egg mix sprinkle the cheese, and add the chopped spinach on top of that. Cook for about one more minute then fold the side without the toppings onto the side with toppings - like you're making a lid/cover. A tip to make this easy is to tip the frypan towards you a little to let any still-wet egg mixture run into the bottom. Fold over top, cook for about one more minute then fold over again (now it should be kind of rectangle shaped). Cook one more minute, or if you like it cooked through really thoroughly, turn it one more time. Tip, if in doubt stick a knife in the middle, if it oozes egg mixture it probably needs a little bit longer. To serve place the omelette on the zucchini 'bread', and add a sprinkle of parsley if you like.

You'll notice the zucchini gives you the crunch, a bit of extra flavour and you won't feel like you're missing out on crunch at all


You can also crumble fetta, fresh chopped tomatoes and/or chopped ham on top if you want to bulk it up a bit more. To reduce the serving size, just take away one egg and reduce the cheese and spinach and seasoning accordingly.

Hope you enjoy! Any questions at all just ask, I'm just starting to put my recipes up so any more tips, ideas, friends and motivation and support greatly appreciated. I love my food, so getting healthy and living life means trying new things, and still living a tasty life Good luck with your goals too xx