Pesto Eggs with Ham - Healthy Hot Plate Recipe from Horsepower Coach Maddy Curley

CrossFit Horsepower • April 6, 2020

Hi! My name is Maddy Curley. I’m so glad you’re here to get fit and healthy with me. Even though I have a pretty impressive athletic background as a national champion gymnast, successful CrossFit athlete and coach at Horsepower, I never really learned how to cook, eat and train on my own until my late twenties! My mom and coaches just did everything for me (oh the good old days). But in college I gained 20 pounds. Thus, I began working tirelessly to learn how to lose all that weight and KEEP it off for good, all while having no kitchen and only one hot plate. I’d like to share some of my favorite healthy, simple, and delicious recipes, all of which can be prepared with only ONE HOT PLATE!


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Pesto Eggs with Ham

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Ingredients:


2 eggs


Pinch of salt


1 tablespoon milk 


1 tablespoon butter or coconut oil 


3 tablespoons pesto


Ham, 2-3 slices


Preparation:


1. Mix the eggs, milk, and salt in a bowl. 


2. Grease the pan with 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon coconut oil over MEDIUM heat, wait 2 to 3 minutes and add egg mixture. 


3. After the eggs cook 30 seconds to a minute, add in pesto, and scramble to desired firmness. 


4. Plate eggs and add ham. Maybe even grill the ham a little to make it extra delicious! 


For 2 people, double the recipe! 

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