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Ok, Lets look at this breakfast. Today’s meal is going to be two parts, the first is simply cereal and the other is scrambled eggs. I’m doing the 2 parts because I’ve never made scrambled eggs in the microwave and I’m worried its going to turn out weird and I won’t want to eat it. So grab the supplies for breakfast and lets get our food on.

A good part about this easy meal is that we will be using very few dishes. That means that when everything is prepared, there won’t be very much to clean up! I hate cleaning up. It is hands down the worst part of any meal. Theses are all of the dishes that you need.

I’ve still got some chicken left over from my Fajita! or Burrito? mess that I made the other day so lets add some of that to the eggs. Measure out a 1/4 cup of the canned chicken for 1 serving. And yes, thats the same canned spinach from the Turkey Pasta and Junk. The trick to using any canned food is to use the left-overs quickly once you open it. Plus, despite its disgusting looks, that spinach is delicious. Measure out 1/4 cup and put it in with the chicken.

Grab 2 of the eggs from the carton and crack them into the bowl. You’ll notice that that is a huge carton of eggs, holding a full dozen. I tried a new grocery store the other day hoping that they would have cheaper food but they didn’t sell the half-dozen sized cartons that I usually buy. This is why living in the barracks sucks. Who else has to worry about the size of the egg cartons that they are buying? I swear, its terrible. Actually, it kind of looks like the eggs are laughing at me in the second picture. Yeah, fuck you too, eggs.

Beat the crap out of those eggs. When I worked as a line cook at a Perkins Restaurant a few years ago, the one thing I learned how to do very well was eggs. The trick for good, fluffy eggs is to whip them with a wisk or fork really well. Look at the air-bubbles floating around in there. Those are good. Of course, there was a giant flat-top grill that I used at Perkins which made actually cooking the eggs a heck of a lot easier. I’m not sure how these are going to turn out in my microwave yet. I guess we’ll find out in a little bit.

First, though, put together the cereal and stuff. As I’m sure you’ve realized, I’m a big fan of portion control. Use the measuring cup to get the right amount of milk and cereal (1 cup each) then throw a 1/4 cup of blackberries on top. This is the same as my previous Breaking the Fast recipe, except these are blackberries instead of raspberries. You’re an adult. Use whatever type of berries you want.

As I mentioned not even 2 paragraphs ago, (are you even paying attention?) never before in my life have I made scrambled eggs in a microwave. I googled it before I tried it but pretty much every recipe and how-to guide on the internet says to add oil and/or milk before you do so. I don’t see why thats necessary, so I’m not doing it. I’m a rebel! I do what I want! So heres how I did it instead:

Zap the egg mix for 30 seconds. Take them out, and then whip them up again with your fork. You want the parts that are already cooked to be evenly separated in the uncooked parts. Plus it’ll add more air to the mixture and make the eggs fluffier. Zap the eggs again for 30 seconds. Done! or, if yours aren’t, repeat the process untill they are. Use smaller time intervals as you go along, though, so you don’t accidentally overcook the eggs.

See how fluffy those eggs are? Thank goodness they didn’t turn out weird! And the berries really add to the cereal. Awesome. My first meal on this stupid blog that I haven’t messed up yet. Victory!

… except I forgot to add up the price totals and calories as we went along. Dang it. So theres that.

Here they are in list format:

food price/serving calories

cereal 28 cents 110

milk 39 cents 80

blackberries 58 cents? 15 (rough estimate for cost of this serving. I paid $3.49 for the whole container)

eggs (2) 32 cents 140

chicken 48 cents 60

spinach 19 cents 30

Calories: 435

Cost: $2.24

Time: about 2 minutes

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