The High-Protein Breakfast Your Morning Workouts Need
FOR ROBBIE FELICE to have a successful day, he needs breakfast, a workout, and cats.
Felice is the executive chef/owner of three modern Italian(ish) New Jersey restaurants: Osteria Crescendo, Viaggio Ristorante, and pastaRAMEN. The guy is busy, but he understands he can’t use that as an excuse.
“The restaurant industry is a grueling one. The unhealthy habits are everywhere,” he says. He knew this from growing up in kitchens—his dad was a restaurateur as well. So Felice ate healthy and exercised while attending culinary school and working at restaurants.
Last year, though, “I noticed working out had become repetitious and I wasn’t getting the results I wanted.” He hired a trainer, began each day with a macro-balanced pre-workout meal, and started unwinding each night not with a drink but with his cats, in his apartment overlooking Manhattan.
Felice eats this high-protein Eggs & Bacon & Toast & Avocado before heading to the gym. It’s also carbohydrate dense—and those carbs fuel him through his workout.
Yields: 1 serving
Total Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
1 tbsp.
olive oil (Felice likes Phia, lemon-oregano-garlic flavor)
2
small red baby potatoes, boiled tender, crushed with a fork
2
pieces Canadian bacon, diced small
1/2
small red onion, diced small
3
scallions, trimmed, white parts diced small
1 tbsp.
soy sauce (Felice likes Conimex Ketjap Manis)
1 tsp.
sriracha
3
eggs
1 tbsp.
everything-bagel seasoning
1
slice whole-grain bread, toasted
1/2
avocado, sliced
1/2
lime
Directions
1. In a large pan, heat half the olive oil over medium high. Add the potatoes and cook till golden brown, about 2 minutes per side. Add the Canadian bacon, red onion, and scallions. Cook till aromatic, about 1 minute. Stir in the soy sauce and sriracha. Push the mix to the side of the pan.
2. In the same pan, heat the remaining olive oil. Add the eggs and cook sunny-side up, about 5 minutes. Season with freshly ground black pepper and the bagel seasoning.
3. Transfer what’s in the pan to a plate. Serve with the bread and the avocado seasoned with the lime juice and kosher salt, to taste.
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