Put a little fun into your breakfast this year for St. Patrick’s Day by adding a pop of green color here and there, just like we did with this delicious, savory Green Egg Scramble over Farmer Cheese. While its bright green color might be a bit jarring, you’ll be delighted to know the color comes straight from nature—not artificial colors!
To make this recipe, we whipped up fresh baby spinach, an excellent source of micronutrients and antioxidants, with eggs, spices, and herbs before scrambling them just like you would normally prepare scrambled eggs. By blending the eggs with the spinach first, the color deepens into a colorful meal that’s served over our creamy, high-protein farmer cheese atop a freshly piece of toasted bread.
Lifeway Farmer Cheese is packed with live and active cultures for gut health, and it’s an excellent source of bioavailable protein your body can easily absorb and put to best use. Just like eggs, our farmer cheese is a complete source of protein, meaning it contains all the essential amino acids your body needs to thrive. These two foods make a terrific pair to enjoy for your first meal of the day to help stabilize blood sugar levels, and supply you with healthy fats, calcium, B vitamins, and vitamin D3. Additionally, our farmer cheese is easy to digest since it’s virtually lactose-free, so you can dive into this colorful meal without worry.
Now all that’s left to do is head to the store to grab the ingredients and head to the kitchen. Find our farmer cheese in a store near you or shop online. With Lifeway in the kitchen, every meal is like a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!
The Benefits of Cultured Dairy for Better Health:
Research continues to show the importance of eating healthy foods, including cultured dairy such as kefir, for optimal digestion and gut health, a strong immune system, and to support the microbiome. Fermented foods like kefir hold important value in this line of research due to the link between the gut-brain axis and overall health. Specifically, kefir has been shown to help diversify the microbiome, improve digestion, reduce inflammation, support healthier blood sugar levels, and improve satiety since the bioavailable protein it contains triggers the release of GLP-1.
Lifeway Kefir is packed with a variety of vital nutrients important for overall health, including bone and muscle health; these include vitamin D3, K, calcium, and vitamin B12. Along with our probiotic-rich kefir, Lifeway also offers artisan-made Farmer Cheese, a creamy, high-protein cheese made with live and active cultures to support healthy muscles and a healthy microbiome. Lifeway Farmer Cheese is easy to spread, free of gums and thickeners, and contains no added salt or sugar for optimal health benefits.
Prep Time: 10 mins Servings: 2Ingredients
- 1 cup Farmer Cheese
- 2 thick pieces of gluten-free or sourdough bread of choice
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup baby spinach
- 1 1/2 tbsp. Unsalted Kefir Butter
- salt and pepper to taste
- freshly chopped chives or other herbs of choice
- optional: red pepper flakes for topping or freshly cracked black pepper
Directions
- Toast your bread to your liking, and while it's toasting, prepare the egg mixture.
- Blend the eggs with the spinach and a couple dashes each of sea salt and black pepper.
- Add the butter to a skillet and turn the heat to medium-high heat. Let the butter melt just a little, then add in the egg mixture.
- Scramble the eggs until they start to firm up but are still a touch loose. Place the lid on the skillet, turn the heat off, and leave them in the pan. They'll finish cooking without becoming overdone while you prepare the toast, but this helps keeps them warm.
- Place your toast on 1-2 plates and spread 1/2 cup of Lifeway Farmer Cheese on each piece of toast. Remove the egg mixture from the pan, and place half the eggs on one piece of toast, and the other half on the other piece of toast. Top with freshly cracked black pepper or red pepper flakes. Serve and enjoy!
