Recipe: Buttery Broccoli and Spinach With Fried Eggs
This dish is the perfect way to power up before a long day. It includes greens, fat, and protein and makes for a comforting, hearty breakfast.
This dish includes greens, fat, and protein and makes for a comforting, hearty breakfast. Cook the eggs sunny-side up, and you can use the yolks, when broken, as a sauce for the vegetables.
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8 ounces broccoli (11⁄4 cups), stems peeled and cut into 1⁄4-inch-thick rounds, florets cut into bite-size pieces
11⁄2 tablespoons Ghee
1⁄2 yellow onion, sliced thin
2 garlic cloves, minced
4 cups baby spinach
1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt
1⁄4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon unsalted, grass-fed butter
4 large eggs
2 avocados, pitted, peeled, and cut into slices
Calories 290
Fat 23g
Saturated Fat 7g
Cholesterol 187mg
Fiber 11g
Protein 12g
Carbohydrates 15g
Sodium 721mg
From the book, Eat Fat, Get Thin, by Mark Hyman, MD