Baked egg cradles

• These little sweeties are the perfect breakfast for two, and far more impressive looking than labor intensive. They also take about two minutes to prepare and pop into the oven, which isn't too shabby.
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• Ingredients
• 4 whole eggs
• 2 large avocados 
• 1/2 cup grated aged Parmesan (optional)
• cayenne pepper or smoked paprika for garnish (optional)

NOTE: If you opt to omit cheese, add sea salt to taste after cooking.

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• You will need

• 1 cupcake tin
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Directions

Preheat your oven to bake at 200 degrees. Split avocados length wise and remove pit. spoon out a bit of the avocado meat (and put it in your mouth) so that the wells are a bit deeper than the pit made them. Place each half inside of a cupcake well, hole up. Crack each egg into each avocado. You may have to hsprinkle with parmesan and cayenne pepper or smoked paprika. bake approximately fifteen minutes, or until yoke is just slightly firm. 

Iced Cocoa Cooler

Sugar free. 

ONE net carbohydrate count in the whole thing. 

Creamy, icy, satisfying, caffeinated goodness.

YOU WILL NEED 


-1 pint glass 
-1 blender (or electric hand mixer, but not a hand-powered spoon)


INGREDIENTS 

-3/4 pint room temperature black coffee (I make this in the afternoon with that mornings leftovers) 
-1 1/2 TBLS grass fed unsalted butter 
-1 TBLS unsweetened cocoa 
-1/2 TSP vanilla extract (if you've got it) 


DIRECTIONS 
Microwave black coffee for 20 seconds, or until lukewarm. 
Add to blender along with remaining ingredients.(If you're using an electric mixer add all ingredients to mixing bowl.) Blend together on high speed for twenty seconds, until you have a caramel hued liquid topped with creamy white foam. Serve in pint glass poured over ice.