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The hollandaise sauce for this healthy eggs benedict is made of Greek yogurt, lemon, a touch of butter, and some matcha for an unexpected green color.

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Here’s a final recipe to round out our latest breakfast kick. We’ve been wondering: do you eat breakfast? Most days our breakfasts are simple with peanut butter toast or oatmeal, but on the weekends we like to mix it up when time allows. How abut weekend breakfasts or brunches? There’s something so comforting about the concept, like a little reward for making it through the week! Here’s a recipe we like to make for brunch: healthy eggs benedict. It’s tasty but doesn’t leave your stomach feeling like you just ate a rich meal. Keep reading for the recipe!

Healthy eggs benedict

Making healthy eggs benedict

This healthy eggs benedict is a twist on an old standard. This “healthy hollandaise” sauce is made mostly of Greek yogurt, with a little lemon, touch of butter, and some green tea for an unexpected color. Don’t expect it to taste quite like a true hollandaise, but the tart yogurt and lemony zest goes quite well with the eggs and makes for a satisfying, savory breakfast.

The matcha brings a vibrant green color to the dish, and after tasting many formulations of the green sauce, this one ended up as the winner. We hope you enjoy it – cheers to weekend breakfasts! You can also eat this for brinner — breakfast for dinner — which is perfect on busy weeknights!

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This healthy eggs benedict recipe is…

Vegetarian.

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The hollandaise sauce for this healthy eggs benedict is made of Greek yogurt, lemon, a touch of butter, and some matcha for an unexpected green color.

  • Author: a Couple Cooks
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4 (2 stacks per person) 1x
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Method: Stovetop
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • 1 cup Greek yogurt
  • Juice from 1 lemon (3 tablespoons)
  • 1 ½ teaspoons matcha (we used Aiya Cooking Grade Matcha)
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon honey or maple syrup
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ~¼ cup warm water
  • 8 eggs
  • 4 whole grain English muffins
  • Chives for garnish
  • Edible flowers for garnish, if desired (we used nasturtium flowers from our garden, only because we had them onhand)

Instructions

  1. Melt the butter. In a bowl, mix together the melted butter, Greek yogurt, lemon juice, matcha, garlic powder, cumin, honey or maple syrup, and kosher salt. Mix thoroughly to combine. Add warm water a few tablespoons at a time to thin out the sauce, up to ¼ cup.
  2. Poach the eggs. Toast the English muffins. Thinly slice the chives.
  3. To serve, place poached eggs on English muffin halves, drizzle with sauce and garnish with chives.

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Alex & Sonja

Hi! We’re Alex & Sonja Overhiser, authors of the acclaimed cookbooks A Couple Cooks and Pretty Simple Cooking—and a real life couple who cooks together. We founded the A Couple Cooks website in 2010 to share seasonal recipes and the joy of home cooking. Now, we’ve got over 3,000 well-tested recipes, including Mediterranean diet, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, smoothies, cocktails, and more!

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11 Comments

  1. Matcha says:

    Interesting concept, never thought to turn matcha into a sauce!

    -Jared

  2. Meg @BeardandBonnet says:

    You just combined two of my favorite things; eggs benedict + matcha. My mind is blown – I have got to try this!

  3. Julie @ Cooks with Cocktails says:

    Oooooo I love eggs benny, but I hardly ever eat it because of the sauce, and no “healthy” hollandaise has quite measured up so far. I cant wait to try this one. Love the incorporation of the matcha. Its definitely a different twist!

  4. Sammi @Sunshine Recipes says:

    This sounds delicious and that green is a beautiful color! I do eat breakfast, if I don’t, my brain just does not work for the day.

  5. Sarah | Well and Full says:

    Is it still eggs benedict if you make a veganized version with avocado instead of eggs? ;) Love this idea.

  6. Amy @ Parsley In My Teeth says:

    Now that’s a beautiful breakfast! Sounds so yummy I can’t wait to give it a try.

  7. Ellie says:

    I always want to order Eggs Benedict when I am out for brunch but I hate hollandaise sauce! So this is perfect for me – thanks so much for the recipe!!

    xo, ellie
    with love from ellie

  8. Tori@Gringalicious.com says:

    I know what I’ll be having for breakfast this weekend! This looks amazing!

  9. Cara's Healthy Cravings says:

    How beautiful! What a unique and delicious way to use matcha, thanks for the inspiration.

  10. Kathryn says:

    The colour of this is just too stunning – that vibrant green seems like an excellent way to start the day and this is such a creative use of matcha. Too good.

  11. Clem says:

    Such beautiful colors!!

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