Eggs come with a lot of healthy micro-nutrients like vitamin A, B5, B12, B2, folate, phosphorus or selenium. They are also related with benefits like improving your sight, lowering your blood presure and your reflexes. Along with the health value, eggs are also easy and simple to prepare. For the reasons mentioned, many Crossfit athletes consume them on daily basis.
If you ran out of ideas, here are 8 delicious recipes, all packed with protein, and of course pretty simple to make. Enjoy!
1. Scrambled Egg Muffins
Scrambled eggs are definitely one of the easiest and most popular foods to make. But as I want to give you fresh ideas for new and unusual meals, let’s try scrambled egg muffins. Trust me – you will love it!
What do you need? (Ingredients for 6 muffins)
- 6 eggs
- 1/4 cup chopped onions
- 1/2 cup bacon cubes
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp chopped black pepper
- 1/2 cup shredded cheese
How-to?
Preheat the oven to 350° and fry bacon cubes for a few minutes in a pan until they get crispy. The next step is to beat all eggs in a bowl and add salt, pepper and the chopped onions. Mix it well and stir in the bacon and the shredded cheese. Pour the egg mixture into the muffin tin, grease it with some butter and bake muffins for about 20-25 minutes. Enjoy them while still warm!
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2. BLT Salad with poached eggs
If you think salad is boring than you’ve probably never tried this one. And yes, it definitely tastes as good as it sounds!
What do you need? (Ingredients for 2 servings)
- 2 poached eggs
- 70g salad
- 2 big tomatoes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 4 slices of bacon
- 2 slices of ciabatta bread
- 1/3 cup Caesar dressing
How-to?
For a few minutes, cook the bacon slices in a pan with 1 teaspoon of olive oil until it’s golden and crispy. With the remaining olive oil, cook the 2 slices of ciabatta bread until it’s crunchy. Wash the salad, cut the tomatoes into slices and mix everything together with the bacon and the bread. Pour over the dressing and top the salad with poached eggs. Tastes best when bacon is still warm.
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Related: 20 Badass Bacon Recipes To Fuel Your Crossfit WODs
3. Chinese Omelette
For all of you who love the exotic cuisine from time to time, you can try this Chinese style omelette which is absolutely worth eating.
What do you need? (Ingredients for 2 servings)
- 3 eggs
- 1 diced tomato
- 1 chopped onion
- 1 cup chopped scallions
- 2 tbsp chopped green chili
- 1 tbsp green chili sauce
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp chopped black pepper
- 1 tbsp chopped bell peppers
- 1 tbsp shredded cabbage
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How-to?
Start with mixing the tomato, onion, the white part of the scallions, bell peppers and the cabbage together in a big bowl. In another bowl beat the eggs and add salt, a little bit of water, soy sauce, chopped black pepper and green chilli sauce. Season well with a balloon whisk until it gets a foamy texture. In a pan put half of the egg mixture (for the first serve) and make sure it’s well distributed. Put the veggies in the pan, sprinkle with the chives and let it cook for about 1-2 minutes. Next step is to flip the omelette around to make sure it’s cooked on both sides. After 1-2 minutes it’s done and you can serve it on hot plates.
4. Chocolate-drizzle coconut macaroons
I love sweets, and by saying I love sweets I really mean I could eat chocolate throughout the whole day. Here’s one delicious recipe for you which contains a lot of egg whites, so I’m sure it will fit perfectly into your macros.
What do you need? (Ingredients for approx. 35 macaroons)
- 5 large egg whites
- 1/tsp almond extract
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 280g coconut flakes
- 1 tbsp raw sugar
- 30g dark chocolate
How-to?
Mix together the egg whites, the raw sugar and the coconut flakes in a saucepan and cook it over medium heat for about 15 minutes until the mixture has a sticky and moist texture. After removing it from the hot plate stir in the vanilla and almond extracts and put the mixture in the fridge for about 30 minutes. While waiting you can preheat your oven to 300° and prepare a baking sheet with baking paper. After 30 minutes in the fridge you take out the mixture and – using a tablespoon – spoon small blobs. Once there is no dough left, put the baking sheet into the oven and bake for about 25-30 minutes. After cooling down you can now melt your dark chocolate and top the macaroons with it. Enjoy this little dessert with a coffee or tea.
5. Egg in a hole grilled burger
This recipe is definitely one of my absolute favourites! I mean, come on, who doesn’t love burgers? And this one is even better, it contains not only a lot of beef, but also eggs!
What do you need? (Ingredients for 1 burger)
- 1 egg
- 1 burger bun
- burger toppings (chosen freely)
- 1/4 cup shredded cheese
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black chopped pepper
- 150g of minced meat
How-to?
With your minced meat form a beef patty and – with a small glass – cut a hole out of the middle. Season the beef with salt and pepper. Next step is to break one egg into a ramekin. In a preheated pan put the burger and cook it for 1-3 minutes until it’s crisp on one side. In the meantime grill cheese your burger bun with the shredded cheese until its golden. Flip the burger and pour your egg into the hole. Then cook again for a few minutes until it’s crusty on the other side, too. Place salad, tomatoes or whatever you like on your cheesy bun and add your beef to it. Enjoy hot with a salad, potatoes or fries!
6. Eggnog
In between all the great cooking recipes it’s important not to forget a recipe for a good drink made out of eggs. Here’s one idea for you!
What do you need? (Ingredients for 12 portions)
- 3 eggs
- 250ml cream
- 125ml milk
- 100g sugar
- 50ml Whiskey
- 50ml Brandy
- 60ml brown rum
How-to?
First of all separate the 3 eggs and put the egg whites aside. Mix the egg yolk together with cream, milk and sugar and blend it until foamy. Next step is to beat the egg whites until they become stiff and fold in together with the alcohol. Put in the fridge for a few hours and enjoy cold.
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7. Oven-baked egg and chips
Here’s another great and delicious recipe which is still pretty unknown. You should definitely try it, it tastes amazing!
What do you need? (Ingredients for 2 serves)
- 2 eggs
- 2 sliced tomatoes
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 2 baking potatoes (cut into wedges)
How-to?
After heating up your oven to 190° put the potato wedges in a roasting pan and pour over with olive oil and the smoked paprika. Once it’s all mixed well start to bake it for about 25 minutes. Afterwards you add the tomatoes to the pan and make sure there are 2 little spaces left in which you then crack the eggs. Put it into the oven again for about 5-8 minutes. Serve hot!
8. Pasta with eggs
Between all these nice recipes one with pasta should not be left out. As noodles are great energy dispensers we should definitely keep it in our nutrition plan. Here’s one great recipe for you.
What do you need? (Ingredients for 4 serves)
- 4 eggs
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 450g asparagus
- 350g pasta of your choice
- 2 tbsp walnut oil
- 50g parmesan cheese
How-to?
Cook the asparagus for 3-5 minutes in hot salted water and rinse well to retain the green colour. Afterwards you cook the noodles in salty water until they’re ‘al dente’. Next step is to heat up the olive oil in a pan and break the 4 eggs into it. Cook it for a few minutes. While waiting for the eggs to roast, mix together the pasta with asparagus and walnut oil and serve it on a few plates. After the eggs are done you separate them from each other and place it on the noodles. You can now put some salt, pepper and parmesan cheese on top.
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