Low Calorie Greek Baked Eggs
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Low Calorie Greek Baked Eggs
Happy Monday everyone! Today is On the Lighter Side here at The Slow Roasted Italian. Today also happens to be Secret Recipe Club Monday!!!
I am so delighted to be participating in the Secret Recipe Club this month. It is so exciting, kind of like Christmas morning. This is how it works… You sign up for The Secret Recipe Club by going to the website here. A name is ‘drawn’ and assigned to you. “You simply choose any recipe from the blog you are assigned, make or bake it, and blog about it on the date specified…”
I drew Dancing Veggies this month, a fabulous vegetarian blog with several vegan recipes. I clicked on the link and took a look around. It is written by Amanda, a twenty-something focusing on simple and quick dishes with ingredients that can be found at the local market. I highly recommend you check out her blog.
I found 2 recipes that I absolutely fell in love with. I love eggs and I also love salads. I found this incredibly simple recipe for Baked Greek Eggs, that looked so easy to adapt to suit personal tastes and also Chipotle Salad with Tomato Bean Salsa. In the end I decided on the eggs. But, I am making that salad for lunch today!
They are incredible. I added some olives, mint and changed to egg whites. This dish has a mere 185 calories and 5 grams of fat per serving and packs 19 grams of protein. Incredibly flavorful with a browned feta cheese top, it is really filling too! I hope you love it, I certainly do. We also love Mexican baked eggs or the broccoli cheddar turkey egg bowl!
Recipe adapted from Dancing Veggies
Low Calorie Baked Greek Eggs
Ingredients
- 1 cup onion, diced
- 1 cup red bell pepper, diced
- olive oil spray
- 4 kalamata olives, pitted and diced
- 1 tablespoon fresh mint, chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 8 egg whites
- 1 ounce reduced fat feta cheese, finely diced or crumbled
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Prepare 2 – 2 cup oven safe bowls or ramekin by spraying with olive oil cooking spray. Set aside.
- Spray a medium skillet with olive oil cooking spray. Heat over medium-high heat, cook onions and peppers until barely browned. Remove from heat.
- Evenly distribute the pepper mixture into 2 prepared bowls. Sprinkle the diced olives on top of each, half on each.
- In a separate medium bowl, add egg whites, mint, oregano, salt and pepper. Whisk to combine. Pour half the egg whites into each bowl. Sprinkle each top with half of the feta cheese. Place oven safe bowls on a baking sheet.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the egg whites are almost done. Turn oven to 400°. Bake for 5 minutes to slightly brown the tops.
- Remove from oven and serve hot.
Nutrition
All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe’s nutritional value will vary depending on the ingredients used, measuring methods, and portion sizes.
Originally Published Oct 10, 2011
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It does looks exiting for an egg dish:) Great idea:)
Love baked eggs! This looks delicious…good choice for SRC.
Love this recipe and all the flavors! Also love that it's low fat and calorie – I will definitely add this to my arsenal!
Looks like a fabulous way to start the day!
Love the recipe, these will be on my next brunch menu.
If you haven't already, I'd love for you to check out my SRC recipe this month: Levain Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies.
Lisa~~
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Once I read the about the kalamata olives in the breakfast dish, I knew I was in.Sounds fabulous.
judee@ Gluten Free A-Z
I need to get on this healthy recipe kick. This dish sounds so delicious. Love your presentation as well. 🙂
perfect individual egg cups!
what a wonderful take on eggs. I am loving the "greek" version and nothing bets your own egg cup! Awesome
What a great egg dish! Great pick for SRC!
Oh wow, this looks so good! And so healthy! Just amazing. How have I not stumbled upon your blog before?? Love it!!!
Yum! I can see this making a great breakfast or dinner. Fun SRC pick1
great idea! and soo healthy1
These look like a fantastic breakfast! Love all the flavors going on! 🙂
I have not baked eggs before, so this sounds interesting. Are those Pyrex bowls? Great idea!
I love dishes that are "on the lighter side." These eggs would be a perfect breakfast for the weekend- So full of flavor! 🙂
I normally leave eggs on the weekends to my husband, but I will sure show this to him for this weekend 🙂 This was a good, healthy pick. Love your site!
I love how simple but packed with flavor this recipe sounds! I would love to start my day with this!
Yummy eggs ….
Simple and delicious cannot be beat, love the Greek flavors in here!
This looks like a perfect breakfast that I don't have to feel guilty about. yum
Baked eggs are so delicious, and much more fancy than a plain old plate of scrambled eggs =P YUM!
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Can the whole egg be used in this recipe rather than just the whites without sacrificing presentation or taste? Just to simplify it, and make it go further when preparing multiple servings for small groups of people…..Thanks 🙂
I loved your mexican baked eggs, but had to try another one. I have to say I love this one even more! They came out amazing. Will be saving this recipe for the future