Green Egg & Ham Sandwiches with Pesto

The recipe Green Egg & Ham Sandwiches with Pesto can be made in around 35 minutes. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 454 calories, 19g of protein, and 28g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. For $1.52 per serving, this recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from Simply Sugar and Gluten Free requires baby spinach, bacon, eggs, and chives. A couple people really liked this main course. This recipe is liked by 58 foodies and cooks. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 78%, which is solid. Similar recipes include Mustard Green Pesto and Egg Open-Faced Sandwiches, Pesto Egg Salad Sandwiches, and Daddy’s Egg & Ham Sandwiches.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 5 minutes

Cooking duration: 30 minutes

 

Ingredients:

4 cups lightly-packed baby spinach

8 slices bacon, preferably uncured, nitrate-free

8 sliced gluten-free bread, toasted (I used Canyon Bakehouse)

2 tablespoons chopped chives

4 large eggs, lightly beaten, preferably organic

1 tablespoon olive oil

sea salt and fresh ground pepper, as needed

Equipment:

aluminum foil

baking sheet

oven

paper towels

frying pan

cutting board

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil. Set a baking rack on the baking sheet. Put the bacon on the baking rack. Bake for 30 minutes, carefully flipping halfway through, or until desired crispness is achieved. Transfer cooked bacon to a paper towel lined plate to cool.Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Rinse the baby spinach and shake lightly to remove some of the water. Put the spinach and chives in the skillet, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring, until the spinach is wilted. Remove cooked spinach and chives to a paper towel lined cutting board, removing as much moisture as possible. Discard the paper towels. Chop the spinach and chives roughly. Stir the chopped spinach and chives into the lightly beaten eggs. Return to the skillet and cook until the eggs are set.Divide the cooked eggs into four portions. If desired, spread pesto on the toasted bread, then put the bacon on one slice of bread and top it with one-fourth of the eggs. Top the eggs with microgreens if using. Complete the sandwich with the second slice of bread. Serve with extra pesto on the side if desired. (In my book you can never have enough pesto.)

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil. Set a baking rack on the baking sheet.

2. Put the bacon on the baking rack.

3. Bake for 30 minutes, carefully flipping halfway through, or until desired crispness is achieved.

4. Transfer cooked bacon to a paper towel lined plate to cool.

5. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Rinse the baby spinach and shake lightly to remove some of the water.

6. Put the spinach and chives in the skillet, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring, until the spinach is wilted.

7. Remove cooked spinach and chives to a paper towel lined cutting board, removing as much moisture as possible. Discard the paper towels. Chop the spinach and chives roughly. Stir the chopped spinach and chives into the lightly beaten eggs. Return to the skillet and cook until the eggs are set.Divide the cooked eggs into four portions. If desired, spread pesto on the toasted bread, then put the bacon on one slice of bread and top it with one-fourth of the eggs. Top the eggs with microgreens if using. Complete the sandwich with the second slice of bread.

8. Serve with extra pesto on the side if desired. (In my book you can never have enough pesto.)


Nutrition Information:

Quickview
444k Calories
18g Protein
27g Total Fat
29g Carbs
18% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
444k
22%

Fat
27g
43%

  Saturated Fat
8g
52%

Carbohydrates
29g
10%

  Sugar
3g
4%

Cholesterol
215mg
72%

Sodium
870mg
38%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
18g
37%

Vitamin K
153µg
146%

Vitamin A
3165IU
63%

Selenium
40µg
58%

Manganese
0.96mg
48%

Folate
130µg
33%

Vitamin B1
0.43mg
29%

Vitamin B2
0.47mg
28%

Vitamin B3
5mg
27%

Phosphorus
263mg
26%

Iron
3mg
22%

Vitamin B6
0.32mg
16%

Magnesium
61mg
15%

Vitamin B5
1mg
15%

Calcium
138mg
14%

Zinc
1mg
13%

Vitamin E
1mg
13%

Potassium
429mg
12%

Fiber
3g
12%

Vitamin C
9mg
11%

Vitamin B12
0.67µg
11%

Copper
0.19mg
9%

Vitamin D
1µg
8%

covered percent of daily need
Widget by spoonacular.com

 

Suggested for you

Latin Chicken and Rice Pot
Pumpkin French Toast
Salisbury Steaks With Gravy
Parmesan Zucchini and Corn
Vietnamese Banh Mi Sandwich
Spinach Almond Crostini
Seasoned Green Beans
Creamed spinach grilled cheese sandwich
Three Cheese and Chicken Stuffed Shells
Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes
Food Trivia

Hot dogs were of the first food eaten on the moon. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. ate hot dogs on their 1969 journey.

Food Joke

News We Just Couldn't Pass Up A study published in New Scientist magazine has confirmed what common sense would dictate -- when porcupines mate, they do it very carefully. Tom Kroon won't have to worry about finding parking space near his house in Grand Rapids, Mich. Kroon, 64, refused to be evicted from the only home he has ever known, so city officials will build a public parking lot around it. Virginia Beach, Va., bank tellers handed over the loot when a robber demanded cash. They also slipped in an explosive dye pack that burns at about 400 degrees. The crook stuffed the loot down the front of his pants and was out the door before he realized something was wrong. A Milwaukee man was robbed at gunpoint on a golf course and was glad all the thieves took was his cash. "I was really afraid they were going to steal my golf clubs," he said. He played the course again the next day. Compiled by Ivan Weiss, Seattle Times, July 19, 1997 An Australian prisoner who wrote a "happy anniversary card" for Port Arthur mass-murderer Martin Bryant was acquitted of using the postal service to send offensive material. A Brazilian woman faces up to 15 years in jail for kidnapping the mother of a self-described real-estate agent who allegedly swindled her in a deal. A motorist led officers on a freeway chase until his sport-utility vehicle apparently ran out of gas, but the pursuit didn't end there. The man jumped out of the vehicle and began pushing it. California Highway Patrol officers waited until he tired and then arrested him. Compiled by Ivan Weiss, Seattle Times, December 20, 1997 A Warren, R.I., man found what he thought was a novelty cigarette lighter in the shape of a miniature handgun. When he pulled the trigger to produce a flame, the "lighter" fired a .22-caliber bullet. No one was hurt. A Columbus, Ohio, woman who mowed her lawn topless was convicted of disorderly conduct and fined $40. The judge said it was because she had been drinking. Connecticut lottery devotees did a double take when the same winning numbers, 8-2-8, were drawn two days in a row. Northbridge, Mass., police caught a former doughnut-shop employee who robbed the place after he left a trail of coins leading to his apartment. Hudson the dog, who lives in London, saved the life of his arch-rival, Zoe the cat, by barking until their owner rescued Zoe from a spinning clothes dryer. Compiled by Ivan Weiss, The Seattle Times, January 31, 1998 A rubber cow-pie prop from "The Beverly Hillbillies" was auctioned off recently by Universal Studios as part of an on-line charity fund-raiser. Fishermen in Russia's Far East have been buying up Chinese-made Barbie dolls and using their golden hair as bait. A New York parolee turned the tables on his parole officer and had him arrested for soliciting a $10,000 bribe. A lawmaker seeking re-election to the Danish Parliament has said the country's 11 million pigs should be given toys to play with. An Australian cricket player, desperate for some plain food after two weeks in India, called home for an emergency shipment of canned baked beans and spaghetti. A Newport News, Va., man was sentenced to five months in jail on five counts of being a Peeping Tom after his lip prints matched ones left on a window. A Saegertown, Pa., man who said he was tired of looking at two telephone service boxes at the edge of his property ripped them up with a tractor, state police said. He could not be reached for comment. His phone is no longer in service. Compiled by Ivan Weiss, The Seattle Times, March 7, 1998 Angry at the quality of their dinner after a grueling day on duty, about 200 Sri Lankan policemen fired shots into the air and set fire to their food. Victoria, B.C., authorities have taken a newborn baby from its mother because of a health threat at home -- overexposure to detergent. Hong Kong's Buddhist clergy have warned the faithful that phony monks who have wives and smoke cigarettes are preying on the faithful at funerals. Creve Coeur, Ill., p.

Popular Recipes
Orange Marmalade Cocktail

Food Republic

Homemade Pumpkin Cranberry Pecan Protein Bars

Unsophisticook

Spaghetti with Clams and Broccoli

Framed Cooks

Roasted Golden Beet Salad with Tarragon Dressing

The Messy Baker

Marshmallow Peeps

The Baking Pan