I saw this recipe a while back and it’s been on my mind every since.  For some reason I thought it was going to be time consuming and too much trouble.  But I was wrong.  This is delicious and simple to throw together with whatever ingredients you have on hand.  Of course fresh ingredients are better but I only had fresh tomatoes and cilantro on hand.  I used jarred jalepenos, garlic and lime juice.  It’s still tasty.

Huevos Rancheros

Per serving:

2 corn tortillas
1 oz low fat cheese
2 eggs
1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
1 Tbs cilantro, chopped
1/2 Tbs lime juice
1/2 tsp jarred chopped jalepeno
1/4 tsp jarred chopped garlic
jarred salsa
salt
pepper

First I made the “salsa fresco”.  I’m sure this is in no way authentic.  I hate onions so I left them out.  For each person I chopped up about 1/2 cup of grape tomatoes.  I mixed that with the garlic, jalepeno, lime juice and cilantro.  I stirred it all up and let it sit while prepared everything else.

Next open a can of black beans, add a  bit of chopped cilantro and a sprinkle of cumin.

Heat a skillet to medium heat, spray with non-stick spray.  Lay corn tortillas in pan and let sit until brown on one side, about 2-3 minutes, then flip.  On the browned side that is now face up, sprinkle about 1/2 oz of cheese.  Then break an egg over top of that.  Salt and pepper to taste. Let sit a couple of minutes until the egg white is about half way done and then flip - it might be messy.  I broke my yolks as I usually like them more on the well done side.   After a couple of minutes, turn the corn tortilla/eggs onto a plate and garnish.

I had mine with 1/2 cup of black beans, and a side of spring mix lettuces.  I topped with both the salsa fresca and jarred salsa, more cilantro and sour cream.  More cheese would have been awesome but I was trying to keep the calories down.

With 2 of the corn tortillas/eggs, 1/2 cup black beans and 2 Tbs of sour cream it came out to 9 Weight Watcher points. If you only have one corn tortilla with egg, it will be 5 Weight Watcher points.