Life got complicated. Again.

 I had Covid for Christmas.  It only took me two years to get it. 

I also got Covid pneumonia which earned me an escort into the ER by three handsome, friendly EMT's.  I stayed in the hospital for 5 days until I could hold my oxygen levels above 92% without the canula of oxygen. In case you're wondering, the protocol for Covid pneumonia is continuous oxygen and a steroid called Decadron (dexamethasone). It's a doozy.  It can really jack up your blood sugars.  Especially if you are like me and are already borderline diabetic.

Type 2 diabetes has three main components: Diet, exercise, and genetics. Two of those three are totally within my control, but lets rest on that third one for a minute.  There are 6 siblings. 6/6 of us have T2D. In a way, it was inevitable.  But, that's only 1/3 of the story.  

I had an A1c panel done at the hospital which returned a result of 7.4. A score of 7 is considered diabetic. While I was in the hospital my blood sugars were in the mid 300's.  That was largely due to the steroid, but the A1c is an average over 3 months or so- meaning I can't blame it all on the meds. 

My plan is to use whatever means necessary to get my sugars under control, and to "eat my way out" of diabetes in the long run.

Anyway- Here's me again blogging about why food is so complicated. Let's talk about food.

I love Starbucks' sous vide egg bites.  I could eat them every single day.  Honestly. Buuuut... They're $5ish. That would be $35ish in egg bites alone. I would love that, but my wallet would hate it.

So, I did what any frugal gal would do, and I searched the world wide web for a copy cat recipe. 

you can find the original here: 

https://amomsimpression.com/instant-pot-egg-bites/

I make these at least once a week so that I have a grab-and-go breakfast ready.

Sometimes I skip the blender and stir my ingredients together for a different texture entirely.

Fun Fact: I have a six quart InstantPot.  It fits all the accessories for the Pampered Chef six quart Quick Cooker.  I like the Quick Cooker accessories much better than all the after-market items for the instant pot.  All of my racks, bowls, and lids are from The Pampered Chef.

 

 If you don't have all this fancy equipment, you can do mason jars in a hot water bath in the oven.  I think the original poster talks about that in her post.

 

I ran out of bacon this week, so I made them without bacon, but one thing is certain- even without bacon, this did not come close to the $30ish that Starbucks would have charged me.