Good morning. Hello. Good morning. Hello. Good afternoon. Good evening. Whenever you are listening to this, Emily here. You are listening to a five-minute Friday from Hurtle. I hope that you had a good week. I had a good week. I will say that this, what we're calling it, fake spring in New York, these 50-something degree days that will not last through the spring months. I know we're

going to have like another cold reprieve. It's okay. We are tough enough to handle it, but it was so

necessary for me. And so many of you, I am sure, this week. I had a thought on the couch today,

and that's what I'm here to talk about. And that is about

bagels. I have been like everyone you're following on Instagram and TikTok and whatnot on the

protein bagel kick. The recipe is super simple, makes five to six bagels. It's two cups of all-purpose

flour, a teaspoon of baking powder, a half a teaspoon of salt, and two cups of either cottage

cheese or Greek yogurt. I go cottage cheese. I've been on this kick, and I've been making the

bagels at least once a week. And when I was young, I ate regular

bagels for breakfast, honestly, almost every day. And when I in college changed the way that I was

eating and as a result lost a lot of weight, I mentally put bagels in the bad category. Like, in my mind,

I associated eating and consuming a bagel as bad. And I am someone these days that really doesn't

like to label foods at all good or bad. I believe that you can have

everything in moderation. Like, this is coming from a woman who once a week enjoys what I,

what we call pastry run club on Fridays. We run and try different pastries every Friday,

me and some friends. And I firmly believe that there is room for everything. Needless to say, with all

that said, I still have this thing where I don't eat a lot of bagels. I just don't do it until now.

And every single day, I'm not exaggerating for the last two weeks, I wake up, I use the bathroom, do my skincare, take medication,

walk into the kitchen, take out the toaster from the cabinet, put a protein bagel in the

toaster, and make my coffee. Once the bagel is ready, I put on a little bit of butter and I walk over to the

couch and I sit on my couch and I do my whole morning routine. And the only thing that's new

is a part of that morning routine is the bagel. I have eaten a bagel every day for the last two

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