Baked Eggs with Spinach Bacon and Avocado

I was going to make baked eggs in avocado, I love them, but I know some people don’t like warm avocado so I asked on my Facebook page which my readers would prefer, the eggs baked in avocado or eggs baked in a ramekin with spinach, bacon, and sliced avocado. Almost everyone said the second one! I figured that way, if you really must, you could leave the avocado out, and there is so much else you could add. Chopped tomatoes, diced onions, I can think of so many things! Of course, you could do that with the eggs baked in avocado, also, and I probably will post a recipe for them someday. I was going to make baked eggs in avocado, I love them, but I know some people don’t like warm avocado so I asked on my Facebook page which my readers would prefer, the eggs baked in avocado or eggs baked in a ramekin with spinach, bacon, and sliced avocado. Almost everyone said the second one! I figured that way, if you really must, you could leave the avocado out, and there is so much else you could add. Chopped tomatoes, diced onions, I can think of so many things! Of course, you could do that with the eggs baked in avocado, also, and I probably will post a recipe for them someday.

These baked eggs are simple to make, and oh so good! They would be wonderful for a Sunday brunch, or even a fancy breakfast for dinner. I actually made these for breakfast for dinner, we have it almost once a week since it’s a quick and easy meal and my picky daughter loves eggs. Of course, she wouldn’t eat these eggs and even refused eggs altogether that day! My life is full of irony. These baked eggs are simple to make, and oh so good! They would be wonderful for a Sunday brunch, or even a fancy breakfast for dinner. I actually made these for breakfast for dinner, we have it almost once a week since it’s a quick and easy meal and my picky daughter loves eggs. Of course, she wouldn’t eat these eggs and even refused eggs altogether that day! My life is full of irony.

As some of you know, I’m not a huge fan of step-by-step photographs. Unless a recipe is complicated and something that really needs to be visualized, I find it unnecessary for the most part. Another reason I don’t normally do it is because the lighting in my kitchen just isn’t good for photography, and while I’m cooking I don’t have the patience to play around with my camera settings to adjust the lighting, focus, etc. I tried to do it with this recipe, to show you how I did it, but every single photo came out horribly blurry!! I can pretty much guarantee that until I have an outdoor kitchen ( I don’t see that happening), I won’t be doing many step-by-step photo’s. Are you okay with that?

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Baked Eggs with Spinach Bacon and Avocado

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

Baked eggs with spinach, bacon, and sliced avocado perfect for Sunday brunch!

Course: Breakfast/Brunch

Servings: 2

Calories: 415 kcal

Author: Bernadette

Ingredients

• 6 pieces bacon
• 2 cups baby spinach
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 of an avocado
• 1/4 cup pepper jack cheese divided
• 2 tablespoons half and half
• 1 tablespoon butter softened
• pinch black pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease two 2 cup ramekins with the butter.
2. Cook the bacon in a large frying pan until crisp. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels until cool enough to handle, then crumble into coarse pieces.
3. Cut the avocado with a sharp knife all around length-wise, remove the pit and skin from one half, then slice thinly cross-wise.
4. Place 1 heaping cupful of spinach in each ramekin, followed by a layer of avocado. Make a well in the center of each dish and crack an egg into the well. Sprinkle half the bacon over each, followed by the pepper jack cheese, then season with pepper.
5. Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until the egg whites are set but the yolk is still runny.

Nutrition Facts

Baked Eggs with Spinach Bacon and Avocado

Amount Per Serving

Calories 415 Calories from Fat 297

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 33g 51%

Saturated Fat 13g 65%

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 4g

Cholesterol 223mg 74%

Sodium 632mg 26%

Potassium 626mg 18%

Total Carbohydrates 6g 2%

Dietary Fiber 4g 16%

Protein 20g 40%

Vitamin A 69.2%

Vitamin C 16.3%

Calcium 18.2%

Iron 10.9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.