Microwave Egg Caprese Cups

Ingredients

• Sliced ham

  Regular (approximately 11% fat)

  2 slice or 56g

• Mozzarella cheese

  Part skim milk

  2 oz or 57g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  1 extra large or 56g

• Sauce, pesto, Classico, basil pesto, ready-to-serve

  ⅛ cup or 31g

• Grape tomatoes

  Red, ripe, raw, year round average

  2 grape tomato or 16g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Basil

  Fresh

  ½ tbsp, chopped or 1g

Directions

1. Layer the slices of ham on the bottom and up the sides of a ramekin or small bowl, pressing into the creases and ruffling the edges. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
2. Crack the egg into the ramekin and add pesto over the egg. Add a few grape tomato slices and season with salt and pepper.
3. Cover with a microwave plate and cook on high for 1 minute and 30 seconds, or until the egg whites are fully set. If needed, continue in 20-second intervals. Adjust time if cooking multiple servings.
4. Garnish with fresh chopped basil leaves and additional salt and pepper if needed. Serve immediately.

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