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prep time
10 min
cook time
20 min
ready time
30 min
Keto High Protein Breakfast Tostadas
Make a low-carb, high protein Keto recipe for breakfast when you plan to fast intermittently or have a big workout planned! If you exercise regularly on the Keto diet, you may want to include more protein in your macros - depending on your personal fitness goals! These tostadas are made by baking circles of parmesan cheese into crunchy bases. Did you know parmesan cheese has more protein than fat per ounce? Then, the tostadas are loaded with seasoned scrambled eggs, avocado, and crispy bacon. You can add more toppings to your breakfast or enjoy it as is. This is not a good recipe for meal prepping - make your tostadas fresh in the morning or after your workout.
Why would I want a high protein breakfast?
The standard Keto diet calls for about 25% of your macros to be protein daily. Some users like a low carb high protein Keto recipe if they are practicing intermittent fasting. Instead of eating three meals a day, a person may only eat two and need more protein in a single meal. Alternatively, you may require higher protein meals for specific health conditions.
Tostada toppings
Other toppings you may like to add to your tostada include low-carb salsa or hot sauce. You can add cilantro or lime juice to the tostadas too. For more fat, how about some sour cream? Mashing your avocado into guacamole and adding olive oil can help increase your fat macros too.
Make it vegetarian
To start, it’s really easy to make this meal vegetarian: just remove the bacon! You can make up for the protein by adding fried tofu to your tostada. If that’s not your concern, try dicing Keto vegetables and adding them to your scrambled eggs. Some Keto vegetables include zucchini, mushroom, spinach, bok choy, or green bell peppers.
Net Carbs
2.4 g
Fiber
1.1 g
Total Carbs
3.5 g
Protein
21.8 g
Fats
22.3 g
306 cals
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Ingredients
Parmesan cheese, fresh (hard)
0.5 cup, grated
Raw egg
2 large
Cream Heavy Whipping
1 tbsp
Salt
1 dash
Black pepper
1 dash
Cumin, ground
0.13 tsp
Paprika
0.13 tsp
Cayenne
0.13 tsp
Onion powder
0.13 tsp
Avocado
1 oz
Bacon
1 oz
Recipe Steps
steps 4
30 min
Step 1
Turn on an oven to preheat to 375 F (190 C) and line a sheet tray with parchment paper. Shred parmesan cheese from a block, then divide the cheese into ¼-cup portions. Spread each portion out into a thin circle of cheese on your lined sheet tray.Step 2
Bake the cheese circles anywhere from 8-15 minutes in your oven. You’ll need to watch the cheese as it melts, bubbles then hardens in place. Once the cheese is baked, remove the tray from the oven to cool. The parmesan circles should naturally release from the paper.Step 3
Make the scrambled eggs for the tostadas by whisking together eggs, heavy cream, salt, pepper, cumin, paprika, cayenne, and onion powder. You can omit the cayenne pepper if you wish. Cook the egg mixture over medium-low heat on your stove while you scramble it.Step 4
Slice avocado into thin slices. Cook bacon strips until they’re crispy, and you can cut them to size if needed. Assemble each tostada with a parmesan circle, a pile of scrambled eggs, about ½-ounce avocado slices, and 1-2 pieces of bacon.
Comments
ChefJune 2 years ago
Delicious bite - a little bit salty from the cheese and bacon, but the avocado helped balance that out. Kudos for thinking of making a frico cheese crisp as a vehicle for the eggs! Mine were ready in about 4 minutes, so I'd advise watching them closely after you put them in the oven.
Dragonfly Sister 3 years ago
Upfront I will tell you this was amazing however, I ate both of them without realizing I was only supposed to have 1 tostada as my meal! A) I’m still hungry and B) way too many calories for one tiny meal. It was really tasty, but something is wrong if I’m still hungry. I will probably eat it again, I’ll just adjust the rest of my meals so that I can allow for this many calories and fat grams. It was worth it.