Why We Love Baked Eggs

by Isis on May 23, 2013

Lee and I are always experimenting with different foods so that we can find what fuels our bodies best for performance. Recently, Lee purchased the book Feed Zone Portables by Biju Thomas & Allen Lim. It is a book aimed to help endurance athletes make on-the-go meals that give them enough energy to complete their endurance events. The book doesn’t bash the gels, drinks or other convenient energy solutions, but does suggest that you can make your own that are better for your over all performance.

I don’t want to bore you with a book report but I will say it’s a good read if you want to understand how your body uses carbs, glycogen and fat for performance. I will be testing out the recipes in the book to see a)how easy are they really are to make, b) how they taste, c) how my body reacts to the foods. So far I’ve made the Griddle Cakes and the Baked Eggs. I wasn’t a fan of the Griddle Cakes because of the texture. I think I wanted more of an English muffin and got more of a UPS box. The Baked Eggs on the other hand, were a tasty delight!

Making food with a 2 year old running around isn’t the easiest. So I’m constantly looking for something to just stick in the crock pot or the oven. For that reason, these Baked Eggs will be a new Hargrave breakfast staple.

Basic Baked Eggs
Courtesty of Feed Zone Portables

6 eggs (I see making more than this for our crazy eggs eating family)
2 Tbs of chopped cooked bacon
Optional additions: 1/4 grated parmesan, salt and pepper

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Thoroughly coat six cups of a standard nonstick muffin tin with cooking spray. Carefully crack one egg into each muffin form. Position pan in the middle rack of the oven. To evenly cook the eggs, rotate the pan after 5-6 minutes, or when the eggs begin to turn white.

Bake until the whites set and the yolks look partially set (about 10-15min total). Remove from the oven; the eggs will continue to cook while resting. Sprinkle with bacon or salt and peppers to taste. (Add cheese as well if using)

While the eggs are resting, use a plastic knife to loosen them from the edge of the pan. Let cool to the touch before wrapping. Store extras in the refrigerator.

The eggs was cooked perfect. The yolk was half runny, half cooked. The sprinkle of bacon and dash of salt was all you needed to fully enjoy the egg. I had 2 and Lee ate 4. Jack just kind of looked at them in disbelief. What can I say, he’s used to seeing his eggs scrambled. I will get him though. One of these days he will love his own personal baked egg.

I can see these being a good Sunday or Monday prep for the week recipe for quick on-the-go breakfast or post workout meals!

Let me know what you think!

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Visit to Colonel’s Bicycle

by Isis on May 15, 2013

Yesterday we went to visit Colonel’s Bicycle who will soon be our new enduraLAB neighboor off of Foch. We’ve always been bike curious and actually considered getting into riding back before we became the running couple. Back in the day we figured running shoes cost less than bikes… so we went with running. :)

Well, now that we’ve established running, we decided to venture back into the biking world by visiting Colonel’s. We were met by the very friendly Jamie and witty Sully. Both were more than willing to answer all our questions and even got me on the trainer with a Giant Avail 3. I was pretty nervous about getting on a bike because I’m not to sure about my balance but they assured me it was all going to be ok. While adjusting my ride, we were talking about bike races and how one cyclist changed bikes 3 times in 4 hours and another got in a wreck and it tore his clothes so he had to sit on the side of the road naked until they brought him some clothes. I had no idea cycling was that interesting… guess many could say that about running.

After testing out the bike, I wanted more! I want the padded shorts, helmet- the whole shebang. I even looked at the little trailer for Jack to ride. You may see the running couple doing a few rides here in the future!

We love to support our local small businesses. If you live in the area and are interested in cycling, you should most definitely check out Colonel’s Bicycle.

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Paleo on Mother’s Day- No Way!

May 12, 2013

Follow the Paleo diet on Mother’s Day? Yeah, only if you enjoy Chinese water board torture. When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade right? Well, when holidays and reasons for celebration are handed to you, you treat yourself to brunch, cupcakes, etc. (Insert triumphant symphony) For Mother’s Day this year, Lee made reservations at [...]

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This Blogger is Back

May 10, 2013

After almost 2 years of hiatus and revelations, I’m back on the blogging scene! I have been given the awesome opportunity to be a blogging contributor for the Fort Worth Moms Blog. I didn’t really intend for The Running Couple to be a “mom” blog per say, but times have WAY changed and now it [...]

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Make Us Do Burpees!

June 11, 2012

For every dollar donated on Wednesday, June 13th, our New York City Marathon team will collectively do that many burpees. So even if you donate $5, it’s work for us! Your donation will not only help to advance research, support patients and create hope for the pancreatic cancer community, it will provide added motivation for [...]

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Hot Chocolatey Fun!

February 11, 2012

I must admit that upon waking up and receiving an email from the Hot Chocolate race director that there was weather advisory predicting a wind chill of 19 degrees, I was not excited about running this race. I turned to Lee and asked, “babe, am I going to get hypothermia?” Needless to say, he laughed [...]

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Hot Chocolate 15k Coming Right Up

February 1, 2012

This race seems to be getting some serious flak lately. As with any new series or program, there are going to be some hiccups and I think people need to chillax. Yup, chillax. With that being said, I’m excited to be heading up to D-town to take part in the chocolate madness with my gal [...]

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Grandma’s Marathon Week 1

January 30, 2012

I cannot believe that Grandma’s Marathon is 20 weeks away. Since that is a real statement and not a figment of my imagination, marathon training commenced today. I am excited, scared, nervous, cautious, intimidated, HUNGRY but most of all determined. My goal is 4:30 but under 5 hrs would make me happy. I think it’s [...]

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New Year, New Run Opportunities

January 8, 2012

Lee and I were blessed to start the first weekend of the new year with a social run at the grand opening of enduraLAB. It’s been about 3 years since the beginning of our running journey and we couldn’t be happier to be on this path. We have a few exciting events coming up that [...]

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First Marathon (Relay) Post Baby Jack

December 4, 2011

Since giving birth to Jack, I’ve ran. Shoot… I’ve even ran up to 8 miles just joining in on enduraLAB training. For whatever reason, I was nervous to the point of making myself sick today before running my 5-mile (yes only 5 mile) leg of the Dallas White Rock Marathon Relay. It was the first [...]

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