The Original Weggo – 2 Freestyle Smart Points – If You Have An Egg You Have Hope

03/24/18 updated to only 2 Freestyle Smart Points!

I am a firm believer that things happen for a reason. Even if those things are running out of pretty much every food conceivable and then overflowing the waffle iron when you are trying to make corn muffins but can’t find the pan. Yeah, it’s been one of those kinds of weeks. My 77 year old father is back in the hospital for some “tweaking” by his kidney doctor after a frighteningly large amount of fluid was not coming off even with regular dialysis. One lung sounded really bad, he was weak, his poor feet looked like watermelons with little sausages sticking out…it wasn’t good. After much guilting from his children and then pretty much the threat of kidnapping (or adult napping?) by his family physician he reluctantly agreed to go in for the tweaks. Five days, the properly monitored diet (that he’s supposed to do on his own mind you) and some extra attention later I could actually identify all 10 piggies when the doctor flipped back the blanket to check today. Oh if only we all followed the simple ques our bodies give us when they want rest, proper nutrition and are just darn tired of the way we’ve been treating them. But I was tired too…and we had already run out of eggs once…and my own body was starting to scream for the same attention I had been harassing him about. What goes around comes around.

The Original Weggo - 5 WW Smart Points — The Original Weggo – 2 WW Smart Points

necessity is the mother of invention

phrase of necessity

proverb

when the need for something becomes imperative, you are forced to find ways of getting or achieving it.

It's all fun and games until someone overfills the waffle iron... — It’s all fun and games until someone overfills the waffle iron…

So about this overflowing waffle iron. One of the things we did still have was corn muffin mix. Except I still haven’t found a muffin pan from when we moved to the new loft. So I resorted to making corn muffin waffles which in and of itself is not a bad thing. Until you overflow the waffle iron. And then it gets real…because you’ve already counted those points oozing out onto the countertop and before you know it you have a spoon scraping up the batter and eating it. Because you had counted the points. And it seemed reasonable. And that’s about when you realized someone in your house was going to have to get to a store. And quick.You guessed, hubby got volunteered and everything was looking good. He remembered every item on my list. Except some weren’t quite the version I requested, and I had to punt and make do. And there was the waffle iron still sitting out from the oozing episode. And then there it was. Necessity. And she wanted to show me her invention.

The Original Weggo – 2 Smart Points

Ingredients:

1 slice lite bread (no more than 1SP per slice, I used almost but not quite stale White Wheat)
1 egg
1 tsp light mayo (I used Smart Balance)
fresh baby spinach
1/8 cup light shredded cheese (I used Trader Joe’s)
Non stick spray

Start the waffle iron to heat according to instructions while you get everything else ready. Liberally spray both sides of the waffle iron and then the bottom of the slice of bread. Place bread on the bottom griddle and lightly press the middle with a spoon to just barely indent. Spread the mayo carefully (griddle is HOT) onto the exposed side of the bread and add spinach. Then carefully crack egg in the center of the slice. Don’t worry if some runs down, it’s all going to cook. Sprinkle with the shredded cheese and close the top. Let cook for approximately 5 minutes or until you can smell the yumminess. Gently lift the top a little to check and if the egg is set you are ready to go. Gently open completely (if it needs a little help letting go gently poke with a spatula) and unplug the waffle iron. Wiggle a spatula under the bread and try to lift out in one piece. I was actually surprised how well it all held together…even the parts that had oozed off the bread!

Turn to your spouse, child, or whatever witness you have handy who is standing their with mouth gaping because you are now a hero.