Easy Warm Spinach Salad with Egg

Why This Recipe Works

Do you sometimes feel like you don't have time to prepare nutritious food? I make this spinach and egg salad as a wholesome lunch for myself to eat when I don't have any leftovers that need to be cleaned up. Slipping warm eggs over fresh spinach heats it a little without cooking it and slightly melts the cheese.

Gather Your Ingredients

• Bacon - Optional, but adds nice flavor if you have some.
• Spinach - Use fresh, baby leaves or tear up big ones
• Eggs - may be fried or poached, as you like them
• Oil - only needed if you didn't use bacon
• Cheese - any hard cheese that grates well such as cheddar
• Seasoning - a blend like my Savory Herb Spice Blend, Everything Seasoning, Herbamare, or anything you like

Substitutions

• Oil - If you haven't used bacon in the recipe and therefore have no bacon fat, use any cooking oil you normally use. I prefer coconut oil, olive, or avocado oil.
• Cheese - A hard cheese that grates well is perfect, but you could try any cheese that you have on hand.
• Seasoning - There are all sorts of possibilities for seasoning here. Experiment to see what you like best.

1. Brown bacon (optional)

Brown some chopped bacon in a pan. Keep the drippings for cooking the eggs.

2. Cook eggs

Cook eggs as you like them in the bacon drippings or oil.

Whether you like your eggs sunny-side-up, over-easy, or well-done, suit yourself! If you want to get fancy, you could even poach them.   I like to leave my eggs a little soft, so that warm runny yolk oozes over the spinach.

3. Arrange spinach

Arrange fresh spinach on a serving plate for each person.

4. Place eggs

Slip warm eggs over the fresh spinach.

5. Top it off.

Sprinkle chopped bacon, shredded cheese, and seasoning over each dish.

How to Prep Ahead

While this dish is pretty quick and easy as it is, there are a few things you could do ahead to save time later.

If you have cooked bacon ahead of time, simply use any oil you like for cooking the eggs. Yes, even with a nonstick pan I like to use a little oil.

Cheese could be grated earlier and refrigerated in a covered container.

Make up a batch of Savory Herb Spice Blend to keep on hand. It has everything you need in one jar and is great in all sorts of dishes!

Variations

Use your imagination with this one! Check your fridge for anything quick and easy that you might like to add to this recipe. Peppers, tomatoes, or mushrooms would go well. Even toss them in with the frying bacon!