Yesterday I started my physio for my hip. Something I should have done when I fell in January. I have no excuse but after a total of about 3 months resting the back in bed over the course of this year I wised up.
Because I had two severe falls within 5 years on my left hip I shifted the SI joint. Which apparently is really hard to do. But I seem to want to excel in the worse areas. The woman who is guiding me through physio said that while a lot of people say they’ve shifted the SI, it’s not common. Injuring that area is but not the shifting bit. It’s been an interesting look into body mechanics. The muscles reacted so quickly to protect the area and “locked” things down. But I didn’t do anything to fix the ligaments so now that I’ve been fixing the muscles things are disabled. Loosey goosey, if you will! So I have to have a brace round my hips as they said I need to treat it like, in layman’s terms, I sprained my bum. Oops.
But I’m thrilled we now have a plan action. Spending a crazy amount of time heating and icing my lower back and hip gets very boring very quickly. I have too many things on my list!
One dish I’ve been trying to get down is baked eggs. I had been trying to do a French recipe from Barefoot Contessa for baked eggs. She had said to broil them and I’ve had no luck. I got the flavour down but not the cooking part. Jovina Cooks Italian posted about marinara baked eggs. Actually baked, not broiled and I had some marinara sauce to use up. I can take a hint. 🙂 This is my take on it.
Preheat the oven to 425F/220C.
In a small baking dish add a third cup of marinara sauce. Heat this up in the microwave.
Add three eggs.
Top with freshly grated parmesan cheese.
Baked until the egg whites are firm and the yolks are runny. This is the tricky part. So don’t get discouraged if you struggle with this bit.
Top with basil and season with sea salt and pepper. Buttered toast is perfect to go with this.
This was a great way to start the day. Full of flavour and hearty. And it went way better than the French recipe but I’m not giving up on that one. Once I get that down I’ll post it.
A very good take at that. Looks like a delicious meal.
Sorry about your injury Hope it doesn’t take forever to get it back to the no pain stage.
Thanks, me too! 🙂
Good luck with the physio, hope the hip mends! I never had luck either baking or broiling eggs; I always find it impossible to get a set white and RUNNY yolk (and what’s the point if the yolk isn’t runny?); now I do it in two steps. First I always add some cream or sauce, then I separate the eggs, bake the whites until almost done, and finally, for the last two minutes, I add the yolk and a little leftover white or more cream. That way I still get the runny yolk… but I must admit I still haven’t achieved a perfect result! Your recipe looks delicious!
Do you know, my husband and I were discussing this very method of separating the eggs after I made this dish! That settles it. I’ll definitely try that technique out.
I think even this technique requires practise! I hope it works for you!
Thanks! I hope it does too. 🙂
Hope you are over the worse with your hip, and the bakes eggs look fabulous 🙂
Thank you. 😊
Hoping you heal quickly and completely. Baked eggs are a bit tricky, getting the perfect runny yolk and white set is sometimes hard. I love the recipe it sounds wonderful and your meal looks delicious,
Thank you on both counts! I keep seeing recipes titled “easy” baked eggs. Sure! 😄
Not so much at least not perfect easy baked eggs yes easy to bake getting them right is the tricky part.
I hope you are doing well and the physio helps! glad you are working on it! the eggs looks divine!
Thank you! Here’s to some good luck! 😊
yes!
Looks great – a but like Spanish Huevos a la Flamenca. It’s hard to time it to get the whites cooked and the yolk runny I always find! All the best with the physio.
Thank you!