Diabetes-friendly breakfast: Shakshuka

Looking for a diabetes-friendly breakfast recipe? Here’s one that’s easy, tasty and low carb.

Shakshuka recipe

Serves: 4 

Ingredients:

• 2 onions, roughly chopped
• 2T olive oil
• 1t salt
• 1t cumin seeds
• 2t cumin powder
• 1t turmeric 
• 1t chilli flakes/smoked paprika (optional)
• 2 cans chopped tomato
• 4 eggs 
• Parsley to serve
• Greens like rocket and wilted spinach (optional) 

Method:

• Cook onions in oil with salt until browned.
• Add cumin seeds. After 1 minute, add cumin powder and turmeric.
• Add chilli/smoked paprika, if using.
• Add tomatoes and bring to a simmer. Reduce until it’s not too runny, then lower heat.
• Crack one egg at a time into a mug. Make a little hole in the tomato mix and pour egg into the hole. Repeat.
• Cover with a lid and check until egg is cooked through.
• Sprinkle with parsley and serve with greens, if you wish.

Top tip:

Use chickpeas instead of eggs and stir through the tomato sauce. This will not be as low carb! 1 cup chickpeas has about 49g carbs.

Diabetes-friendly breakfast ideas

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