Get your day off to a healthy, protein-packed start with a delicious bowl of this Easy High Protein Breakfast Pasta! This recipe combines high-protein pasta with eggs, veggie sausage, bell pepper, onion, chili onion oil, and avocado.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 Yellow Onion
- 1 package EQUII High protein rigatoni
- 3 Eggs
- 1 Avocado
- 1 Yellow Bell pepper or 2 tomatoes
- 2 Veggie Sausage patties
- 3 tbsp. Chili Onion oil or make your own chili oil by combining 3 tbsp. of olive oil with 2 tsp of red pepper flakes 1/2 tsp of chili powder, and 1/2 tsp of smoked paprika.
- 2 tbsp. Parsley chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste.
Instructions
- Start by cooking the pasta in salted, boiling water in a large pot, for 1-12 minutes.
- While pasta is cooking, add some oil or butter to two skillets set over a stovetop that has been set at medium heat.
- Peel and chop the onion, add it to one of the skillets, and saute it for about 5 minutes. Then add some eggs to the other side of the skillet and scramble the eggs.
- Sauté the veggie sausage patty or chicken sausage in another. When done, set aside.
- Rinse and chop up the bell pepper or tomatoes.
- When the pasta is ready, drain it and add the warm pasta to a large bowl. Add in the sauted onion, scrambled eggs and cooked sausage. Then add in the chopped bell pepper or tomatoes. Mix all the ingredients so they are combined.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Slice or cube the avocado and add that to the breakfast pasta.
- Drizzle the onion chili oil or chili oil on top.
- Sprinkle some chopped fresh parsley over the pasta and this bowl of protein-packed deliciousness is ready to enjoy!
Notes
Variations
This is one of those recipes in which the ingredients and their quantities can be varied according to your preferences.
This easy high protein breakfast pasta dish can be replicated as shown here. Or, some ingredients could be left out.
This dish can also be jazzed up with other ingredients too. For example, once the pasta has been boiled according to package instructions and the eggs and sausage have been cooked as well, cooked crisp bacon could be added in along with rinsed and drained canned chickpeas, fresh baby spinach, red bell peppers, and even some flaked parmesan cheese.
Or, some roasted garlic, rinsed and drained canned lentils, sundried tomatoes, olives, and fresh herbs can be tossed in with the eggs, sausage, protein pasta, and a chutney or sauce.
Nutrition
Serving: 4g | Calories: 314kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 110mg | Sodium: 50mg | Potassium: 435mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 934IU | Vitamin C: 71mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 2mg
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