Chicken, Broccoli & Almond Frittata
Submitted by: Paul&Toni
- Prep Time :
10 min - Cook Time :
60 min - Ready Time :
1 hour, 10 min
Servings
Ingredients
- 8 eggs
- 1 package broccoli (green giant steamers or frozen 12 oz.)
- 2 cooked/diced chicken breasts (approx. 3.5 oz.)
- 1 package sliced almonds (2/3 cup)
- 1 cup cottage cheese (1 percent)
Directions
1. Beat eggs together. Add salt and pepper and the remaining ingredients; mix well.
2. Pour into greased (we use olive oil) glass container. Bake at 350, 45-55 minutes or until you can insert a knife and have it come out clean.
3. Cool and refrigerate covered, lasts several days. cut into 8 slices and 1 slice per breakfast meal = aprox 29 grams protein.
“I made this last night, I’m not a good cook but can follow directions. It turned out great, I reheated it this morning for breakfast. I was really impressed with how good it tasted. Best of all two minutes in the micro, I’m done with breakfast and out the door. Thanks for these ideas, it is making the slow carb diet easier and more enjoyable.” -MikeC
glad to see our picture of this recipe is up!! it tasted great and the recipe was easy to follow…
Shawn – great picture, it looks just like mine. Thanks for putting it up there.
“I made this looking for something easy for breakfast for the hubby and I. DELICIOUS!!!! It turned out great and tasted awesome reheated for the 3 days that we ate it.” -ChrisT
Thank you so much for posting this! I was getting very tired of scrambled eggs after just four days, but I think I could “live” on this alone forever! Instead of the broccoli, chicken and almonds, I used mushrooms and diced tomatoes. DELISH…
Right now, I have it in the oven with mushrooms, diced tomatoes and some turkey bacon, and I am actually looking forward to it being ready to eat!
This is a fab recipe which you can change and play about with.
As stated before I was also getting sick of plain eggs for breakfast, so this is a welcomed change.
Made it with almonds this time, but might think about not using them again, due to the limited amount you can eat in one day, and I don’t want to risk eating too many of them.
Mushrooms, bacon, and chicken sounds good though
Thanks for this, I really appreciate it
I made this last week and loved it..Making it again tonight this time in a round glass pie dish..I am also using Turkey Ground Brest instead of chicken..
And I top it off with salsa after heating…F A B U L O U S !!!!
So delicious and easy to make! I have it cut into portions for easy use for breakfast or a quick dinner.
I didn’t think cottage cheese or milk products was allowed on this diet? Can someone clarify? Also, in the book there are other foods listed/mentioned that are not on the list found in the Slow Carb Diet chapter. Is there a complete list somewhere?
Thanks
cottage cheese is allowed only because of the high casein content. It is written in Tim’s book in a paragraph kinda far away from the main foods listing.
This is a GREAT recipe but the protein content is WAY off!
8 eggs= 48g of protein
Chicken 3.5oz= 30 g of protein
Almonds=13 grams of protein
Cottage Cheese = 28g of protein
That’s a grand total of 119g of protein in the whole recipe. That means you have to cut it into quarters to get 30 g of protein. That’s TWICE as much as the recipe calls for.
Matt, the way I read their recipe, the 29 grams of protein is PER serving. This recipe is cut into 8 slices
If you do the math, (as I’ve outlined for you) the way the recipe is posted, there is 119 g of protein in the entire thing. Divide that by 8 and you get 14.875 g of protein. I just want everyone to realize that if you are following the slow carb diet and want to get 30 grams in at breakfast you have to ear 2 pieces of the 8 slice recipe. Does that make more sense Pauline?
Matt – you are correct!!!! You would need to eat 2 pieces to get enough protein
Or have one slice and a side of a turkey bacon or beans or whatever you like! This is AWESOME! Gonna try it right away!
I used a can of chicken instead of cooked chicken. It was great. very easy
Wow. I tried this recipe just to save time in the morning. Although my husband was not sure about it, we really liked it and will be using it as our go to meal for taste and ease in the morning.
For some reason when I made this with the chicken and almonds, it was very watery and did not taste good at all. But I usually make it with grated ham or add a package of the real bacon bits and it is very good with those. Probably more salt than the chicken but much better.
My wife and I tried this recipe yesterday and it was AWESOME… quite tasty, especially with some salsa on the side.
Highly recommend it