What do I love more than getting Valentine’s Day off from work? Spending the morning with my fluffy Valentine making a heart healthy breakfast, that’s what!
I’m not sure where I first saw this concept, but I haven’t been able to get the image of a baked egg in an avocado boat out of my mind. How fortunate that my mom sent me home with three avocados last weekend. Moms always know what’s best. 🙂
This two ingredient recipe can’t get any simpler. Plus all the omega-3s from both the avocado and egg make it a perfect Valentine’s Day breakfast. I topped mine with freshly cracked pepper, French grey sea salt, plus a sprig of thyme, but you can dress yours however you’d like!
Baked Avocado and Egg Breakfast
Ingredients:
- 1 avocado
- 2 eggs
- freshly cracked pepper
- French grey sea salt
- thyme springs
Directions:
Preheat oven to 425°.
Slice the avocado in half and remove the pit. Gently scoop out some of the avocado to make more room for the egg.
Crumple up a small piece of foil on a small baking sheet and nestle the avocado halves so they are level. Crack one egg into each avocado center. Bake for 15-20 minutes, depending on how runny you like your egg. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and garnish with a thyme sprig. Enjoy!
And now, for my new friends at Confused Bawarchis, here is my shooting setup! I met Nikhil and Aditi a few weeks at Angie’s first Fiesta Friday blog party and promised to show them how I get my food shots. It’s really rather embarrassingly simple. 🙂
I’ve always been a more visual person so I thought these pictures would paint the thousand words I don’t have time to write! 😉
Here is a summary of my gear and setting info for today’s shots:
Nikon D600 with the 105mm f2.8
Aperture priority, f8, 1/125 sec, auto ISO
I use my DIY foam board reflector and shoot from the angles the cell phone pictures were taken. It’s a lot of trial and error! So there you go, Nikhil and Aditi! Let me know if you have any other questions and I’ll be glad to answer them! 🙂
Patty Nguyen Zurilgen 
Lovely egg in avocado! Thanks for the recipe and for the pics of your set-up. I’m going to try that DIY foam board deflector. 🙂 Your photos are always so nice!
Thanks so much, Ngan. It’s all luck, trial, and error! The foam board is so easy to make. Just duct tape two boards together and you’re done!
Love the colors and simplicity of the recipe.
You should try it, Carmencita!
Looks like a lovely [and healthy] breakfast…just in time for the weekend! Perfect
Thanks, Nancy! I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 🙂
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Wow such a beautiful & heAlthy breakfast! You make everything look & sound so simple, Patty! Thanks for this. We will keep trying!! Btw love the way bailey naturally poses for pictures!
Bailey is quite the diva! He pretends not to like the camera, but I know better!
Talk about a healthy breakfast, the idea of cooking the egg in the avocado is genius. Thank you for sharing your photo tips, I love seeing other peoples photography set ups, it makes me feel less like a crazy foodie!
Haley, I LOVE your food photography! I look forward to all of your posts!
Patty, I love everything about the post! The food (Mmm…), the photography tutorial (fabulous!), and of course Bailey (aww…). There isn’t anything else I need now. You covered all the bases. You’re one awesome person! XOXO
Angie, I was rushing like a mad woman to get this posted for you today! We are on our way to San Francisco now (with Bailey in tow, of course) and I wanted to get the pictures edited and post written before leaving. I’m so glad you like it! Happy Valentine’s Day to you and yours! 😀
Thanks, hon, I always can count on you and Bailey! XOXO
So very cute Patty! A clean presentation is popping it out :).
Thanks so much, Sonal! 🙂
What a beautiful breakfast! Simple, elegant and so healthy! And thanks for showing us the photo set-up
Thanks for stopping by to visit! I enjoy sharing pullbacks of my shoots. It’s how I learn best from others!
Patty, What a simple but gorgeous recipe. It also is lovely to see Bailey in the photos. Your shooting setup is something like mine, except I use instant camera. 😀 )))
Thank you, Fae! I love including Bailey in my posts. He is such a ham.
Love the shots…bailey is a divo!
Isn’t he??
That looks sooo good!!!
Elaine, it was delicious! Next time I might slather on some hot sauce to kick it up a notch!
Ooh, nice!
wow! I love avocados. Never would have thought of this combination with eggs.! Nice!
It was quite delicious!
This sounds great! I need to try out!
I hope you do, Nancy! It’s so quick and easy! Plus a great dish for a crowd as well!
Hey there! Soo happy that i came across your blog through the fiesta party. Such a lovely blog you have got there. Im sure i will have lots to learn from you. Amazing photography. Looking forward to seeing more of your posts. 😊😊😊 And yeah a very innovative breakfast recipe.
Hi Sadia! Thanks so much for stopping by! I’m looking forward to checking out your posts as well! 🙂
What a beautiful and cute recipe Patty!! love the idea of putting the egg into the avocado – genius!! And I am in love with your pictures as always!! Wow, and love the behind-the-scene views!! So cool to see how you shoot!! must try that with the white boards, that’s why your photos are always so shiny and beautiful!! thanks for sharing!!
Thanks, Sylvia! Too bad I can’t take credit for the idea. I think it popped up in my Facebook newsfeed a month or two ago! 🙂
Just gorgeous! The shots, the food, the house… Everything looks lovely! Thanks for sharing yet another great way to make a quick and healthy breakfast!
Thanks so much! It was such a nice way to spend my morning off from work!
Looks so delicious!
Thanks, Jessica!
I enjoy looking at your stunning pictures as they always make any dish you prepare very special and appetizing. I bought an expensive Nikon a few months ago and I know I am not using it to its full potential. Thanks for all of the info on how you get such great pictures
Aww, thanks so much for the kind words! Let me know if I can help out at all! I’d be more than happy to share. 😀
Actually, my camera is a Nikon D7000 and I have 3 different lenses so certainly I can do better with my pictures – just need to sit down and figure out how
The figuring out how is the hardest part. Just yesterday I was browsing dozens of food photography posts online for a couple of hours!
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i’ve been meaning to try this for a long time now – thanks for the reminder!!
It’s so easy! I love it!
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Oh! I love your breakfast idea! Gonna cook it too!!!
Thanks, I hope you do! 🙂
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You can’t imagine how I love avocado))) and its’ amazing idea to make an egg in it!
Yes, I love it!!
Yummy stuff… love your photography too… very nice work!!!
Thanks so much, Sudarshan! 🙂
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need to try !! yummm