Avocado and Black Bean Eggs : Nutritious Breakfast or Brunch

Easy to throw together, this simple yet satisfying breakfast or brunch dish combines fried eggs with cherry tomatoes, avocado, chilli and lime. A tasty vegetarian dish that makes for a nice protein bowl.

Ingredients

Serves Two

2 tsp oil
1 red chilli - deseeded and thinly sliced
1 large garlic clove - sliced
2 large eggs
400g can black beans
½ x 400g can cherry tomatoes
¼ tsp cumin seeds

1 small avocado - halved and sliced
handful fresh, chopped coriander
1 lime - cut into wedges

Instructions

1. Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Add the chilli and garlic and cook until softened and starting to colour. Break in the eggs on either side of the pan. Once they start to set, spoon the beans (with their juice*) and the tomatoes around the pan and sprinkle over the cumin seeds. You’re aiming to warm the beans and tomatoes rather than cook them.
2. Remove the pan from the heat and scatter over the avocado and coriander. Squeeze over half of the lime wedges. Serve with the remaining wedges on the side for squeezing over.

Recipe Tip

* you may find half the can of juice is adequate

Nutrition Per Serving

Fat 20g (saturates 4g) Carbs 18g (sugars 5g) Fibre 11g Protein 20g Salt 0.8g

From idea seen here

I know not everyone likes avocados, but they are so good for us. Not only are they an amazing source of healthy fats but they are also rich in essential micronutrients like magnesium. Magnesium is responsible for more than 300 reactions in the human body, all of which are essential for keeping us alive, and as a single serve of avocado contains 7% of the recommended daily intake of magnesium, I think I will carry on eating them ...

If you'd like to find out more about the 20 great reasons why you should fall in love with avocado too (if you haven't already!) then please read this post here

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All the best Jan