I like simple food. And when I’m busy, mealtime needs to get even simpler.
Honestly, I was eating a little too much Runza the past two weeks. As a former vegetarian who’s super picky about the meat she eats, there ain’t a lotta protein there.
Yep, after being veg for 7 years, it’s back to eating meat on the regular. It’s what this body needs right now.
Long story incredibly short: many people can be vegetarian and thrive.
I cannot.
ENTER: FISHERMAN’S EGGS.
This recipe is adapted from Chowhound.
Use garlic instead of shallots, and dried parsley is what I keep on hand. I love my garlic.
The original recipe calls for toast and hot sauce, but I skip the toast. I save my starches for potatoes. Because….potatoes. I tend to eat Fisherman’s Eggs with a salad and a couple forkfuls of good quality raw saurkraut. Mmmmmm probiotics.
But the star ingredient? Sardines.
I knooooow.
I took some convincing at first. I think there’s still an ancient can of sardines hiding in the back of my fridge.
But they’re cheap, they’re sustainable (for fish), and the health benefits are numerous. And they do taste good too.
Sardines are rich in:
selenium
phosphorus
b12
protein
calcium
omega 3s and 6s
Worried about consuming too much mercury?
As far as fish go, sardines tend to be lower in mercury because they are itty bitty little guys. The bigger the fish, the more mercury will be built up in the tissues.
You can get em for cheap at Thrive Market, Natural Grocers or even Costco has sustainably fished sardines.
If you have access to local pastured eggs, get em.
Pastured means that the hens don’t just have access to outdoors, but they tend to spend their time outside; scratching in the grass and dirt, eating bugs, and just generally acting like chickens.
Fisherman’s Eggs for One
it doubles or triples easily
- 1 can sardines in olive oil (I prefer Wild Planet)
- 2-3 farm fresh eggs
- 4 cloves garlic
- big pinch of parsley
- Maldon sea salt
- freshly ground pepper
- Hot Sauce (love me some Franks)
you’ll need:
- Oven
- Mitts
- Oven Safe Dish
Heat the oven to 500 degrees. Put your dish in the oven for 3 minutes to heat it up (chop your garlic while it heats). Pour the sardines and oil in the dish, add the garlic, parsley and some salt and pepper.
Back in the oven for 6 minutes. Pull it out and crack the eggs in the dish, sprinkle with some more salt and pepper.
Pop it back in the oven for 7ish minutes, so the whites are cooked but jiggly. Pull it outta the oven, the eggs will keep cooking while you get your salad ready. Toss some hot sauce on there.
Eat. It. Up.
Moral of the story:
Try something new. Stretch your boundaries…if only a bit. And learn what you need in order to thrive. Not just live. Not just survive. THRIVE.
What do you need to thrive, that you haven’t been giving yourself?
It’s okay if you don’t know. If you’ve just being going through the motions, and doing the things you were supposed to, following the ‘normal’ steps in life. I did that too. I know how lost you might feel right now. It’s time to start thriving.
Pro tip: figure out how you want to feel, for starters. “Good” is a start…but there’s more to it than that. What’s your version of good?
Wanna find out?
