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Home » Breakfast & Brunch » Super Healthy Spinach Frittata With Cheese

Super Healthy Spinach Frittata With Cheese

Author: Karon Grieve Published : February 2019

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Let’s get healthy with this super simple spinach frittata. The added cottage cheese and parmesan adds creaminess and flavour and a mix of pine nuts and seeds adds crunch too.

easy and healthy spinach frittata with tomato salad

What’s to love about this recipe

  • This is another quick and easy recipe, ready in half an hour
  • It’s super healthy, low in carbs and packed with protein
  • The taste, oh the taste of spinach and cheese together with a dash of nutmeg to ramp things up, perfection on a plate!

Spinach is good for you, just look at Popeye! Well don’t actually, that was all a hoax anyway, but spinach is really good for you and you don’t really want to look like a pipe-smoking uber armed cartoon figure anyway.

spinach frittata in baking dish

Ingredients for this spinach frittata

Spinach is the star of the show in this frittata recipe. Lovely fresh green spinach packed with goodness and spring like flavour.

Eggs – free range please and large. Mine are from my own chickens who roam the garden and although a bit of a pest in the clean up department do give us the most amazingly tasty eggs.

Cheese – I have used a mixture of cottage cheese and parmesan cheese in this recipe. I like the creraminess of cottage cheese but I want the punchy flavour of the parmesan in there.

A pinch of freshly ground nutmeg really ligts your flavours. Nutmeg is often used in Mediterranean recipes to liven things up.

Nuts and seeds for crunch. I’ve opten for pine nuts plus some pepitas (pumpkin seeds) and sunflower seeds.

Ingredient alternatives

If you don’t have fresh spinach feel free to use frozen spinach but do defrost thoroughly and squeeze out as much liquid as possible before using.

Use any cheese you fancy for this frittata recipe, just whatever you have in the fridge.

frittata on plate with dish behind

How to make a spinach frittata

  • Preheat the oven to 190C
  • Quickly steam the spinach for 1 minute then chop roughly
  • Mix the chopped spinach with the eggs, cottage cheese, nutmeg, seasoning and mixed nuts/seeds and pour into an ovenproof dish
  • Sprinkle on the parmesan cheese and bake for approximately 20 minutes

How many does this spinach frittata serve?

This is a one-person recipe. Want to adapt it for more people? Then simple multiply the ingredients to suit.

How to serve a spinach frittata

I like to serve mine for lunch with a juicy tomato salad on the side. This is a seriously healthy lunch and keeps me going throughout the day,

Cut the frittata into cubes and serve as a cocktail nibble. You could even add a cherry tomato on top and skewer with a cocktail stick.

Serve this spinach frittata just as it is for breakfast or brunch as a great start to your day.

Cut into slices and pack for lunch or a picnic.

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Looking for more tasty egg recipes to try? Then check these out before you go;

Spinach frittata with feta and mint

Heuvas Rancheros (Baked Spanish Eggs)

Sage and goat’s cheese frittata

Souffle omelette with Mediterranean vegetables

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easy and healthy spinach frittata with tomato salad

Super Healthy Spinach Fritatta

Karon Grieve
A quick and easy protein packed spinach frittata recipe with cheese and mixed nuts and seeds
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
Course Breakfast, breakfast/brunch
Cuisine British
Servings 1 person
Calories 256 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 2 cups spinach
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbsp cottage cheese
  • pinch nutmeg ground
  • 1 tbsp pine nuts pepitas and sunflower seeds
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tbsp parmesan cheese grated

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 190C
  • Quickly steam the spinach for 1 minute then chop roughly
  • Mix with the eggs, nutmeg, cottage cheese, seasoning and nuts/seeds and pour into an oven proof dish
  • Sprinkle on the parmesan cheese and bake for approximately 20 minutes

Notes

You can use frozen spinach in this frittata recipe, make sure it is thoroughly defrosted and squeeze out as much water as possible.
Use any mixed nuts/seeds you fancy here.
If you don’t have cottage cheese use any cheese you have on hand
This recipe serves 1 person just multiply ingredients for more people

Nutrition

Calories: 256kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 19gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 336mgSodium: 362mgPotassium: 552mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 6185IUVitamin C: 17mgCalcium: 194mgIron: 4mg
My Top Tips*Always read the full recipe first. *Assemble all your ingredients and everything you need before you start. *For baking check the size of tins I’m using as this makes a big difference to your cakes. * I use medium sized eggs unless otherwise stated. * I use extra virgin olive oil unless otherwise stated. * I use unsalted butter unless otherwise stated. * Check out My Preserving Kit!
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