

It could be like a hard-boiled egg and a small bag of whole-grain cereal and maybe some baby carrots or cherry tomatoes, and always a fun snack! Even though I'm a health freak, I never wanted to be that mom that didn't include the fun snack…normally I would let my kids-either the night before or the morning of-put together their own mix-and-match lunches. When my kids were younger, I think the best way to describe what I used to pack for them was sort of bento box-style lunches because they weren't into traditional sandwiches or full-on entrees, so we would have mix-and-match kind of lunches. So it looks extravagant, but it's so great on hectic mornings. And I'm telling you, it takes all of five minutes. It's so great because it's packed with protein, and it's got the nutrition from the marinara sauce, you get the calcium from the cheese, it's sort of like one-stop shopping. I let the whole thing get gooey and melty with the cheese, and then I take it out and transfer it and I cut it into little pizza slices. I take a nice wide spatula, I do the ole fliparoo, and then I put some marinara sauce on top of the egg along with some shredded mozzarella cheese and a little turkey bacon or poultry sausage or whatever you have in your fridge, then I just put the lid on it. Before they firm, I put a whole-grain tortilla on top, and I just let the whole thing firm and it takes about two minutes. I take two eggs, and I beat them, and I cook them on a hot skillet. You have to make this! I use what I call my "egg in a pan" trick. Bauer: I would say my go-to breakfast changes from week to week to week, but right now it's definitely my breakfast pizza.
