Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner

[jumpuphigh]

This is a throw-together recipe that I made today with the what's-in-my-kitchen method of cooking. It was easy, fast and required just a bit of manual dexterity.

Super-easy Veggie Egg Sandwich

Carton of egg whites
Fresh baby spinach
sea salt
english muffin (although No-Knead Bread will work too, I bet)**
butter/margarine (your choice)

Pull out a small, non-stick saucepan. Put in about a teaspoon of butter/margarine and a handful of spinach. Cover and let wilt. While it is wilting, open up the english muffin and put it in toaster/toaster oven to brown. Take lid off spinach, stir briefly to redistribute cooked/not-so-cooked leaves. Pour in enough egg whites to cover bottoms of leaves. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt. Cover again. Realize you need a spatula and get it. Realize you need a plate and get it. Twiddle fingers. Pull out toasted muffin. Check eggs. Realize they aren't done yet. Twiddle fingers some more (or load the dishwasher/wipe counters/your choice). Check eggs. If they are mostly cooked through, flip*. Sprinkle with a tiny bit more salt. Let cook until they are solid. Dish out onto english muffins and cut in half so that you have 2 open-faced sandwiches. Enjoy!

*For getting eggs out of a pan when the entire bottom of the pan is covered, I use a spoon to pull up an edge of the eggs then slide my spatula underneath. 
ETA:**Ooooh, I bet a toasted raisin bagel would be good, too.

For dinner, white wine is a nice accompaniment.

Comments

[somewhatbent]

I use whatever cheese comes to hand -- we have a preference for hard aged cheeses, mostly, but anything that grates or crumbles will work. When just adding cheese I don't bother to mix it at all -- the specific gravity between cheese and egg means it usually won't go all the way to the bottom and stick to the bowl. Likewise with 'lightweight' veggies like mushrooms and chives.

If I'm adding leftover meat/fish (which I forgot to mention -- not enough mental spoons, clearly) I dice or tear finely and *do* give it a stir through.

Covering the bowl helps it partly steam, making lighter eggs but will leave the bowl hotter. Something to mind on the limited dexterity days.

[mathsnerd]

Gotcha. Good to know. And yeah, all my days are limited dexterity days, so I will make a note. Thanks.