Recipe Description:
This Love One Today® fresh avocado recipe is another way to make the American Heart Association® recommendations part of your healthy lifestyle. Prep and oven bake these quick and easy bites featuring heart healthy avocado, hatch chilies and sweet peppers. Adding fresh avocados to an everyday healthy eating plan helps increase how much fruit you eat and provides a whole-food source of naturally good fats.
Bonus: avocados are cholesterol- and sodium-free.
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Servings:
- Recipe serving size: 1 frittata
- Number of servings:
Ingredients:
- 6 large eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup 1% fat milk
- 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 red pepper, seeded and finely diced
- 1 large, ripe, fresh avocado, halved, pitted, peeled and finely diced
- 1/4 cup roasted hatch chilies, canned
- 1/4 cup queso fresco, crumbled, part-skim
- 2 Tbsp. fresh cilantro, chopped
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 375° F. Lightly spray twelve 2 1/2-inch muffin cups with cooking spray.
- Whisk eggs, milk and black pepper in medium bowl until blended and set aside.
- Heat oil over medium high heat in nonstick pan. Add red pepper and cook for 2 minutes until peppers are soft. Stir peppers along with avocado, chilies, queso fresco and cilantro into egg mixture. Spoon 1/4 cup egg mixture into each prepared muffin cup.
- Bake 20 to 23 minutes until frittatas are set in the middle and lightly browned.
Nutrition Facts
12 servings per recipe
Serving Size 1 serving (72g)
| Amount Per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 90 | |
| % Daily Value* | ||
| Total Fat 7g | 9% | |
| Saturated Fat 1.5g | 8% | |
| Trans Fat 0g | - | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat 1g | - | |
| Monounsaturated Fat 3.5g | - | |
| Cholesterol 95mg | 32% | |
| Sodium 95mg | 4% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 3g | 1% | |
| Dietary Fiber 1g | 4% | |
| Total Sugars 1g | - | |
| Includes 0g Added Sugars | 0% | |
| Protein 4g | - | |
| Vitamin D 0.69mcg | 3% | |
| Calcium 44mg | 3% | |
| Iron 0.6mg | 3% | |
| Potassium 165mg | 4% | |
| Vitamin A 72mcg | 8% | |
| Vitamin C 18mg | 20% | |
| Vitamin E 0.98mg | 7% | |
| Vitamin K 6mcg | 5% | |
| Thiamin 0.03mg | 3% | |
| Riboflavin 0.17mg | 13% | |
| Niacin 1mg | 8% | |
| Vitamin B6 0.13mg | 8% | |
| Folate 32mcg DFE | 8% | |
| (0mcg folic acid) | - | |
| Vitamin B12 0.3mcg | 13% | |
| Pantothenic Acid 0.7mg | 14% | |
| Choline 79mg | 14% | |
| Phosphorus 81mg | 6% | |
| Magnesium 11mg | 3% | |
| Zinc 0.6mg | 5% | |
| Selenium 9mcg | 16% | |
| Copper 0.06mg | 7% | |
| Manganese 0.05mg | 2% | |
*The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
