This Tahini, Egg and Greens Breakfast Bowl is a PCOS-friendly recipe with 477 calories, 27.6g protein, and 27g carbs per serving. Ready in 22 minutes. High in fiber (6.9g), which supports insulin sensitivity.
Nutrition per Serving
This bowl takes the flavours of a Middle Eastern breakfast and puts them on warm greens. Soft eggs, cherry tomatoes and a lemony tahini sauce sit on top of kale, spinach and a little quinoa. Each bowl has about 477 calories, 28g of protein and 7g of fibre. Tahini gives it a rich, creamy sauce with no dairy at all.
Grocery list:
- Eggs
- Quinoa
- Kale
- Baby spinach
- Cherry tomatoes
- Tahini
- Lemon
- Garlic
- Sumac
- Olive oil
Nutrition notes: Figures are per bowl, worked from USDA FoodData Central values for every weighed ingredient. Quinoa is weighed cooked. Sumac and salt are not counted.
Keeps: The tahini sauce keeps 5 days in the fridge and thickens as it sits, so loosen it with water. Cooked quinoa keeps 4 days.
Ingredients
Instructions
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Whisk the tahini, lemon juice, grated garlic and a pinch of salt. Add water a spoon at a time until it pours like thick paint.Bring a pan of water to the boil. Cook the eggs for 7 minutes, cool in cold water, then peel and halve.Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the sliced garlic and kale and cook for 3 minutes. Add the spinach and stir until it wilts.Add the quinoa to the pan and stir for 1 minute to warm it.Split between two bowls. Top with eggs and tomatoes, drizzle with the tahini sauce and finish with sumac.
Why this works for PCOS
Many breakfast bowls are built on oats, granola or fruit, which are mostly carbs. This one is built on greens and eggs, with just a small scoop of quinoa. Each bowl has 28g of protein and 27g of carbs.
Eating protein and fat with your carbs helps slow the rise in blood sugar after the meal. That steadier rise is what you want if you have insulin resistance.
The ingredients doing the work
- Eggs: three per bowl, most of the protein.
- Kale and spinach: volume and fibre for very few calories.
- Tahini: ground sesame, which brings healthy fat and a rich taste.
- Quinoa: a small amount of slow carbs so the bowl feels like a meal.
Make it your own
Swap the quinoa for chickpeas or cooked lentils. Add a pinch of chilli to the greens if you like heat. Make a double batch of the sauce and use it on salads all week.
How this fits a PCOS week
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Why this Tahini, Egg and Greens Breakfast Bowl works for PCOS
With 27.6g of protein per serving (about 23% of calories), this Tahini, Egg and Greens Breakfast Bowl sits at the top end of the 25-35g per-meal range that the 2023 International PCOS Guideline recommends for managing insulin resistance and supporting lean mass. Higher-protein meals also blunt the glucose response when carbohydrates are included, which matters for women with PCOS because chronic insulin elevation drives androgen excess and irregular cycles.
The 27g of carbohydrates here come paired with 6.9g of fibre, which slows glucose absorption and produces a flatter post-meal blood sugar curve. Fibre is one of the most under-rated tools for PCOS: it feeds gut bacteria that produce short-chain fatty acids linked to improved insulin sensitivity, and it modestly lowers circulating androgens by binding bile acids in the gut.
Fat makes up about 56% of calories in this dish. Dietary fat plays a load-bearing role in PCOS because sex hormones are synthesised from cholesterol, and very-low-fat eating can suppress hormone production over time. The 2023 PCOS guideline does not specify a strict fat target, but most clinicians recommend at least 25-35% of calories from a mix of monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, and saturated sources.
Eating a substantial breakfast like this Tahini, Egg and Greens Breakfast Bowl is one of the highest-leverage moves you can make for PCOS. In the Jakubowicz et al. 2013 trial published in Clinical Science, women with PCOS who front-loaded calories to breakfast reduced fasting insulin by 56% and increased ovulation rates 50%, with no change in total calories. Front-loading works because insulin sensitivity is highest in the morning and lowest at night.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, this Tahini, Egg and Greens Breakfast Bowl recipe is designed to be PCOS-friendly. At 477 calories per serving with 27.6g of protein, it supports balanced blood sugar and hormonal health. It also provides 6.9g of fiber, which helps with insulin sensitivity.
This recipe takes about 22 minutes total. Prep time is 10 minutes and cook time is 12 minutes. It makes 2 servings, so you can meal prep for multiple days.
Per serving: 477 calories, 27.6g protein (23%), 27g carbs, 29.8g fat. Plus 6.9g fiber. PCOS meal plans typically aim for 30% protein, 35% fat, 35% carbs to support insulin sensitivity.
Yes, this recipe works well as a PCOS-friendly Breakfast. At 477 calories, it fits within typical PCOS meal plan targets for Breakfast. Pair it with other PCOS-friendly foods throughout the day for balanced nutrition.
This recipe can be part of a structured PCOS meal plan. It makes 2 servings, making it great for meal prep. For a complete weekly plan tailored to your PCOS type, take our free 60-second quiz at pcosmealplanner.com/pcos-quiz to get a personalized 7-day meal plan.
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