

Spicy baked eggs
(at time of publication)
Ingredients
- ½ cup red lentils
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 red or white onion, finely chopped
- 1 red capsicum, deseeded and diced
- 2 tablespoons sun-dried tomato pesto
- chilli powder for sprinkling
- 400g can diced tomatoes with herbs
- 4 x size 7 eggs
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Instructions
1 Cook the lentils in plenty of boiling water for 10 minutes. Preheat the oven to 190ºC.
2 Heat the oil in a pan and cook the onion until softened. Add the capsicum and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add the pesto and chilli powder and cook for a few minutes. Add the tomatoes and lentils and heat through.
3 Divide the mixture between four ovenproof dishes. Make a slight hollow in the base of each dish and break the egg into the middle. Use a fork to fluff up the edges and enclose the egg a little. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
Variations
Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free pesto and canned tomatoes.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 203cal
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Kilojoules 850kJ
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Protein 10.3g
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Total fat 12.7g
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–Saturated fat 2.9g
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Carbohydrates 11.5g
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–Sugars 7.5g
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Dietary fibre 2.8g
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Sodium 330mg
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Calcium 95mg
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Iron 3.6mg
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