Ozempic Eggs (High-Protein Parmesan Scramble)
The viral Ozempic eggs, with 30 g of protein: eggs and egg whites scrambled soft with Parmesan and spinach. No medication involved, just a breakfast that keeps you full.
Reviewed by Bogdan Marcu, Licensed Nutritionist & Dietitian
- Protein
- 30 g
- Calories
- 305 kcal
- Serves
- 1 serving
- Category
- Breakfast
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Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 100 g / 4 oz liquid egg whites (from about 3 eggs)
- 15 g / ½ oz Parmesan, half finely grated and half shaved
- 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 40 g / 1 oz baby spinach (a large handful)
- Black pepper
- 1 tbsp finely snipped chives
Instructions
- Heat half the olive oil in a non-stick pan over a medium heat and wilt the spinach for about a minute. Season with pepper and move it to one side of your plate.
- Whisk the eggs and egg whites together until no streaks of white remain. The whites add about 11 g of protein and almost no fat, which is what lifts this above the viral three-egg version.
- Turn the heat to low, add the rest of the oil and pour in the eggs. Leave them for 20 seconds, then push them slowly across the pan with a spatula, folding large soft curds rather than stirring. Take the pan off the heat while they still look slightly wet, because they finish setting on the plate.
- Fold the grated Parmesan through off the heat so it melts without turning stringy, then top with the shavings, more pepper and the chives. Serve straight away.
- About the name: these eggs contain no medication and do not work like Ozempic. Protein and fat prompt your gut to release its own GLP-1 and other fullness hormones, which is why a breakfast like this keeps you full, but the effect is far smaller and shorter-lived than the drug's.
- For the Korean "natural Wegovy" version the trend grew from, boil 2 eggs for 8 minutes, halve them and finish with 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil, sesame oil or perilla oil and plenty of black pepper.
