Newsletter - May 2015

Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms!

Mothers hold their children’s hands for a while, but their hearts forever.

May is National Egg Month

The incredible edible egg has many benefits for everyone, but especially for the post-operative bariatric patient. Despite being delicious, eggs prepared without extra fat provide an easily digestible form of protein. High-quality protein also helps in weight management.

Eating more high-quality protein foods, such as eggs, and fewer carbohydrates when you’re dieting helps preserve lean muscle tissue and increase fat loss. Foods that are high in protein rate high on appetite satisfaction, too. In studies, dieters who started the day with an egg-based breakfast felt full longer and ate fewer calories throughout the rest of the day.

Eggs contain many more than 100 flavor components and provide a well-rounded, but neutral, richness. When you cook eggs, you can let that richness stand delicately on its own or can let the flavor of eggs serve as a backdrop for more strongly flavored foods or seasonings. Because their distinct flavor doesn’t clash, eggs go well with almost every other food and are appealing to people all over the world.

Eggs are also easy to cook. The basic methods of cooking – scrambled, fried, cooked in the shell, poached and baked eggs – are often among the first foods a beginning cook learns to prepare. Other eggs dishes, including deviled eggs, omelets, quiches, frittatas, range-top bakes and strata casseroles, are also uncomplicated and make great family fare. So if you find yourself searching for something to cook this month, remember