Clean Eating Eggs Benedict

I love eggs benedict. I used to order it all the time when I still ate breakfast in restaurants. I always left feeling very bloated and very heavy. Like I had a bag of bricks in my belly. But that’s all changed.

I still enjoy eggs benedict, but without all the uncomfortable side effects that restaurant food can have. What DO they put in that food anyway?? Or maybe the better question is….. is it real food?

But I digress.

This tasty breakfast treat is fabulous for any morning when you have a little extra time to stand at the stove. It’s filling, nutritious, and best of all…. it’s clean!

Clean Eating Eggs Benedict
(Makes 4 servings)

Ingredients
4 whole eggs
4 slices of clean, whole grain bread – toasted in the toaster
8 asparagus stalks
1/2 cup fat-free or low-fat cottage cheese (I use fat-free)
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
1 splash of fat-free milk (about 1 tbsp.)
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. black pepper
1/2 tsp. savory (optional)

Directions

Step 1 – Put a shallow pan of water on the stove to boil.

Step 2 – Cook your asparagus until it’s to your liking. Remove from the water with tongs. Set on a plate and set aside.

Step 3 – Turn off the heat on your pot of water, and crack your 4 eggs into the still hot water. Cook the eggs to your liking as well.

Step 4 – In a small mixing bowl or blender, blend your cottage cheese, parmesan, milk, garlic powder and pepper until it’s a smooth runny sauce-like consistency.

Step 5 – Toast your bread and put it on plates. Top with two stalks of asparagus.

Step 6 – Using a slotted spoon, remove your eggs from the water, being sure to drain the water, and lay over the asparagus and bread.

Step 7 – Pour sauce over everything, and sprinkle with a little savory to top it off.

Eat and Enjoy!

Munchkin Helpers:

If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).

Kids can help clean the asparagus, and stack the ingredients on the plates. Keep their ability level in mind with this recipe. Most of it is for older kids who know their way around the kitchen.

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Nutritional Content will vary depending on the bread used.

Caution: Any time a child is in the kitchen, they will require close supervision. Munchkin Helpers suggestions should be applied with common sense to your own child, taking their own capabilities into account. Do not assume that because it says here that your child can do something, that they can, in fact do it. Please use common sense when in the kitchen with your child(ren).

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