A salad for breakfast WHAAA??? I know, I KNOW. I’m way mixing it up over here. But trust me, friends, this Poached Egg & Avocado Breakfast Salad is perfect for a deliciously balanced breakfast (or lunch….or dinner…)!
I know that many thoughts might be flooding your mind right at this moment. Especially for my Fruit, Yogurt, and Granola Breakfast Bowl loving friends! Maybe your thoughts are saying, “Is a salad for breakfast even natural?“.
For those of you who prefer savory breakfasts over sweet breakfasts, this is right up your alley. But for those of us who pretty much eat Oatmeal Cookies and Glazed Doughnuts for breakfast….um yeah, we’re freakin’ out.
No worries, friends! None whatsoever. This Poached Egg & Avocado Breakfast Salad is deliciously EPIC and filled with a crunchy, yet creamy texture. Not to mention the oozy toast-dipping-friendly poached egg to top it all off. So. Much. Yum. Which leads us to our next potential freak out thought:
“I don’t know how to poach an egg!!!!!!”
Girl, tell me about it. For this dilemma that we are both equals in (unless you’re an egg poaching PRO, in which case you should most definitely share your extraordinary ways with us), I have four words: Stainless Steel Egg Poacher. It has saved my life. I LOVE this tool!
Oh, and as you can see in my photos, my egg was a little less oozy than desirable because I was being all loose and wild over here and let it cook for too long instead of following the directions on the egg poacher package 🙄. I tend to not be a direction follower. Lesson learned. (But probably not)…
How have I still not talked about the health benefits in this post? Ok guys, we have protein + healthy fats + veggies galore + healthy carbs. SUCH a great way to start off the day! This isn’t to say I’m kissing my Smoothie Bowls good bye, but I’m excited to have this new savory Poached Egg & Avocado Breakfast Salad in the mix.
Are you a savory or sweet breakfast type of person?
Poached Egg & Avocado Breakfast Salad
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 avocado
- 7 grape tomatoes
- 2 cups lettuce
- 1/4 cup cooked quinoa
- 1 Tbsp pistachios
- salt/pepper
Instructions
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Poach the eggs.
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Create the salads by layering the lettuce, tomatoes, cooked quinoa, avocado, and pistachios.
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Add the poached eggs and top with salt/pepper to taste.
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Enjoy!
It looks great, i would totally eat that for breakfast. The combination of avocado and poached egg sounds delicious!
Thanks, Dave! It was super delicious!
That looks amazing! My kinda meal
Thanks, Agnes! 🙂
Your photography is beautiful and the dish looks right up my alley! 🙂 I will try this for sure!
Thanks so much, Casey! 🙂 I hope you enjoy it!
One of the best breakfasts! Everything I love in it, and most importantly what till evening you can eat nothing !
It was so good, Klauss! 🙂
I love soft poached eggs. I’ve never done a salad for breakfast but am looking for new ways to get veggies in at breakfast, Maybe one morning I could make this for breakfast and do a version with a hardboiled egg for her.
Me too, Rebecca! I think it would be amazing with a hardboiled egg!
This looks so tasty! Perfect for a summer’s day lunch
Thanks, Kathleen! Definitely perfect for a summer’s day lunch!
These pictures are AMAZING! And the salad is so simple to put together made with simple but delicious ingredients. I would love to have one of these with a nice glass of Chardonnay :-).
Thank you, Matilda! 🙂 It’s SUPER easy to make! That sounds amazing!
I just had avocado and poached egg for brunch over the weekend (part of an eggs benny dish) and I LOVED the combination. I can just imagine this will taste fantastic too! Plus grape tomatoes and quinoa – yum.
No way! How funny. I agree, the combo of avocado and a poached egg is heavenly! Thanks, Jolina! 🙂