A complete, tasty breakfast.

In all honesty, I’ve always been pretty huge into food preparation. I love to cook anything and everything, and baking is pretty much like therapy for me. Any time that I have some tough stuff going on in my life, my kitchen begins to look like a bakery. Cakes, muffins and scones line the counter; sometimes they’re even joined by fresh loaves of bread, but I digress.

Eating food that I’ve prepared myself allows me to have more control over what I’m eating, as well as making it easier to keep track of all of the nutrients and calories that I’m consuming. With all of the fast food and not so healthy choices around me, I like to put in a bit of an effort to make better food choices. So, this morning, I came up with a little recipe for a good, healthy breakfast that I’d like to share with all of you. It’s rather easy to prepare and I’ll try my best to figure out all of the nutritional information so that I can pass that on to you as well. Without further ado, let’s get to the food!

Tali’s Balsamic Tomato Egg White Omelette

What you’ll need:

2 Egg Whites
½-1 Cup Cherry Tomatoes
Olive Oil Pam
A Splash Balsamic Vinegar

You’re going to want to start with about ½-1 cup of cherry tomatoes, depending on how many you want in there. Cut them up into quarters on a small chopping board.

Choppin' up some tomatoes.

 

Once your tomatoes are all chopped up, grab a small frying pan and spray it with some olive oil Pam. I love the taste of olive oil and balsamic vinegar together, it’s very rustic and flavorful :) Allow the frying pan to heat up a bit on a simmer setting on your stove top. Once it is warm, throw the tomatoes in there and splash them with some balsamic vinegar.

Add some balsamic vinegar.

Cover your frying pan and let the tomatoes simmer for a couple of minutes, until they are soft and their skin begins to peel off. Once this happens, pour the tomatoes and the balsamic reduction (the thickened tomato-vinegar goop that has formed in your frying pan) into a small bowl and clean up your frying pan. Give it another spray of your olive oil Pam and set it back on your stove top. Again, allow your pan to heat up a bit and then throw two egg whites in there. Let the egg whites fry until the bottom is completely white. Once this happens, throw your tomatoes on top, trying not to get the balsamic reduction in your omelette (or else your omelette will be strangely liquid-y. This is not what you want.)

Fryin' up some eggs.

Fry the eggs like you would a regular omelette, folding it in half once it’s been on the stove for a little while.

Foldin' the eggs.

Isn’t it pretty? At this point, you can prepare whatever sides you’d like to eat with your omelette. I like to toast some (homemade) whole grain bread and pair this up with a serving of fresh fruit, such as blueberries. Hopefully you didn’t throw out the balsamic reduction that we didn’t want in our omelette, I love to drizzle this on top of my toast to give it some more flavor. Green tea is a good choice for a morning drink, as it’ll leave you feeling full and satisfied.

A complete, tasty breakfast.

I really hope that you like this type of post, as I’d like to make more of them (maybe one for every meal of the day?) Food is a huge passion of mine, and it’s so much fun to play around with! Let me know what you guys think :)

Nutritional Information:

Omelette:

Calories: 109
Carbs: 16g
Fat: 0g
Protein: 8g

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In Mint Condition

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June 14th, 2011
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Ever since falling in love with For Audrey by China Glaze, a gorgeous Tiffany Box blue, and being unable to find it in any stores around me, I’ve been hunting for a nice dupe. Sure, I could just order it online, but I was also hoping to find a polish that was just a touch lighter than the China Glaze. Lo and behold, Essie’s Mint Candy Apple. This color is from the Winter 2009 collection, so I’m surprised that I had never seen it before.

Mint Candy Apple without Flash

Essie's Mint Candy Apple without Flash

Mint Candy Apple with Flash

Essie's Mint Candy Apple with Flash

I know, mint candy apples don’t sound particularly appetizing, but the color is gorgeous. Rather than a true mint, it looks a lot closer to a robin’s egg blue. I took a look at a couple of reviews about this polish and was a tad worried when I saw some negative comments about the formula. I read that it was thick and tough to apply. I actually found this formula to be quite nice when I applied the polish as quickly as possible. If I kept going over the coats, they did tend to streak, and the formula did feel a bit thick. However, when I applied the polish quickly, the opacity was very nice and I got a great look with only two coats.

After applying the polish, I decided that I wanted to add some cute details using the Hello Kitty Nail Art Stickers that I bought from Sephora. I bought the Lace stickers, thinking that these would add a ton of cute to a french manicure. The stickers do look adorable, but I was disappointed with the results.

Essie's Mint Candy Apple and Hello Kitty Nail Stickers

Essie's Mint Candy Apple and Hello Kitty Nail Stickers

The instructions on the packaging of the stickers state that you should apply a top coat to seal the look. However, as soon as I applied my top coat, the stickers started to lift from my nails and curl a bit. The actual look is adorable and the pattern is perfect, but the quality is rather disappointing.

Hello Kitty Nail Sticker

Hello Kitty Nail Sticker - See how it started to lift off of my nail?

All in all, I’m crazy about my Essie Mint Candy Apple polish, despite the formula being a bit thick. However, despite the fact that they are super adorable, based on quality alone I would not repurchase the Hello Kitty Nail Art Stickers.

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New Blog New York

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June 13th, 2011

Hey everybody! So I’ve always wanted to start a blog, but I never knew exactly how to go about it. I finally looked into it and figured out how to get this up and running, so here we are. I’ve got a pretty nasty cold right now and I’m a bit drowsy from the medicine, so I’m just writing up a quick intro post and then I’m going to head off to take a nap.

In life news, the boyfriend and I decided to take a trip to Buffalo, NY, this weekend. I wanted to make my first visit to an Ulta store and pick up a ton of stuff that we don’t have here in Canada. I also expected to do some clothing shopping, of course. I ended up coming home with some makeup goodies from Ulta and Sephora, a pair of shoes and a t-shirt from Forever 21, some cute accessories, and a ton of candy. We had an amazing lunch at the Cheesecake Factory, and the border officer coming back to Canada was nicer than we expected. All in all, it was a good day.

Welcome to New York

Welcoming us to New York

Ulta and Sephora Goodies

Some of my goodies from Ulta and Sephora

Candy!

Some of my candy - so qt!

Maybe I’ll add a couple more photos later, but for now, it’s off to bed with me! See you soon, my lovelies ❤

 

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