Spinach, Egg and Turkey Bacon Wrap
Well, I invented this one this weekend upon receiving a bunch of spinach in my produce basket. I try to measure but usually only succeed on the high fat/calorie ingredients and just guess on spices and veggies.
You’ll need:
-A handful of spinach
-1/2c or so of egg white (I use the stuff I buy in a carton at the grocery store – you could also just use two egg whites or even two regular eggs or one egg and one egg white – whatever floats your eggy boat)
-A healthy sprinkling of some sort of egg appropriate seasoning (egg whites are bland, man! I use Zatarain’s Creole Seasoning)
-2 slices of turkey bacon, halved (which makes a total of 4 halves – I like Jennie-O)
-30g of ricotta cheese (I think it’s around 2T, but I use my scale so I can’t tell you in tablespoons exactly – I also use lowfat ricotta by preference)
-One wrap (I like Flat Out Multigrain something or anothers – I get them three packs of 8 for $6 at Costco usually)
So.
Preheat a pan – I use our ridiculously expensive AllClad little pan that requires no oil to cook eggs – but if you don’t possess said ridiculously overpriced little pan, you’ll probably want a spray or so of oil in the pan.
Then toss in the spinach (I try to remove the big stems – then I feed them to the dogs, it makes their poop pretty)
That handful is ridiculously big at first but never fear, it WILL get smaller (Please to ignore the spots on the stove. I have since washed my stove, I promise!)
See? I told you!
Then add the 1/2 cup of egg whites to the spinach.
And then top with the seasonings.
Then put a lid on the eggy thing and start the other preparations.
I make my turkey bacon in the microwave – 30seconds to defrost, then 30 seconds on one side and 30 seconds on the other.
I comes out looking like this.
You might notice there are five pieces of bacon on this plate. Don’t worry, only four go on the sandwich. Number five goes in my tummy and is a relic of portioning up a whole package of Jennie-O turkey bacon.
Then put the ricotta on the wrap
Just kind of spread it around on one half.
Go back to your eggs which should hopefully be relatively well set up by now and carefully flip that bad boy over
Then cook for another minute or so and then put it on the ricotta topped wrap
Top with the bacon
And ROOOOOLLLLLLL!
And then serve!
Looks tasty no?
A little blurry, but you get the idea.
Here’s how I served mine:
Yeah, strawberries.
And tomatoes and orange-ish fruit. I don’t think it’s an orange though, it peels too easily and has a teat. Oh well. It’s a citrus. And all from my produce basket….
Okay, next recipe is going to be a separate entry…this one is already too long!
EDIT! Since I forgot the verdict and the nutritional information!
Verdict:
Tasty and not just because I invented it. Or possibly, plaguerized it from 900 different recipes that already live in my head. It would be better with real bacon and real eggs of course but I think the ricotta and spinach actually would stay in my wrap even if I weren’t on a diet. I enjoy their tastes together. How weird is that? I like spinach!
Nutritional information:
Ummm. yeah. see, here’s the thing. I don’t actually calculate the full nutritionals on something like this. It’s a one meal kind of deal so I just approximate the WWpts – the wrap is one point or so, the ricotta is about half a point, the spinach is free, the egg whites are one point and the turkey bacon is one point
That’s a total of 3.5pts for breakfast (the tomato is zero, so are the strawberries so the only other point is the orange thing so the entire plate + bowl = 4.5 pts)
