Egg Recipes for Weight Loss
Pickled eggs, avocado toast with poached egg, egg salad, fried eggs, pork wonton egg drop soup, breakfast pizza omelette, and high-protein egg bites — protein-led egg recipes under 380 calories.
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- 10-12 Eggs
- 1 1/2 cups Vinegar
- 1/2 cup Water
- 2 tablespoons Pickling salt
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- 6 While cloves
- 1 Jalapeño
- ask your heart Garlic
- 1 teaspoon Mustard seed
- 2 Bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon Peppercorns
- 1 teaspoon Coriander (optional)
Instructions
- 1Start by boiling your eggs, I boil mine for 12 minutes, no ice bath, no vinegar just boil in water for 12 minutes exactly, let them cool at room temperature and they peel perfectly!
- 2Clean and place them into a mason jar with your spices, jalapeños and garlic!
- 3To a pot, add the vinegar, water, add your salt and sugar, simmer until dissolve about 10 minutes fully!
- 4Cut the heat and let cool just a little! Pour brine into your mason jar, let cool! secure with a lid and place in your fridge to marinate for 24 hours or even longer for more flavor!!
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Two eggs are 140 calories with 12g of complete protein. Studies on egg breakfasts vs bagel breakfasts of the same calories consistently show the egg eaters lose more weight, snack less, and feel fuller — because the protein-fat-volume combo is dialed for satiety in a way bagels can't match.
The trick is treating eggs as the main event, not the garnish. Two eggs plus a slice of whole grain toast plus avocado plus a tomato is a 350-calorie breakfast that lasts until lunch. Three eggs in a frittata with vegetables is a 400-calorie dinner that feeds two people for $4.
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Quick Tips
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Six-minute jammy egg = the lunch upgrade
Boil 6 min, ice bath, peel. Set jammy yolk on any grain bowl or salad. 70 cal, 6g protein.
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Use the silicone egg-bite mold
Make a dozen bites in one steam. 4 days of grab-and-go breakfast for under $1 per serving.
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Whisk with a splash of milk for fluffier scrambles
Air pockets = restaurant softness. A tablespoon per two eggs.
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Low heat, slow stir for the best scramble
High heat = rubbery. Medium-low, fold every 10 seconds, pull just before set. They'll finish cooking on the plate.
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