31. January 2012 · Comments Off · Categories: Organic Breakfasts · Tags: ,

Looking for an organic breakfast that also qualifies as southern food? Believe it or not, many southern recipes can include organic foods. These might include organically raised fruits and vegetables, as well as organic eggs. What’s better than eggs for breakfast? They’re high in protein and vitamins, and they’re delicious and will keep you full until lunch. Next time you want an organic breakfast of southern food, start with eggs.

Instead of the same old boring scrambled eggs, make your eggs southern-style. How do you do this? By incorporating the South’s favorite flavors. You’re probably familiar with the “cooking trinity” that’s often seen in southern cuisines like Creole, Cajun, Gullah, and Geechee. The trio consists of onion, bell pepper, and celery. To make southern-scrambled eggs, heat a little oil in an iron skillet and sauté diced onion, diced bell pepper, and chopped celery until the veggies are just beginning to get soft. Add the beaten eggs to the pan and scramble as usual. Just before the eggs are done, add a little minced garlic. For real southern flavor, drizzle the cooked eggs and veggies with hot sauce.

What can you serve with your organic southern breakfast? Fruit is always a good, healthy idea. Some favorite southern fruits include peaches, pears, watermelon, strawberries, and cantaloupe. And don’t forget about the Florida citrus fruits, like oranges, tangerines, and grapefruit.

Another southern food you might want to include is grits. And yes, you can find grits that are ground from organically grown corn. The grits will provide a starch to enjoy with your breakfast.



Okay, so you took the time to go to the Farmer’s Market or to the health food store 15 miles from your home, so that you could find wholesome organic eggs. Now, you want to cook those eggs to perfection. Both because you like good food and let’s face it organic food does cost more! You’re looking forward to healthy organic breakfasts with your husband and children. But you’re worried about your egg cooking skills and the time that it will take you to make them. Don’t worry you have several options available.

Electric Egg Poachers The first and most convenient is an electric egg cooker or electric egg poacher. Using this method just take your eggs, crack them open and put them in one of the little containers in the egg poacher. Then you follow the instructions about how much water to put in the egg poacher. The amount of water determines whether you have soft or hard poached eggs. Turn on the egg poacher. In a few short minutes an alarm will sound letting you know that your eggs are cooked. There is absolutely no need to babysit them. You can top them on whole grain toast and easily have a great breakfast. So you can see why electric egg poachers are the easiest way to cook eggs.

Egg Poacher Skillets If you like to be more involved with your cooking, then you can get a skillet that has an insert for poached eggs. Depending on the size of the pan, there will be from 4 to 6 indentations in which to place an egg. You place this insert over boiling water and cover. While you don’t have to stand over this skillet with a stopwatch, you do have to remember that you have eggs cooking. When the eggs are poached to your satisfaction, just slide them out of the egg indentations and onto your toast or hash.

Microwavable Egg Poachers These are plastic trays that look like the inserts in the skillets above. But of course they are made from microwave friendly materials. You also have to know your microwave oven to poach eggs in in. It may take a few tries to figure how how the individual egg poacher works with the power-range of your microwave oven.

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