BAKED EGG IN AVOCADO WITH CILANTRO AND FRESH CHIVES!

Are you looking for a quick, easy, and very satisfying paleo breakfast idea? 

I really struggle with coming up with unique paleo breakfast ideas.  I am not very fond of eggs which makes a paleo lifestyle difficult especially when it comes to breakfast.  The only way I can eat my eggs is if the yolks are well done and they contain plenty of other flavors such as fresh herbs, cheese, salsa or meat.

3 years ago I would never have touched an avocado.  I was terrified of the amount of fat they contained.  Once I allowed my self to trust my body, I realized that there was no reason to fear the dreaded avocado!  At first every time I would eat avocado, I would immediately weigh myself on the scale the next morning.  And guess what? Eating avocados has never lead to any weight gain!  They are full of vitamins, nutrients and healthy fat. 

When searching pinterest for paleo breakfast ideas I came across 20 or more different versions of avocado and egg ideas.  I decided to put my own little twist to this popular breakfast entree by using some of my garden fresh herbs.

This recipe is extremely filling and will feed 2.

Ingredients:

1 ripe firm avocado
2 small eggs
1/4 cup cilantro chopped
2 tablespoons fresh chives chopped
1 garlic clove minced
kosher salt
Paprika
2 slices pre-cooked pasture pork chopped bacon

Instructions:

• Cut the avocado in half and carefully remove the inner pit leaving a nice little divot in each half
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees

• using a spoon, carefully scrape some of the avocado flesh from each divot-this will make the divots a little bigger to allow for the eggs to fit. ( I save this avocado that I scrape away, store it in a glass bowl, add some fresh lime juice and refrigerate until I make guacamole usually the following day)

I drizzled with a little EVOO but you don't need it at all.

• in each divot add the cilantro, sprinkling of kosher salt, paprika and garlic.
• Carefully crack an egg into each divot (I also added chives prior to baking them in the oven as well as after they were fully cooked)
• Top with the chopped precooked bacon

• Bake in the oven until eggs are desired completeness.  I like mine well done therefore I baked them for 15 mins at 375 degrees
• Remove from oven and sprinkle with fresh chives

Serve with pasture pork sausages or bacon!