Low Carb Breakfast Bird Nests
Try this low carb breakfast to kick start your day on the right foot. It's a great way to eat some veggies with breakfast and is filling enough to tie you over to your next meal.
Servings 8
Calories 98kcal
Ingredients
- 8 large, round tomatoes
- 2 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 clove garlic, minced
- 2 small onion, finely chopped
- 6 slices organic, nitrate-free turkey bacon, chopped
- Dash of dried oregano, plus more for garnish
- Optional dash of salt (added salt is not in nutritional analysis)
- Dash of pepper
- 8 organic, omega-3, free range eggs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Wash tomatoes, slice off the tops and scoop out the insides.
- Place tomatoes on a pan, and bake for 5 minutes.
- In a skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Add garlic, onion and chopped bacon.
- Sauté for 5 minutes, until mostly cooked. Add the spices and mix well.
- Turn oven to broil.
- Fill each tomato with the bacon mixture, leaving about 1/2 inch of space at the top of each tomato. Crack an egg into each tomato then sprinkle with oregano.
- Place in the oven under broiler for 5 minutes. Remove from oven once the top has set, and you'll have perfectly done over easy eggs.
- For well done eggs: change oven temperature back to 400 degrees F, and continue to bake for an additional 10 minutes.
- Nutritional Analysis: One serving equals: 98 calories, 5g fat, 162mg sodium, 3g carbohydrate, .6g fiber, and 9g protein.
Nutrition
Calories: 98kcal
