Hard Cooked Eggs Florentine without a muffin complies with the South Beach Diet. And what a delicious recipe.
Hard Cooked Eggs Florentine with hollandaise sauce is a good Saturday breakfast.
I like Eggs Benedict so I thought I would try something similar except eliminate the English muffin to comply with the rigors of the South Beach Diet. I took spinach leaves, turkey bacon, hard-cooked eggs, and an attempt at hollandaise sauce to create this lovely breakfast.
The South Beach Diet by Dr. Arthur Agatston, MD had a Mock Hollandaise Sauce recipe that looked tasty and simple. But alas, like all from-scratch Hollandaise Sauce recipes I've tried before, I couldn't stop this one from curdling. The flavor was delightful but it had a few lumps.
If you have a Hollandaise Sauce recipe that works every time, please send it to me! Or post your tips on how to make the perfect sauce. I'll keep trying periodically until I get it right. Most of the time, we just use the packaged mix by Knorr. It's very tasty and it doesn't lump.
What You Need
You need a good set of pans (specifically the small saucepan), a knife, and a microwave. Turkey bacon is a must.
Hard-Cooked Eggs Florentine Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 baby spinach leaves
- 4 pieces turkey bacon
- 2 hard-boiled eggs peeled and sliced
- Hollandaise Sauce we use Knorr's mix
- paprika for garnish
Instructions
- Warm the serving plates.
- Cook the Knorr's Hollandaise Sauce according to the package and keep it warm.
- Microwave the spinach leaves for about 20 seconds until they just start to wilt.
- Microwave the turkey bacon slices for about a minute or until you hear them popping and crackling.
- Place the turkey bacon slices on the warm plate. Arrange the spinach leaves over the turkey bacon.
- Fan the egg slices on the spinach leaves.
- Spoon 2 teaspoons of Hollandaise Sauce over top.
- Sprinkle with paprika.
Nutrition
Other Egg Recipes To Try
- Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs
- Basted Eggs Recipe
- How to Make Soft Boiled Eggs (traditional method)
- Egg Salad
- How to Make Poached Eggs
- Elegant Coddled Eggs
Lois Carter Crawford is an author, home chef, health advocate, and food coach who fought her way back from several debilitating health issues, including a moderate heart attack! She discovered that inflammation caused by the food she ate was the underlying cause of most of her health problems and developed a method and tools to help others research their food sensitivities.
Lois
This looks delicious. Perhaps you could strain the sauce with a fine mesh sieve. Would that work?
Don
Get me all excited, Lois. I thought some public person looked at the recipe and sent a comment.
Yeah it could be strained but then it would get cold. Maybe just stick with Knorr packets 🙁
Tamara
This looks delicious! Thanks for the recipe. I may try this with poached eggs 🙂
Lois
Tamara, I'm glad you like it. It's similar to Eggs Benedict if you use poached eggs. Enjoy!