Eggy Buns - low carb

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 72.6
  • Total Fat: 5.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 121.0 mg
  • Sodium: 52.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 1.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.8 g
  • Protein: 5.5 g

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Introduction

Easy to make substitute for bread when on low carb or low cal meal plans Easy to make substitute for bread when on low carb or low cal meal plans
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    Eggs fresh, 5 large
    Bob's Red Mill - Organic Whole Ground Flax Seed Meal, 3 TBS
    Cream Of Tartar, 0.25 tsp
    Ricotta Cheese, whole milk, 1/3 Cup
    Stevia in the Raw, 1/2 tsp
    Sea salt 1/4 tsp

Tips

Can use cream cheese in place of ricotta, and almond meal rather than flax meal, if desired...not much different in counts.
Can flavor differently with onion powder, parmesan cheese, cinnamon with more stevia...the sky is the limit with these.


Directions

Preheat oven to 300 F degree

carefully separate eggs into different bowls
mix yolks with flax, ricotta, salt, and stevia
With clean beaters whip egg whites with cream of tartar until very STIFF.

Carefully fold the stiff egg whites into the yolk
mixture

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Put about 1/3 cup in mounds and then flatten with the back of a spoon.

Cook for 30 minutes in 300 degree oven

Enjoy

Serving Size: makes 8, 4" buns

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MBROSE.