Baked Eggs with Spinach and Mushrooms

In our house, Sage is the weekend breakfast cook. Not that I can't make it, it just happens to be one of his jobs, like mowing the lawn and fixing stuff. But for Father's Day, I wanted to let him sleep in and make him a nice breakfast. A while back I saw a recipe for baked eggs on Florida Coastal Cooking. I've been wanting to try them and this seemed like a nice time to do so.

I love spinach and mushroom when paired with cream cheese and eggs, so that's what I went with. But you could make it whatever veggies you have on hand- this would be a great way to use any leftover grilled or roasted vegetables. (Provided you actually have leftover vegetables. We never do.) Personally, I'm a fan of using the entire egg, but Sage prefers mostly whites with a touch of yolk. Since it was his day, I used 1 full egg and 3 whites, and found in this particular dish, I didn't miss the yolks.

Sage really enjoyed his breakfast- especially the pocket of cream cheese in the middle- but felt there was a little too much spinach in it. That would never be a problem for me, so I'd say adjust the amount you use according to your preference.

Baked Eggs with Spinach and Mushrooms

adapted from Florida Coastal Cooking

serves 2

olive oil mister/cooking spray

1/2 small onion, diced

4 oz. button or cremini mushrooms, coarsley chopped

kosher salt and fresh ground pepper

crushed red pepper flakes, to taste

1 garlic cloved, minced

3-5 cups spinach leaves, stems removed and roughly chopped or torn

1/4 cup Neufchatel Cheese, divided

3 egg whites

1 full egg

Preheat oven to 375.

Mist a medium saute pan with olive oil and heat over medium. Add onion and cook for a couple minutes. Add the mushrooms, season with salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes, and saute for 2 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another minute and then add desired amount of spinach to pan, and continue cooking until spinach is wilted. Remove from heat.

Spoon mixture evenly into two ramakins that have been misted with olive oil or cooking spray. Top each one with 2 tbsp cream cheese and season with extra salt and pepper. Wisk the whole egg together with the whites and pour over cream cheese.

Place ramakins on a baking sheet and baked for 20-30 minutes or until eggs are set.