Avocado Deviled Eggs

I really wanted a somewhat healthy St. Patrick's Day treat to go along with the delicious cupcakes my friend made for our Bible Study kids, so I whipped up these green deviled eggs this morning.  Total hit!

Avocado Deviled eggs

6 eggs

1/4 cup mayonnaise

1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard

1 small avocado

1/4 cup chopped spinach

pinch of salt and celery seed powder

fresh parsley

Place eggs in pot and cover with water by 1 inch.  Bring to boil, cover with lid and turn off heat.  Let sit for 10 minutes.  Drain, cover with cold water to cool, then peel.  Slice eggs in half lengthwise and remove yolk.  Place whites on a plate, set aside.  Place yolks in a bowl or food processor along with mayo, mustard, avocado, spinach, salt and celery powder.  Blend or mash until smooth.  Spoon filling into the egg white halves.  For a fancier look, pipe filling from a frosting bag fitted with a star tip.  Top each with parsley leaf.

Turkish Eggs

Anyone who knows me well knows by now that I eat this all the time.  It's my breakfast of choice.  I owe it all to my best friend, Brooke.  Life-changing eggs... really.  

It seems like a lot of work, but since the yogurt warms in the oven while you cook the eggs it really doesn't take much more time than making any other kind of eggs.  Since I eat this regularly, I mix 2 cloves of garlic into an entire 16 oz. container of Greek yogurt (Fage Total is my favorite) and make a batch of paprika parsley butter in my food processor and keep both in my fridge.  Then I only have to put some yogurt and butter in a bowl and place it in the oven while I poach my eggs.  Easy-peasy.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Turkish Eggs (serves 4)

1 cup Greek yogurt

1 clove garlic

salt

4 Tbsp butter, melted

1/4 tsp. sweet or smoked paprika

chopped fresh parsley

4-8 eggs (1-2 per person)

Preheat oven to 200 degrees.  Press garlic into yogurt, add a pinch of salt and mix together well.  Divide into four oven safe bowls.  Place bowls in oven to warm the yogurt.  Poach individual eggs to desired doneness, placing finished eggs in bowls of yogurt in the oven to keep warm.  Stir paprika into melted butter.  When finished poaching eggs, remove bowls from oven and top with 1 Tbsp. melted butter and sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley.  Salt to taste.