My grandmother will be 96 this week. Her mind is sharper than those of most young people I know and she is only now just beginning to suffer some physical decline. She has always eaten fresh whole foods, never anything processed. She has always believed in using lots of butter and has always been suspicious of oil -- she was told by a doctor in the fifties that oils are indigestible and that animal fats are the only fats we are meant to eat, and she has stuck with that advice. She has always believed in the importance of protein (which she pronounces with three syllables: PRO-tee-in) and vegetables. And when she has eaten bread, it has always been hearty, whole-grained bread. She's also a chocolate fanatic.

One of her old standby breakfasts is an almond omelette, because she loves the crunch that the almonds add. She preheats the pan over medium-low heat, melts butter, and then sautees either sliced or slivered almonds until they are golden. and then carefully pours the beaten egg mixture over. She flips it when it is mostly set, but doesn't fold it for serving. It is delicious! (I finish it under a preheated broiler rather than flipping it.)

The one complaint I have about the low carb diet is the lack of crunch; this is one place you can add crunch.

Hmmmmmmmm sounds yummy I can't have almonds yet but once I'm finished with induction I'm gonna try it. Thanx!

Does she put anything in the eggs? It does sound good. I often do odd things to eggs like make omelets with berries and splenda.

I think she adds milk to the eggs, but frankly, I think one tablespoon water plus one tablespoon cream for two eggs is better anyway.

I should have explained that you don't want to lift the edges of this omelette and let the uncooked egg run underneath because you want all the crunchy almonds on top when you flip it.

My great aunt who is 92 makes these same kind of omelettes and has for a long time! They are very tastey.

once i finish induction, i should give this a try for sure. i suppose i shall add a Tb of cream to the eggs.

Karina

Grandma's birthday was Thursday of last week; she would have been 101. She died last year.

I hope you like the omelet.

I'm so sorry.. And i'm sorry i cannot say anything appropriate (i don't speak english that good and don't know what they say in such cases..)

It sounds like she had a very long, healthy life. <3

She did. Her mind was there to the end too.

Thanks. She had as good a life as anyone could hope for.