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Green Eggs and Ham – The Easy Way!

One of my favorite Dr. Seuss books is the infamous, Green Eggs and Ham.

When I was a preschool teacher, we made green eggs and ham in class every St. Patrick’s Day. Only we added green food color and made them REALLY green!

Here is a grown up version  – a healthy version that’s easy to make and tastes fantastic. Do you eat …

green eggs and ham

Are you ready to make a super easy, super tasty and good for you dish?

Here’s How to Do it:

Start by squeezing the spinach. Squeeze out some of the moisture. Then drop it into a blender.

Also add the cream and eggs to the blender and puree until fairly smooth and the mixture is evenly green.

Heat the oil in the pan.

Brown the ham pieces just a little bit on high to also evaporate  the liquid that is in the prepackaged ham steaks.

Reduce the heat to low. Then pour the eggs over the top and cover. Cook for about 5 minutes.

Remove the cover and gently turn the eggs, or stir them like scrambled eggs.

Sprinkle the parmesan over the top and cover again.

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Heat for about 5 more minutes, or until the cheese is melted.

Remove from the heat and serve. That’s it.

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You can add green pepper, jalapeño, or any other green that sounds good. Play around with it – use this as your spring board to create your own tasty version.

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Green Eggs and Ham

A great meal for St. Patrick's day - or on any day with the story!

Course: Breakfast, brunch, Main Course, main dish
Cuisine: American, Dr. Seuss
Keyword: cheese, eggs, green, ham, spinach
Servings: 4 servings
Author: HelenFern
Ingredients
  • 2 cups frozen chopped spinach, thawed
  • 4 Tablespoons cream or half and half
  • 8 large eggs
  • 2 cups cubed, cooked ham
  • 6 - 8 Tablespoons shredded parmesan cheese
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1-2 Tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
  1. Start by squeezing the spinach. Squeeze out some of the moisture. Then drop it into a blender. 

  2. Also add the cream and eggs to the blender and puree until fairly smooth and the mixture is evenly green.

  3. Heat the oil in the pan. Brown the ham pieces just a little bit on high - evaporate the liquid.

  4. Reduce the heat to low. Pour the eggs over the top and cover. Cook for about 5 minutes. 

  5. Remove the cover and gently turn the eggs. Sprinkle the parmesan over the top and cover again. Cover and cook on low for another 5 minutes. 

  6. Remove from the heat and serve. That's it.

Recipe Notes

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St. Patty’s Collection of Food

Posted By HelenFern On In Breakfast,Brunch,Holidays,Internationally Inspired,Irish,Main dish,Side Dishes,St. Patrick's Day | 2 Comments

St. Patty’s is tomorrow – what are planning? We’re planning a weekend of Irish inspired food! Sound like fun? Well here are a few ideas for you to check out for your own Irish weekend –

Erin go Bragh!

 

Starting with breakfast – How about this (Almost) Full Irish Breakfast [5]. You’ll need to take a long walk after this one! [5]

 

A little Irish coffee [6] would go great after the meal! [6]

 

Here is an easy recipe for Traditional Irish Soda Bread [7]. [7]

 

One of my favorites – Irish Colcannon [8]. [8]

 

And last but certainly not least, Irish Coddle [9]! [9]

 

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(Almost) Full Irish Breakfast – Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Posted By HelenFern On In Holidays,Internationally Inspired,Irish,St. Patrick's Day | 17 Comments

A full Irish breakfast is just what is says – FULL!!  It consists of Irish sausage (AKA Bangers), Irish bacon rashers, eggs with Dubliner cheese, potatoes, mushrooms, tomatoes, Irish soda bread…I mean, it’s FULL!!  This breakfast just has bangers, bacon, potatoes, eggs, tomatoes, and toast – oh, and a full Irish stout!

Also called an Irish Fry-up because everything is fried.  I don’t recommend this kind of breakfast on a regular basis, but hey, it’s a holiday!

What you need:

Note:  Irish and British bacon is made from the pork loin with plenty of pork belly still attached.  American bacon is made only from the pork belly.  That means there is far less fat on that Irish/British bacon.  If you can’t find Irish bacon, use thin sliced loin chops (boneless) or, as I used, a black forest dry cured bacon.

 

 

 

 

 

How to Do it:

First – Cook the sausage and bacon until the sausage is browned and the bacon is crispy.  Place on a hot plate and keep warm in the oven on low.

Fry the potatoes in what is left of the bacon grease (if you’ve used the Irish/British bacon there won’t be a lot – if you used American, drain some of the fat) until the potatoes are browned.  Add 2 Tablespoons of butter and cook until it is melted and starting to permeate the potatoes.  Place in an oven-proof dish and put in the oven to stay warm.  Add the toast or soda bread to the oven to warm it up now.

Cut the tomatoes in half and place in the hot oil.  Cook until it starts to brown, then turn.  Add the eggs to the pan and cook the way you like eggs (we do over-medium at our house).  Sprinkle each egg with 1 Tablespoon of cheese just before serving.

Remove the food from the oven.  Use the remaining butter on the bread.  Plate the food and serve it hot – with a good Irish Stout or Irish coffee.  Don’t want to use alcohol, some fresh squeezed orange juice would go perfect!

 

Makes about 4 servings

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St. Patrick’s Day Dishes to Celebrate

Posted By HelenFern On In Holidays,Internationally Inspired,Irish,St. Patrick's Day | 2 Comments

There is an Irish proverb that says “Laughter is brightest where food is the best.”  Well here is a collection of Irish dishes that will fill the room with laughter and fill your belly with joy!


Happy St. Patty’s Day!

Shamrock Toasts

Posted By HelenFern On In Breakfast,Holidays,St. Patrick's Day | 6 Comments

St. Patrick’s day is tomorrow! – so what can you make for a quick breakfast on a weekday that everyone will love AND that is festive?  How about

Avocado Shamrocks [19]

A little cheese – a lot of avocado – and you can eat it on the go! 

What you need:

How to Do it:

20160309-IMG_5255 [20]Cut the bread into 8 shamrock shapes.


Toast until brown.

 

While still hot, place the cheese around the bread still keeping the shamrock shape. 20160309-IMG_5261 [21]

Allow to melt into the toast (You can microwave it for about 30 seconds to speed it along).

Cut the avocados in half and mash, still in the shell, with a fork.

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Spoon ¼ of an avocado onto each shamrock.

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Serve warm!

Serves 4

Note: I use a cheese slicer to get fairly thin slices off of chunk cheese (which is cheaper than pre-sliced.

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