Spinach 'n' Eggs - Biting Life

Woohoo! It’s Sunday, my favorite day of week Wanna know why? ‘Cause it’s Brent’s day off! Brent works Monday-Friday 2-7 and Saturdays 7-5, so it’s a relief when we get to spend all day together on Sunday. Usually he’s pretty exhausted from his week, so we just hang out together, enjoying each other’s company.

I woke up this morning and decided to have the same exact this for breakfast as yesterday! (minus the blackberries)

spinach ‘n’ eggs

These are the healthiest eggs ever! I love having eggs for breakfast, but the problem is that they don’t keep me full for very long and they have a fairly significant amount of calories.

Usually I opt for my old standby, Low-Calorie Oats:

1/2 cup whole wheat quick oats (I like the texture better than old-fashioned for some reason)
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp Shiloh Farms Maple Sugar (my favorite thing ever!)
Pinch of kosher salt
2 packets Splenda

(That all adds up to 251 calories).

Mmmm! My tummy’s rumblin’ now just thinking about them

But this morning I had eggs.

Spinach ‘n’ Eggs

(original recipe)

Ingredients (serves one):

2 eggs

1 egg white

1 tbsp fat-free milk

1 1/2 cups spinach, chopped

Canola Oil

Salt and pepper

Directions:

Beat eggs, egg white, and milk together; add in salt and pepper.

Heat canola oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and add spinach.

Cook spinach until tender, add egg mixture.

Lower heat to medium and break up spinach evenly into eggs.

Stir eggs slowly for a couple of minutes until eggs are done.

Enjoy!

(Calories = 180)

strawberries

I got pretty hungry a little while later, so I snacked on a healthy serving of strawberries!

Zatarain’s butter & garlic rice

For lunch, I had the leftover serving of Zatarain’s Butter & Garlic Rice. It was tasty!

guiltless carrot cupcake with vanilla frosting

Aaaand I might’ve had one of these

butternut squash mac ‘n’ cheese

For dinner tonight, I whipped up an old standby, Butternut Squash Mac ‘n’ Cheese. I think it’s his favorite meal that I make! It was just as yummy as last time

I found that using a blender worked better than mashing the butternut squash with a spoon (duh!), so I updated the recipe to reflect that good idea.

Today was pretty busy… I did a lot of homework to get ahead for my trip to NYC on Tuesday (so excited!). I don’t want to get stuck having to put a good time on hold to work on a project or finish up an essay. I just want to be able to fully enjoy my vacation.

Let’s Discuss!

What’s your favorite healthy breakfast? Those Low-Calorie Oats probably win my heart!

Do you have a day of the week when you spend quality time with your significant other or do things just for you? Sunday’s the day for us

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

Alex @ therunwithin July 16, 2012 at 8:09 am

hmm I need to look up the recipe for that carrot cupcake, it looks yummy!

MirandaMowbray July 16, 2012 at 10:25 am: They are sooo good! I’ll have one for a small treat when I’m craving something sweet. Totally does the trick And they don’t even taste like they’re “diet” muffins (that’s straight from the boyfriend’s mouth, so you know it’s true)!!