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Whether you are trying to lose weight, maintain weight or turn fat into muscle, a healthy diet is an essential step to ensuring progress. Many people tend to focus on which foods they should cut out, rather than which foods you should add to your diet. And according to dietitians, there is one everyday food that you should incorporate into your meals and snacks whenever possible: eggs.
“Eggs are a unique animal sourced food in that they are nutrient dense rather than calorie dense,” Trista Best, a Registered Dietitian at Balance One Supplements, told SheFinds. “This means they are low in calorie but high in rich nutrients including vitamins, minerals, protein, and healthy fats. This makes them an ideal weight loss food, depending on how they are prepared. Their healthy fats make them helpful in reducing inflammation, which can lead to a significant difference on the scale.”
Best continued, “It is best to prepare eggs without added fat, oil, or cheese for them to retain their weight loss benefits. Pouched and boiled eggs are the best methods to ensure they keep their nutrient density.”
Following Best’s recommendation, we’ve found egg recipes with minimal amounts of added fats to try out this week:
1. Egg Muffin Cups
How The Eggs Are Cooked:
This recipe requires you to bake the eggs.
Key Ingredients:
- Spinach
- Red Pepper
- Mushrooms
Get the full recipe: Show Me The Yummy
2. Spinach Shakshuka
How The Eggs Are Cooked:
This recipe requires you to slowly fry the eggs in vegetables.
Key Ingredients:
- Spinach
- Jalapeno
- Feta cheese
Get the full recipe: Epicurious
3. Slow Cooker Baked Turkish Breakfast Eggs
How The Eggs Are Cooked:
This recipe requires you to bake the eggs.
Key Ingredients:
- Red pepper
- Chili pepper
- Cherry tomatoes
Get the full recipe: BBC
4. Baked Eggs With Spinach And Tomato
How The Eggs Are Cooked:
This recipe requires you to bake the eggs.
Key Ingredients:
- Spinach
- Chopped tomatoes
- Chili flakes
Get the full recipe: BBC
5. Quinoa Egg Scramble
How The Eggs Are Cooked:
This recipe uses scrambled eggs.
Key Ingredients:
- Quinoa
- Spinach
- Garlic
Get the full recipe: Kroll’s Korner
