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Receta Summer reading and cooking activities with Top Chef Jody Adams' Green Eggs and Ham
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Ingredientes
- 4 extra large eggs
- 1 cup roughly chopped parsley leaves
- ¼ cup roughly chopped celery leaves
- 1 tablespoon roughly chopped tarragon
- ¼ cup chopped capers
- 2 anchovy fillets, rinsed and roughly chopped
- Zest of ½ lemon
- ¾ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 ½ celery stalks, peeled and cut into 1/8 inch dice
- 1 cloves garlic, grated on a microplane
- 1 pound asparagus
- 8 slices prosciutto
- 1 cup of small leaf lettuces such as arugula or mache
- Total Fat 47.0g
- Saturated Fat 7.6g
- Sugars 3.2g
- (8 egg whites, 1/2 cup of olive oil, no anchovies, and lean ham)
- Total Fat 29.0g
- Saturated Fat 4.2g
- Trans Fat 0.0g
- Sugars 3.3g
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