Healthy Eggs Benedict

Healthy eggs benedict. Easy and delicious. The classic recipe has been given a healthy makeover. A creamy yogurt hollandaise sauce replaces butter with lean turkey bacon and home made lower fat English muffins.

Folks you are going to love this healthy eggs benedict recipe!

This was the reason for the quick English muffins recipe. It was to give you the delicious and easy muffins recipe to complete this recipe.

Ready in less than an hour, this healthy eggs breakfast is still the prefect indulgent brunch that we all enjoy, but much less calorific.

We love this healthier version as a weekend brunch. Especially after we’ve got back from the gym on a Saturday morning.

It doesn't take too long to prepare either.

It's a fairly easy eggs benedict recipe which can be made in stages. I've broken down those stages as a step by step guide further below!

But What is Eggs Benedict?

There are many variations of the eggs benedict recipe. But in its simplest form it's usually served for breakfast or brunch and is a traditional American dish.

It usually starts with two halves of English muffin, topped with bacon or ham.

Soft poached eggs are placed on top of the meat which are then covered with a rich buttery hollandaise sauce.

In it's original form it is absolutely delicious but can mean up to 1000 calories consumed in just one meal! This healthy eggs benedict is just over half of that if the recipe below serves 2.

So What Makes This Healthy Eggs Benedict, Healthy?

• Healthier home made English Muffins are used.
• We've used turkey bacon which is lower in fat instead of traditional bacon.
• A yogurt healthy hollandaise sauce replaces the traditional rich and buttery hollandaise sauce.
• This replacement sauce is also home made and is a low fat hollandaise sauce.

Here's our step by step guide to how we put together our healthy eggs benedict brunch.......

Step by Step How To Make Your Healthy Eggs Benedict

1. Make the healthy hollandaise sauce. (It can be re-heated)

2. Make my fresh quick English Muffins.

3. Grill the bacon.

4. Toast the English Muffins.

5. Poach the eggs.

6. Place a slice of bacon on top of each toasted muffin.

7. Place a poached egg on the bacon.

8. Serve topped with the healthy hollandaise sauce and some freshly grated black pepper.

9. Enjoy the deliciousness!

So, not only are we enjoying this healthy well-earned brunch together after our gym workout but the eggs are giving us a pretty good protein fix to repair those well-worked muscles too!

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This healthy eggs benedict is made with a low fat yogurt hollandaise sauce instead of a butter sauce making it half the calories of traditional eggs benedict! Click to Tweet

Healthy Eggs Benedict Recipe

When you make this for yourself or just for 2, you may find you’ve plenty of the healthy hollandaise sauce left over.

No problems! That sauce is an excellent healthy alternative to hollandaise sauce.

It’ll last in the fridge for 2 – 3 days and it's absolutely perfect for using in other healthy meals too.

I’ve already used it, re-heated, over my cajun spiced oven baked chicken with some steamed veggies. Delicious!

I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂

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Healthy Eggs Benedict Recipe

The delicious and classic eggs benedict brunch given a healthy makeover with a creamy yogurt  based hollandaise sauce.

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time55 mins

Total Time1 hr 10 mins

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Servings: 4

Calories: 334kcal

Author: Neil

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Equipment

• Saucepans
• Measuring jug
• Measuring spoons
• Pyrex mixing glass bowl
• Chopping board
• Kitchen knives

Ingredients

• 2 Quick English Muffins cut in half
• 4 turkey bacon rashers
• 4 poached eggs

Healthy hollandaise sauce

• 240 ml fat free Greek yogurt
• 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
• 3 egg yolks
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon Dijon mustard
• Freshly ground black pepper

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Make the healthy hollandaise sauce.

• Quarter fill a small saucepan with hot water from a kettle and heat the water to get it simmering.
• In a bowl (one that you can fit on top of the small saucepan, and will not touch the simmering water) beat the yogurt, vinegar and egg yolks together well.
• Put the bowl over the saucepan of simmering water and stir continuously until thickened, for approximately 12 – 15 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the salt, mustard and pepper to own taste, and set aside.
• Grill the turkey bacon and toast the muffins.
• In a medium sized pan of simmering water, poach the eggs, being careful to not overdo them. You want the egg yolks to still be slightly runny, not hard.
• Place a slice of bacon on top of each toasted muffin, place a poached egg on the bacon and then serve topped with the healthy hollandaise sauce and some freshly grated black pepper.

Nutrition

Calories: 334kcal | Carbohydrates: 15.7g | Protein: 20.1g | Fat: 20.6g | Saturated Fat: 6.4g | Cholesterol: 261.4mg | Sodium: 654.2mg | Fiber: 0.8g | Sugar: 3.5g | Vitamin A: 600IU | Calcium: 180mg | Iron: 1.8mg