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Published: Jan 10, 2019 · Modified: Jan 23, 2020 by Cathy · This post may contain affiliate links

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Easy Warm Spinach Salad with Egg

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Warm Spinach Salad with Egg is a quick, easy, nutritious breakfast, lunch, or dinner that you can throw together with five or six ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen.

bacon bit and shredded cheddar cheese arranged over fried egg on a bed of spinach
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  • Cooked Spinach Benefits
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  • Is there casein in goat cheese?
  • Bacon is Optional on Warm Spinach Salad
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Do you sometimes feel like you just don't have time to prepare nutritious food? This is a super easy wholesome breakfast, lunch, or dinner that you can prepare even if you have just a few minutes at home.

This is what I make for myself to eat when I don't have any leftovers that need to be cleaned up. I'm not a big sandwich person, as I like to keep my carbs low.

Cooked Spinach Benefits

While raw spinach contains folate, vitamin C, niacin, riboflavin, and potassium, it also has oxalic acid. Oxalic acid can interfere with our absorption of calcium and iron. By cooking spinach, we break down the oxalic acid, so we can absorb these nutrients.

However, we don't want to cook our spinach in water. It dissolves nutrients and washes them away.

This salad offers a best-case scenario. If you top the spinach with eggs while they're still hot and drizzle some of that hot coconut oil over it, it will be a little bit raw and a little bit cooked. The heat from the eggs softens the spinach beneath them and enhances it.That's the way I enjoy it most!

How to Cook the Eggs

Cook your eggs as you like them for this salad. Whether that's sunny-side-up, over-easy, or well-done. If you want to get fancy, you could even poach them.   I like to leave my eggs a little soft.

Warm Spinach Salad with Egg

Start with a nice bed of fresh spinach.

Is there casein in goat cheese?

I've recently been diagnosed with an intolerance to casein. My naturopathic doctor told me that I can have pure cream and butter (no casein) and goat and sheep products. While goat and sheep cheese still apparently contain casein, it's a different kind. If you're confused about your dairy tolerance, you might want to look into this.

Fortunately for me, goat cheese is fairly readily available. Many restaurants even have some they can give me to replace other cheeses.

For this recipe, I was able to find a marble cheddar goat cheese, so that's what I used.

warm spinach salad with egg

Bacon is Optional on Warm Spinach Salad

If you have any cooked bacon in your fridge, chop it up and add it to this warm salad. The point of this recipe is that it's to be quick, easy, and nutritious. Asking you to cook bacon would defeat the purpose. But, hey, if you have some already, there's no reason not to throw it on!

In fact, you may find all sorts of other things in your fridge or cupboards that you like to add to this great warm spinach salad. If you make it, I'd love to see a picture. Just tag it #CathysGlutenFree on Instagram!

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Warm Spinach Salad with Egg

CathysGlutenFree.com
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 1 person
Calories 467kcal
Author Cathy

Ingredients

  • 2 cups fresh spinach loosely packed
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ cup grated cheese
  • ¼ teaspoon seasoning I used Herbamare.
  • 1 strip bacon optional, cooked and chopped

Instructions

  • Arrange fresh spinach on a plate.
  • Heat a cast iron or other nonstick skillet over medium heat. Melt the coconut oil. Add eggs and cook until desired doneness, flipping once if desired. Immediately transfer eggs on top of spinach, drizzling any excess hot oil over spinach.
  • Sprinkle grated cheese over the eggs while they are still hot, so it melts a little. 
  • Season to taste.
  • If using bacon, scatter it on top. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 467kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 23g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 370mg | Sodium: 503mg | Potassium: 537mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 6414IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 329mg | Iron: 4mg
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Comments

  1. Sheryl says

    January 21, 2019 at 9:07 pm

    mmm. . . this salad looks yummy.

    Reply
    • Cathy says

      January 21, 2019 at 9:48 pm

      Thank you, Sheryl!

      Reply
  2. Dawn - Girl Heart Food says

    January 22, 2019 at 1:20 pm

    5 stars
    I have all the ingredients on hand to make this! Looks so delicious and love how quickly it comes together...definitely perfect for busy weekdays 🙂

    Reply
    • Cathy says

      January 22, 2019 at 1:23 pm

      Wonderful! That's the great thing about it!

      Reply
  3. Shelby @Fitasamamabear says

    February 03, 2019 at 12:09 pm

    5 stars
    Egg on salad is one of my favorites! So tasty!

    Reply
    • Cathy says

      February 03, 2019 at 4:15 pm

      It's an easy way to add some protein, too!

      Reply
  4. Renee D Kohley says

    February 04, 2019 at 6:16 am

    5 stars
    I love eggs cooked over easy - making this for my breakfast this morning! Thanks!

    Reply
    • Cathy says

      February 04, 2019 at 8:20 am

      That's the way I like mine, too. Enjoy!

      Reply
  5. Tessa Simpson says

    February 05, 2019 at 7:00 pm

    5 stars
    Perfectly dreamy!! Warm molten eggs, crunchy bacon...best lunch EVER!

    Reply
    • Cathy says

      February 05, 2019 at 9:13 pm

      Thank you, Tessa! And it's easy to make!

      Reply
  6. Daniela says

    February 06, 2019 at 1:06 pm

    This looks like my perfect kind of lunch! Runny eggs on everything!

    Reply
    • Cathy says

      February 06, 2019 at 2:07 pm

      Runny eggs sound good!

      Reply

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