Skinny Cooks Can't Be Trusted by Dave Kessler 

 

I just realized I had been neglecting you folks who like a hearty fried breakfast – or, for that matter, anything fried. I guess I have neglected to tell you that I rarely fry anything; I even bake or roast my hamburgers.

There’s a couple of reasons for this. One, because of being in a wheelchair, I can’t see what’s cooking on top of the stove. I can’t tell if things have fried long enough and I worry about spilling hot grease on myself when removing things that have been frying up above me.

Two, I don’t like a lot of grease on my food and I can work around this using the oven, Crock-Pot or microwave. 

When I do fry I use my roll-around low-down cooking cart. It’s actually a secondhand cabinet I bought at an auction and a friend of mine adapted it so my cooking level on the cart is 21 inches above the floor. I can use two electric hot plates or remove one and use my Crock-Pot.

That’s how this week’s recipe was fried. I use nonstick skillets and vegetable spray most of the time. I do use vegetable oil when I need to fry some chopped garlic in a recipe, though.

World’s Easiest Steak, Eggs, Potatoes and More

2 cups frozen diced potatoes (don’t thaw)

1 heaping tablespoon chopped onions

6 slices frozen Steak-umm, break into small pieces (again, don’t thaw)

2 Jumbo eggs

2 tablespoons shredded cheddar cheese

Lemon pepper seasoning

Optional when serving: Ketchup or even hot sauce

Spray the skillet with cooking oil. Add the potatoes and onions, cover the skillet and fry at medium heat 3-4 minutes.

Uncover, add the Steak-umm pieces, cover and continue frying 3-4 minutes. Uncover and stir the items in the skillet.

Add the 2 eggs, cover and fry 3-4 minutes covered. Remove the cover, stir the eggs and other ingredients in the skillet, then sprinkle on the shredded cheese and lemon  pepper. Cover and cook 2 minutes.

Serve and enjoy. I generally apply some ketchup on my serving.

You’ll notice the skillet will be easy to clean up, as there isn’t any hot grease to fool with!

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