Cooking A Meal With Random Ingredients From An Almost Empty Fridge

Empty Fridge Cooking Food Challenge

On today’s episode of Live Lean TV, I’m attempting a food challenge where I try cooking a meal with random ingredients from an almost empty fridge.

Since we need to get groceries soon, it’s time to get creative with today’s recipe.

This type of fridge clean out recipe creation occurs when you go into the fridge and you don’t know what you have.

The first step is to remove all the remaining food out of the fridge, and set it on the counter.

This allows you to see what food you have access to, to make a meal.

Random Ingredients List

Here are all the ingredients I had in my fridge:

• Arugula
• Eggs
• Shredded Slow Cooker Chicken Breast
• Red Bell Pepper
• Avocado
• Turkey Bacon
• Onion
• Salsa

Let’s see what I can make out of these ingredients.

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Cooking A Meal With Random Ingredients From An Almost Empty Fridge

Print Recipe

Chicken Omelet

Course

Main Dish

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

Servings

servings

Ingredients

• 1/2 red bell pepper
• 1/2 red onion
• 4 slices turkey bacon
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 avocado
• avocado oil spray
• 8 oz pre-cooked chicken breast (shredded)
• dash Black Pepper
• dash pink himalayan sea salt
• 1/4 tsp curry powder
• 1/4 tsp Paprika
• handful arugula
• 2 tbsp salsa

Course Main Dish Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 10 minutes Servings servings Ingredients 1/2 red bell pepper 1/2 red onion 4 slices turkey bacon 3 eggs 1/2 avocado avocado oil spray 8 oz pre-cooked chicken breast (shredded) dash Black Pepper dash pink himalayan sea salt 1/4 tsp curry powder 1/4 tsp Paprika handful arugula 2 tbsp salsa

Instructions

1. Take a few seconds to chop the red bell pepper and red onion up into big chunks before adding them to the food processor.
2. Turn the food processor on for 3 seconds to chop up the vegetables.
3. Next up, we're going to cook the turkey bacon. Heat a pan over medium high heat and spray with avocado oil cooking spray.
4. Cut the bacon in half then add to the heated pan in single layers.
5. Cook for 4-5 minutes then flip and cook for another 4-5 minutes, or until bacon is crispy. Once the bacon is cooked, remove from pan.
6. While the bacon is cooking, crack 3 eggs into a mixing bowl.
7. Dice up the 1/2 avocado with a knife.
8. Add a pan to the stove over medium high heat, then add another spray of avocado oil to the pan.
9. Add the chopped vegetable mix to the pan and heat for 3-4 minutes, stirring frequently.
10. To re-heat the shredded chicken, add it to the pan with the vegetable mix.
11. Top the mixture with a dash of black pepper, pink Himalayan sea salt, and curry, and heat for 2-3 minutes, stirring frequently.
12. Remove the chicken and vegetable mix from the pan and add it to a plate. This will go inside the eggs.
13. Over medium to low heat, add another spray of avocado oil to the pan.
14. Whisk together 3 eggs, then pour it into the pan. If the eggs sizzle when they are poured into the pan, the pan is too hot. When you add the eggs, the eggs should cook slowly.
15. Once the egg begins to set after 2-3 minutes, flip the egg to cook the other side.
16. Add another dash of curry, black pepper, and paprika to the eggs.
17. Add a serving of the chicken and vegetable mixture on one side of the eggs.
18. Top with a handful of arugula, then add a tbsp of salsa on top.
19. Flip the empty half of the egg on top of the mixture, then add the omelet to a plate.
20. Chop up the turkey bacon, then sprinkle it on top of the omelet.
21. Add the chopped avocado on top of the omelet.
22. Cut the omelet in half, then share the other half with your loved one, so you can enjoy your gains together.

Recipe Notes

Nutrition Facts (per serving):

Calories: 379

Protein: 38g

Carbohydrates: 6g

Fat: 23g

This is an example of how to get creative in the kitchen, when you are almost out of food.

I always come up with something good.

This is just another important quality to being a good husband and dad.

A family that gets gains, stays together.

Let’s eat.

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Brad Gouthro

Brad Gouthro is the founder of Live Lean TV, a media company focused on helping men and women “Live Lean” 365 days a year. Brad’s programs and content have helped millions of people all over the world learn how to get in shape, and more importantly, sustain it for life.

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