Tips for getting more protein?

[Miranda]

I love eggs! I was going to start a thread about it when I found a easy tip for cooking them and taking them on the go.

The South Beach Diet has some type of egg breakfast sandwich thing. That diet makes total sense to me, but way too much time in the kitchen.

To make a healthy home-made McD's egg muffin (that will fill you up, get protein, without mega empty carbs) do this...

small circle microwave dish spray with cooking spray
one large egg with a pinch of salt & pepper, dash of skim milk--stir/scramble
pour in micro dish, cook 1 minute (approx 80 cals for egg, good protein source)

Place cooked circle egg on Thompson's whole grain *MINI* size bagel (110 cals, 3grams fiber) viola...

add low fat slice of cheese for a dairy and more protein

add a bananna or fresh fruit... ya got all four food groups, and good protein "da egg"... yuuummm

Like posted, I also CRAVE red meat. Really bad at the period time (bleeding perimenpausal golf balls thank you very much Mother Nature). I love a big lean steak grilled out. Fresh mushrooms. Nice greens salad with pine nuts, and low fat cheese. Vinegrette dressing with real oils. NO BAKED POTATOE.

Also, I'm on the nut band wagon. They are my staple. If the nut has oil... leaves a lot of oil in your hand etc... then it's not a good nut choice (aka Planter's salted party cocktail peanuts--icky).

Almonds... walnuts... pine nuts... South Beach nut mix (a bit of grease, be careful on calories). Put the nuts in your mouth one at a time and enjoy each one slowly. Makes ya feel fuller by eating slower. I even have a special pretty small cup I eat mine out of... makes it a fancy treat.