Fitness Romance SagaCheesy Spinach Melt: No Excuses Healthy Breakfast in Only 3-Minutes
February 10th, 2012 • 20 Comments | Leave a Comment »
If you’re short on time for breakfast, yet very serious about your body transformation, you need to be thinking outside the breakfast cereal box and/or fast food drive thru for the “healthiest” thing you can find on the menu.
My recipe for the Cheesy Spinach Melt is cooked in the microwave and done in only 3-minutes (including prep time). Make it at home or pack up the ingredients, take it to work, and cook it up there like I did. If you tell me you don’t have time to eat healthy, you bettah be thinking again.
Ingredients:
- 2 Eggs
- very huge handful of fresh spinach leaves
- sprinklings of the Extra Sharp Cheddar cheese
Directions:
- Crack eggs into microwave safe bowl and beat ‘em up.
- Heap in your very huge handful of spinach leaves and mix it around. Make sure all of the spinach is saturated by the egg mixture.
- Place bowl in microwave and cook for 2-minutes. (adjust time if necessary, depending on your microwave)
- Take bowl out, add your sprinklings of Cheddar cheese (but don’t be too greedy with the cheeses), then return to the microwave for 15-seconds of cheesy melting-ness.
- That’s it. You’re done. Now eat it up.
Ooo-la-laaa! It was delicious.
So I don’t wanna hear about you eating crap for breakfast (including bagels) because you didn’t have time for something better. Your body transformation requires you to make time. Even if it means you have only 3-minutes to spare, you can eat healthy with the Cheesy Spinach Melt.
booyah!
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Barbara February 10th, 2012 at 10:13
Love eggs like that. I think you just decided my lunch dilemma!
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Geosomin February 10th, 2012 at 10:20
mmm. you had me at cheese
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Melissa February 10th, 2012 at 10:43
Man, I wish I had some spinach in my fridge. Adding to the grocery list!!
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Sherry February 10th, 2012 at 11:17
The other fun thing about that meal is being able to smile at co-workers with spinach in your teeth. BTW I received my Pump today and everyone at my office is coveting my new toy. We’ve even watched one of the workouts!
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yumyucky Reply:
February 10th, 2012 at 11:40 am
oh my gawsh. she got her PUMP. Your purchasing methods are far more advanced than mine. I’m sitting here, still thirsting for my package to arrive. Just tracked it again. It’s now in Ohio with scheduled delivery for tomorrow. I’ll believe it when I see it on my doorstep.
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Laura of Lauralovinglife February 10th, 2012 at 12:30
That’s it. I just put spinach back on the grocery list for tonight. I’ll be having me some spinachy eggs tomorrow! YES!
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Mark February 10th, 2012 at 12:45
This came at just the right time for me.
Thank you!
mark
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anabels February 10th, 2012 at 15:48
OK challenge for you- healthy breakfast when you can’t have gluten egg or dairy. Like all my food must also be portable and be ok out of the fridge for 2 – 5 hours! Teaching 9am classes and still getting to the gym bites some times!
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yumyucky Reply:
February 10th, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Gah! now that’s the challenge of the century! What the heck do you eat for breakfast? Please, enlighten me.
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anabels Reply:
February 10th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
@yumyucky, Banana and the lowest sugar highest fibre gluten-free muesli bar I can find. Oh and a handful of nuts if I have time, if not they are snack after class!
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merri February 10th, 2012 at 18:54
cool. didnt know you can cook eggs in the microwave. i love spinach, i eat it every day in my lunch sandwich!!
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skippymom February 10th, 2012 at 23:05
Proven fact – people that eat breakfast lose more weight than those who don’t. You metabolism is at it’s highest [burn more calories] and it keeps you from snacking later in the day if you were to skip it.
My kids don’t make it out of the house without breakfast – and I am so darn hungry when I wake up you can bet your boots I am chowing on something.
[True - I had a 1/2 grilled cheese sandwich, 1/2 cup homemade tomato soup and 2 scoops of butter pecan ice cream for breakfast today. It was what I was craving and I was using up lefotvers. heehee - so good.]
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Lisa February 12th, 2012 at 10:53
I just made the cheesy spinach melt and it was good! Would be good with Flatout sandwich flatbread too especially if you want to eat in the car
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Megan February 13th, 2012 at 9:07
I made this for breakfast this morning, and it was delicious. Thanks for the great idea!
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Mel February 14th, 2012 at 8:49
Girl, I made it this morning and I almost wanted to slap my deceased Momma it was so good. I needed a good alternative to my oatmeal in the morning!!! Thanks for sharing!
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yumyucky Reply:
February 14th, 2012 at 3:44 pm
LOL! I’m sure your momma is pleased that you are eating well.
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Mark February 14th, 2012 at 15:38
I’ve done this three times now. I love it. And I have my oldest son, John, loving it too. Thanks!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
m.
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yumyucky Reply:
February 14th, 2012 at 3:43 pm
that is freaking awesome to hear! “The family that eats cheesy spinach melt together is forever happy”. (is that how the old Proverb goes?)
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Tameika February 16th, 2012 at 9:44
I have grown to love microwave eggs. Well not love, but definitely like them for their minimal effort and fast cooking time. Works out great on weekday morning when my time is super short. Thanks for this twist! I will definitely be trying it soon.
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Jeannette February 23rd, 2012 at 14:36
Thanks for recipe… i tried them with Feta Cheese! NICE =D
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