Super portable, low-cost, high-protein, low-calorie, and with an egg cooker, super easy

For the first three decades of my life, my only metric for what I put in my mouth was what’s most delicious. 

Pepperoni strombolis. Oreos, KFC. Pepsi.

Then, come to find out, that even at the age of 30, all of that food can jack up your blood pressure high enough to put your long-term vision and hearing — the delicate tissues of your eyes and ears — at risk.

So at the age of 30, I started adding new metrics.

I needed to lose weight, so calories were an important number. I needed to put on lean muscle so I could burn fat, so protein became an important number.

Taste is still a factor, to be sure, but another one that might by nearly as big is ease of effort. It’s why we stress eat chips and M&Ms. They’re handy. There’s no prep time. 

So with that in mind, what’s the perfect food? 

Bananas? They’re super portable and delicious, but a little too high in carbs to be considered perfect.

Grilled chicken breast? Taste is a 10; they’re high in protein and low in calories; but de-packaging the meat, lighting the grill and seasoning loses it points.

So, our winner may just be the hard-boiled egg.

Barring the banana, few foods are as portable. They taste fine themselves, are great on a salad, and mash them up with some Greek yogurt and mustard, spread it on toasted wheat bread, you’ve got a pretty tasty, healthy, easy sandwich. (Light mayo tastes a little better, but give Greek yogurt a try. You’ll be surprised.)

For the time being, they’re still super affordable, and the bioavailability of their protein — the ratio of which your body can readily access and absorb the macronutrient — is higher than beef, chicken, fish. Virtually anything.

But you’re asking yourself, what’s easy about hard-boiled eggs? Who has time to fill a big pot, boil the water, boil the eggs, time it perfectly, drain them etc.

One little machine erases all of it.

What we have now is a Dash egg cooker. 

But we’ve used other brands that work just well, and under $17 are just as cheap.

How’s it work?

It’s even easier than a rice cooker. 

You throw in six eggs, a little bit of water, put the lid on, you walk away, and in just a few minutes it plays a little song to let you know you have perfectly cooked eggs for a salad, for a sandwich, even to eat whole, like some kind of large, pale, protein berry.

Worried about cholesterol and fat? Don’t eat the yolk. That’s where all that stuff is, and it’s easily removed.

Even my kids eat them. 

The low-calorie, high-protein, low-cost, super-portable, kid-friendly wonder food that you’re likely under utilizing.