I wouldn't recommend trying to make this for the family on a weekday before school - but when you've got half a tin of plum tomatoes without a job to do, it's a definite.
For those of you who aren't following my Facebook page, you might not realise that I'm having a serious crack at whittling the waistline. As such, I'm trying to keep my calories for the day to 2,100 - and it can be a challenge. This breakfast rocked up at under 200 calories, so it's a goodie!
You need (for one person) :
half a tin of plum tomatoes, each tomato roughly chopped into three;
a dessertspoonful of tomato ketchup;
a whisker of tabasco;
a pinch of sea salt;
a good pinch or more of ground black pepper;
one fresh egg, and
a very small piece of mature cheddar cheese (just enough to grate over).
You can, if you have them, add anything you like to the tomatoes - such as chives, basil, parsley, chargrilled peppers - anything you like.
Hungry people can add another egg - but that will increase the calorie total by 80 or so.
What you need to do, is :
1. Get yourself an ovenproof individual dish about twice the size of a ramekin.
2. Mix the tomatoes with the ketchup and whatever other flavourings you are using, including the salt and pepper. I mixed them directly in the dish.
3. Crack the egg onto the top of the tomatoes.
4. Grate the cheese - sparingly - over the top.
5. Place into a pre-heated oven for 30 minutes or so until the top is lightly browned and the egg is firm. I cooked mine in my combi oven (the Beastie) on the oven/grill/microwave setting which sped things up even more - but I appreciate that not everybody has a Beastie in which to do that. You could always pop it under the grill if the cheese isn't golden enough for you by the end of the 30 mins.
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"Yummy breakfast idea" You're right there!
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