Breakfast
Ray Peat's Egg cheese scramble
PrepPr5 minServesSrv1Ca:PCa:P1:0.5
Ingredients
- 1 egg, pastured (read label on egg carton)
- 1 oz/2-3 Tbsp hard cheese
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp to 1 tbsp of butter
- (Optional) Pickling salt
Directions
- Whisk egg in bowl.
- Grease the pan with a melted pat of butter.
- Melt cheese and add a splash of milk to liquefy it.
- Pour whisked egg into the pan and scramble it all together.
- Season to taste, adding salt if desired.
(Optional) Enjoy with a glass of fresh, sweet and strained orange juice, grape juice, or fresh fruit and a cup of coffee with sugar and cream/milk.
Why it works
Eggs and cheese together give a quick, calcium-rich protein source without needing to cook a large amount of meat.
Nutrition Facts
Per serving (whole recipe makes 1 serving).
- Calories 240.8
- Total Fat 19.3g
- Saturated Fat 10.6g
- Trans Fat 0.4g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.9g
- Monounsaturated Fat 2g
- Cholesterol 249.4 mg
- Sodium 280.2 mg
- Carbohydrate 2.7g
- Sugar 1.7g
- Protein 14.3g
- Calcium 262.9 mg
- Phosphorus 121.9 mg
- Ca:P ratio 1:0.5
- Vitamin A 99.5 mcg
- B1 (Thiamin) 0.1 mg
- B2 (Riboflavin) 0.3 mg
- B5 (Pantothenic) 0.1 mg
- Folate 35.5 mcg
- B12 0.7 mcg
- Zinc 0.7 mg
- Selenium 16.1 mcg
