Exercise is critical for health, but you need energy for any physical activity. Feeling sluggish? Start your day with WFPB Sausage & Scramble! Light & fluffy plant-based scrambled eggs and crispy and moist soy-free lentil tofu sausage.
Read the research below to learn the science behind it, or just jump to the recipe!
Full of healthy protein without soy or gluten: vegan, WFPBnO, healthy whole food ingredients, backed up by the latest medical and scientific health data research.
Table of Contents
Recipe Overview
| 🔪 The Recipe: | Sausage & Scrambled Eggs |
| ⏲️ Estimated Time: | about 25-30 minutes from scratch to plate. |
| 💵 Cost to make: | $1.00 USD / $1.35 CDN |
| 🕹️ Difficulty: | Easy |


As usual with all the recipes:
no dairy, no eggs, no wheat, no nuts, no tree nuts, no shellfish, no seafood, no soy, no corn, no salt added, no oil added, no sugar added, no coconut.
Using only minimally processed or proven safe foods from scratch.
World Health Organization:
World Health Organization:
“Regular physical activity is proven to help prevent and manage noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, hypertension, stroke, diabetes and several cancers. It also helps to maintain a healthy body weight and can improve mental health, quality of life and well-being. Physical activity refers to all movement.”
https://www.who.int/health-topics/physical-activity#tab=tab_1
Nutrition Facts Table
| Serving size: 1.5 cup scrambled WFPBnO Eggs & 6 Lentil Sausages |
| Nutrition Facts: 🔥 235 Calories 🧈 1.1g Fat – Saturated Fat: 0.1 g – Trans Fat: 0.0 g – Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3 g – Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2 g Cholesterol: 0 mg 🧂 6mg Sodium (629.5mg if you use baking soda) 🌾 43.8g Carbs 🥬 10.1g Fiber – Sugars: 5.5 g 💪 18.9g Protein 🍌 457mg Potassium 🦴 13mg Calcium 🔩 4.4mg Iron |
| nutrition summary: this energizing breakfast is cholesterol-free and packed with protein to support muscle repair and overall health. Its high carbohydrate and fiber content provides sustained energy and excellent digestive support, making it ideal for fueling exercise. Low in fat and sodium, it promotes cardiovascular health while keeping your meal light. The significant potassium content helps maintain electrolyte balance and supports heart function. Additionally, it offers a modest amount of calcium and iron, essential for bone health and oxygen transport, and is low in sugar. |
⭐The Full Sausage & Scramble Recipe⭐
Sausage & Scramble for Exercise & Energy! ⚡
Equipment
- 🧰 Equipment Needed
- A seasoned (steel or cast iron) frying pan: Link
how to season cookware - A pot (for making the sausage tofu, or you could use the frying pan)
- A metal spatula (or some flipping utensil)
- A clean spice or coffee grinder
- A bowl (for mixing the scramble and lentil sausage tofu)
- A knife (to cut the sausage and veggies; you could also hand form the sausage or tear off chunks)
Ingredients
🥣 Ingredients
For Sausage Tofu:
- ¼ cup brown lentils
- ¼ tsp fennel seeds
- ¼ tsp sage
- ⅛ tsp thyme
- ⅛ tsp rosemary
- ⅛ tsp paprika
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar or substitute 1 tsp white vinegar and 2 tbsp water
- ½ cup water or more adjust based on desired density
For Scramble:
- ¼ cup split peas yellow split peas; use green lentils and add spinach if you prefer green eggs & sausage
- 1 tsp baking soda or carbonated water; baking soda adds an “egg-y” taste but also more sodium
- ⅛ tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp nutritional yeast adjust to taste; about 1 tbsp is recommended
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- ½ cup water or more as needed
- Any veggies you like peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, mushrooms, etc.
- 🥄 Optional Ketchup Recipe <a href="https://plantbasedpleasures.substack.com/i/147765701/ketchup" target="_BLANK">ketchup recipe</a>
Instructions
🔪 Directions
- Add all dry ingredients for the sausage tofu to a spice grinder and grind until a fine powder forms. Combine this powder with the wet ingredients in a pot over low heat. (Tip: You can prepare extra sausage powder for quick use later.)

- Stir the sausage tofu mixture frequently until it begins to form a curd (doughy/springy). Transfer it to a non-stick (glass) container and let it set in the fridge or freezer until it forms a block.

- Remove the sausage from the mold (usually 3-5 minutes is sufficient) and slice into rectangular sausages. Begin cooking them in your pan with your choice of veggies.

- Blend all dry scramble ingredients in your grinder. Mix with water in a bowl, then add apple cider vinegar and mix quickly as it expands. Once fully mixed, add the egg mix over your veggies.

- Lower the heat to prevent overcooking the egg mix. Rotate the sausages until they are evenly browned on all sides.

- Serve with a side of homemade ketchup and avocado, which are great when avocados are in season and affordable.

- Enjoy!

Notes
Suggest Sides
- A crisp salad with seeds (and nuts)
- A tall glass of water or green and or hibiscus tea
🧂If you absolutely must add salt then try to add it to taste, and in small amounts, mostly to the ketchup or any dipping sauces you might use after tasting it. The same goes for other “less healthy” additions, but the idea should be to try to limit and eventually remove adding them, over time, when you are ready.
After a few weeks of not eating a SAD diet your tastebuds reset and you’ll notice the natural sodium in foods, check out the great article, and subscribe to, Michael Corthell on Substack.
The Science – Sources
| 🧪 This section tells you all about the ingredients’ scientific effects, from the latest medical research, and cites sources so you can investigate further. |
| Fennel Seeds This study titled: “Nitrites derived from Foneiculum vulgare (fennel) seeds promotes vascular functions,” shows that fennel helps with arterial and vascular functions which are needed for exercise and physical activity. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23240972/ |
| Garlic Although this study found that garlic doesn’t improve physical performance, it did find that “garlic supplementation attenuates exercise-induced oxidative inflammation and muscle damage during a 40-km bout of cycling.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10184592 |
| Lentils this study, “Twelve Weeks of Daily Lentil Consumption Improves Fasting Cholesterol and Postprandial Glucose and Inflammatory Responses-A Randomized Clinical Trial,” and this study suggests that “Polyphenol-rich lentils have a potential effect on human health, possessing properties such as antioxidant, antidiabetic, anti-obesity, anti-hyperlipidemic, anti-inflammatory and anticancer.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29125587/ |
| Nutritional Yeast: This study concluded that the “combined vitamin C and glutathione [part of nutritial yeast] supplementation was more effective in improving metabolic function, skeletal oxygenation, cardiac function, and antioxidant function during prolonged submaximal exercise in middle-aged triathletes.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37571262/ |
| Onion Powder “The effect of onion and its constituents on oxidative stress, inflammatory and immune system were shown indicating their therapeutic value in treatment of various diseases associated with oxidative stress, inflammation, and immune-dysregulation.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7919894/ |
| Paprika This study concludes by saying: “Active multitasking exercise and PX supplementation may have positive effects on cognitive function. The synergistic effect of multitasking exercise and PX supplementation on brain activity and cognitive function may be attributable to the enhancement of oxygen delivery efficiency by maintaining the deformability of red blood cells in the blood.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8775015/ |
| Rosemary “Ginger, rosemary, and turmeric showed protective capacity by both oxidative protection and inflammation measures.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23378457/ |
| Sage “It is therefore suggested that Salvia [sage] effects are not negatively or positively affected by the exercise performed. Salvia demonstrated universal effects in fresh or fatigued conditions. It has a potential impact in the context of sport performance and more generally in the context of physical activity but requires more real-world exercises and cognitive tasks.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8671046/ |
| Split (Yellow) Peas This study found that adding split pea to certain foods reduced the glycemic index, and this study shows lower hunger after eating bread with added split pea flower: “[…]pea-containing [bread] variants resulted in 18% higher fullness and 16-18% lower hunger, desire to eat, and prospective food consumption ratings compared to 100% [wheat] bread” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8997531/ |
| Tomato This study used tomato powder, since it’s easier to fit in a pill to do placebo tests, but the title gives it all away: “Tomato powder is more effective than lycopene to alleviate exercise-induced lipid peroxidation in well-trained male athletes: randomized, double-blinded cross-over study.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33639967/ |
| Thyme “Thyme is particularly rich in vitamin A and vitamin C. Vitamin A is an antioxidant known for being vital in maintaining healthy mucus membranes and skin as well as good vision. Vitamin C is essential to resist infectious diseases and protects against harmful pro-inflammatory free radicals. Thyme also contains B-complex vitamins, mainly vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), that assists in maintaining the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) levels in the brain and acts as a stress reliever. Vitamin K, vitamin E and folic acid are also present in thyme.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9147557/#:~:text=Thyme%20Nutritional%20Value%20and%20Health%20Benefits&text=Thyme%20is%20particularly%20rich%20in,as%20well%20as%20good%20vision. |
| Vinegar This study titled: Vinegar intake enhances flow-mediated vasodilatation via upregulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity, shows that vinegar can dialate the blood vessels and otherwise help blood and arterial flow. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20460711/ |
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