Keto Caprese Omelet

For a quick and delicious low carb breakfast or dinner, try this keto caprese omelet recipe. You only need a few ingredients and minutes to make this omelet with fresh basil, mozzarella and tomato. This healthy breakfast has only 3.2g net carbs.

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The end of summer had me staring a planter full of herbs, especially basil. I made this keto caprese chicken dinner and thought why not eggs?

So today I have for you this delicious keto caprese omelet recipe. Just looking at it again is making me crave it. It’s really easy to make and you can eat it for the perfect breakfast, lunch or dinner.

My hubby doesn’t eat eggs but they are one of my favorite foods. So I ate this for lunch for two days. It’s a great dish when you don’t feel like cooking a big dinner or are in the mood for a breakfast for dinner dish. 

Recipe ingredients I used.

Simple recipes like this one use simple ingredients such as eggs, fresh mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, butter, fresh basil and balsamic vinegar (which is optional).

While I used cherry tomatoes, you could also use a few slices of a ripe tomato. Just dab with a paper towel to get some of the excess liquid out of it so it won’t make the omelet soggy. Also grape tomatoes would be a fine substitute.

While you could regular mozzarella, this omelet tastes much better with fresh soft mozzarella like the container pictured below.

At the end I added a quick balsamic reduction but that is not necessary to the taste of this omelet.

How to make a keto caprese omelet.

I learned how to make an easy egg omelet from a fictional book and have been using this omelet technique ever since. This is a little different but same delicious result.

1. If you think you want to use the balsamic reduction or glaze, add the balsamic to a small pan and bring to a boil. Then turn down the heat to a simmer and let it reduce by half. Then take it off the stove and let it come to room temperature. Again this step is only if you want to use it as it’s not necessary.
2. Meanwhile add eggs to a medium bowl and whisk well to combine.
3. Heat up a medium skillet to medium heat and add the butter. Make sure you have a lid that fits the pan by the way and that it’s an oven safe skillet, preferably nonstick.
4. Once the butter has melted turn the heat down to medium low and  add the egg mixture.  Season with salt and black pepper then cover with a lid and cook for about 5 minutes. You don’t want to cook the eggs completely but you want the edges to be cooked. Looking at the pics below you can see in the top left it’s mostly cooked but the middle is wet.
5. Add the cherrie tomatoes and mozzarella cheese then place under the broiler and cook for about 5 minutes until the cheese melts and browns and the tomatoes start to wilt.
6. Take out of the oven and sprinkle with fresh basil. Serve the balsamic reduction on the size for those that might want to drizzle it on a slice of the caprese omelet. (Please scroll down to view and print the recipe card.)

Other keto omelet and egg dishes to try.

Eggs are a wonderful food to eat on a keto diet. They are inexpensive, low carb, high protein and very versatile. They are also full of nutrients like Vitamins A, B2, B5, B6, B12, D, E, K, calcium and zinc (source) and just all around keto friendly.

I think some people get sick of them but there is so much you can do with them. So here are my most popular egg recipes and for more check out these 21 keto egg recipes post. Though most are breakfast dishes you can eat them at anytime.

• low carb breakfast pizza – great for breakfast, lunch, dinner or even brunch
• breakfast burrito wrap – use the egg as the wrap to make burritos
• low carb egg noodles – to this noodles made from eggs with tomato & sausage sauce so it’s like pasta
• breakfast ham tacos – use ham as the taco and stuff with scrambled eggs and cheese

Adding the balsamic glaze or reduction.

In the directions above I tell you how to make the balsamic reduction. You are just basically letting it simmer until it reduces from ¼ cup of volume to ⅛ cup. It will thicken and make the balsamic more concentrated.

You only need a few drops on the omelet so no sense making too much. And as I’ve said already you don’t need to do this step. It does add carbs. But I like the contrast in flavors.

Well I hope you enjoy this easy but tasty caprese omelet. It’s great in the summer time when you have fresh tomatoes and basil but I think I will be eating this all year long because the ingredients are readily available all year round.

You might also like my friend Jessica’s healthy sweet omelette or Spanish omelette, or three cheese omelette.

The nutritional information for 1 piece without the balsamic is 204 calories
14.8g fat / 3.3g carbs / 0.1g fiber / 14.2g protein = 3.2g net carbs

The balsamic reduction is just 2 tablespoons and you would use less than a teaspoon per piece which has 5 calories and 0.9g carbs.