How to poach an egg: Flat Belly Diet Eggs Florentine

First, how to poach an egg. If you’ve seen the movie Julie and Julia, you know how hard it is to poach an egg in boiling water. Here’s a video from Oakland Tribune Food Editor Jenny Slafkosky showing you how:

My mom always used stove top egg poachers. But since I don’t have one, I like to make them in custard cups in the microwave ever since I saw Katie Couric cooking them this way on the Today Show.

I usually coat the inside of the custard cup in PAM, which makes removing the egg much easier. Be forewarned that if you cook them too long or your microwave is powerful, the egg could explode. Been there, done that – what a mess!