11. Bacon, Egg, and Asparagus Keto Bowl
Whoever said salads can’t be a breakfast food clearly aren’t doing things right. This simple, fresh breakfast salad contains all of your favorite foods: soft boiled eggs, asparagus, bacon, avocado, feta, cherry tomatoes, and toasted almond slivers.
It’s then tossed with homemade olive oil vinaigrette for a refreshing breakfast that won’t weigh you down.
This simple, fresh keto salad takes the American favourite combination of bacon and eggs to a whole new level. Just one serving is nutritious enough to be part of any keto meal plan that includes intermittent fasting (if you’re eating just twice a day).
Crispy bacon, the perfect soft boiled egg on a bed of crisp gem lettuce, buttered seasonal asparagus, creamy avocado and topped with salty feta and crunchy toasted almonds. The zingy Dijon dressing pulls the whole dish together into the perfect healthy low-carb lunch.
Ingredients (makes 2 servings)
4 slices raw bacon (120 g/ 4.2 oz) – or 64 g/ 2.2 oz crisped up
10-14 asparagus spears, woody ends removed (100 g/ 3.5 oz)
1 tbsp butter or ghee (14 g/ 0.5 oz)
2 large eggs
1 small head lettuce such as little gem (100 g/ 3.5 oz)
1/2 large avocado, sliced (100 g/ 3.5 oz)
1/3 cup crumpled feta cheese (50 g/ 1.8 oz)
1/3 cup cherry tomatoes, halved (50 g/ 1.8 oz)
2 tsp chopped chives or spring onion
1/4 cup flaked almonds, preferably toasted (23 g/ 0.8 oz)
DRESSING
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (45 ml/ 1.5 fl oz)
1 tsp Dijon mustard
2 tsp red wine vinegar
sea salt and black pepper, to taste
Instructions
1. Crisp up the bacon in the oven or in a skillet. Oven is better for large batches. If you’re only cooking 4 slices it’s faster to cook in a lightly greased skillet.
Skillet: In a frying pan, fry the bacon rashers for 2 minutes per side until crisp. I dry fried them but you can add a touch of olive oil or ghee if you prefer to prevent sticking. All depends on your pan. Drain on a sheet of kitchen paper.
Oven: Preheat the oven to 190 °C/ 375 °F. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Lay the bacon strips out flat on the baking paper, leaving space so they don’t overlap. Place the tray in the oven and cook for about 10-15 minutes until golden brown. The time depends on the thickness of the bacon slices. When done, remove from the oven and set aside to cool down. Store any leftover bacon in the fridge for up to 4 days.
2. Slice the tomatoes and avocado. Chop the lettuce.
3. Prepare the dressing my mixing the olive oil, mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper together in a small bowl.
4. Place water in the bottom of a steamer pan. Steam the asparagus for 5 – 8 minutes depending on the thickness of the asparagus until el dente. Remove from the pan, coat in 1 tablespoon of butter and chop into chunks.
5. While the asparagus is cooking, boil the eggs to your liking. 3 minutes for soft boiled up to 10 minutes for hard boiled. Run under cold water before peeling off the shell.
6. Toss the lettuce through the tomatoes, crispy bacon and dressing. Top with boiled egg, feta, avocado, asparagus, chives, and almonds.
7. Best eaten fresh but can be stored in the fridge for a day.
12. Keto Philly Cheesesteak and Waffles
Not that we’re insulting your whipped-cream-topped, strawberry-syrup-smothered, glucose-wrenching Belgian waffle, but this diabetes-friendly, gluten-free waffle might have you beat.
It skips the maple syrup, forgets about the mounds of almond butter and chocolate chips, and waves a “no thanks,” to the strawberry jam. Instead, these savory waffles feature thinly-sliced steak, caramelized onions and green peppers, and melted provolone cheese that no one could pass up.
These keto Philly cheesesteaks and waffles are the perfect cure for those your cheesesteak cravings. Steak, peppers and onions topping a savory cheese waffle and covered in provolone cheese. One serving on 1 waffle is only 3.5g net carbs!
KETO CHEESESTEAK INGREDIENTS
To me a cheesesteak involves good beef, thinly cut onions and peppers and a good melty cheese on top. Being keto the bun is kind of out the question but I got around that by using my cheese waffles. They were dynamite together! I would venture to say they were even better than a bun.
LOW CARB CHEESESTEAK RECIPE
- In a large saute pan, add some oil and heat to medium high.
- Add the steak, peppers and onions and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Saute until the meat is done and the vegetables are to your liking.
- Meanwhile make your cheese waffles (recipe here).
- Place waffles on a cookie sheet and then top with the meat mixture.
- Add a slice of provolone and set under the broiler until the cheese is melted.