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Preparation Time
10 minutesBaking Time
30 minutesDifficulty Rating
1Health Level
4Serves
4

Ingredients
- Cream cheese, 2 cups (464 g)
- Frozen spinach, 2 cups (302 g)
- Eggs, 5 (215 g)
- Onion, Fresh, ½ small (35 g)
- Pine nuts, 1 Tbsp (10 g)
- Table salt, ⅓ tsp (1 g)
- Black Pepper, ⅓ tsp, ground (1 g)
- Nutmeg, ½ Tbsp (4 g)
- Olive oil, 1 tsp (4 g)
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 370°F/185°C.
- Steam the spinach until warm, then drain.
- Chop the onions.
- In a bowl, combine the eggs, the cream cheese, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Mix well.
- Add the spinach, onion, and mix until well combined.
- Mist or brush a pie pan with olive oil, and pour in the spinach mixture.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until the top turns golden.
- Garnish with pine nuts and serve.
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Would it be okay to have a piece of Swai fish with this?
Hi, My2020Goals. Swai fish is quite lean, so you could only have a small piece with this dish – about 2 ounces. If you want a bigger piece, let me know, and I’ll help you fit it in.
Thank you, I will split it in half
I do not see an option in the lower right hand corner of my profile for dietary needs, as suggested above. How can I get there to tweak my menus?
Hi, marticia. Scroll up a bit – it’s not at the bottom, just in the area.
What about a cream cheese just room temperature or melted in microwave?
Hi, Alla1960. The cream cheese should be just room temperature.
Is this amount for one person?
Ok, I got my answer already , reading the comments below. Sorry I am new to this.
Had the same question…5 eggs for 1 person?
Hi, MsAlma1. No, that’s 5 eggs for 4 servings.
Can I leave the onion out and still meet requirements?
Hi, aleysma74. Sure.
If I want to use fresh spinach, how much would that in place of frozen? And I would I still steam the fresh spinach or maybe sauté it?
Hi, Jody912. Three tablespoons of frozen/unheated spinach = 1 cup of raw spinach. You would steam the raw spinach – if you prefer to saute it, that’s fine, too.
Hi Ossie-Sharon. I ended up using all of a 10 oz bag of fresh spinach, which measure out to just over 5 cups loosely packed. But doing that conversion means I probably needed 2 bags? Am I short on my vegetables for lunch today? Also, the recipe was awesome even with only 1 bag of spinach. I sautéed it in a little olive oil along with the onions and a small garlic clove. Then I used pumpkin seeds on top as I had no pine nuts. Very lovely lunch. Thanks for making these meals so simple and tasty.
Hi, Jody. About one-and-a-half bags of fresh would equal two cups frozen – so one or two bags of fresh leaves would be fine, because spinach is very light.
What did you eat your spinach dip with? What did you use to dip in?
I was looking for something non dairy. I thought this was tailored to the person accessing it? No?
Hi, Theodros11. Our recipe collection contains a wide range of options, including some that are non-dairy. You can use the search function on the Recipes main page to get more of those in a cluster – type in “dairy-free,” “non-dairy,” “vegan,” etc.
To ensure getting a non-dairy menu every time, click on “Non-Dairy” in the “Dietary Needs” area of your profile (lower right area). I see that your current menu is already almost completely free of dairy, other than some cottage cheese in the Sunday menu – which you can swap for something else by clicking on it and selecting a non-dairy alternative from the pop-up list.
Can you have bacon and an egg?
Hi, ethoss. Of course! Just note that to meet the nutritional value calculated for you here (using this recipe as an example), you would need the following sizes and sides:
1 egg, cooked in at least a teaspoon of olive oil
2 slices of bacon
1 cup of a low-carbohydrate vegetable like spinach
1/4 cup heavy cream (for the egg or your morning beverage)
A high-fat side like avocado (1/4 cup), cheese (1 ounce), or nuts (2 tablespoons) – or if you’re not sensitive to cholesterol, a second egg + teaspoon of oil
Can I replace pine nuts with something else
Hi, Cathytaylor. Any nut or seed will do, as will grated Parmesan cheese.
So the pie makes 4 pieces, I have only 1 piece As serving?
Hi, nlekarczyk1. Yes – but you can refrigerate the rest and have slices again as other meals.
Terrible recipe instructions. I assume you drain the spinach and also assume the chopped onion is added to the mixture.
Hi, jawjawb. Thanks for the heads-up – the recipe has been corrected.