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Going Green Easter Egg

Name: Going Green Easter Egg
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 quart water; 2 -3 tablespoons of distilled vinegar; 1 cup cooked spinach

March 28, 2014

Hilary Sheinbaum

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Cooked spinach can do more than power Popeye's punches. For an all-natural, green egg, combine this spinach with vinegar and a hardboiled egg and you’ll have an earth colored Easter treat in no time.

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Servings

Calories Per Serving

Ingredients

1 quart water
2 -3 tablespoons of distilled vinegar
1 Cup cooked spinach

Directions

Hard-boil an egg in a quart of water, 2-3 tbsp. of distilled vinegar and the spinach for 20 minutes.

To intensify the colors, let the liquid cool with the egg in it and/or refrigerate it overnight.

Nutritional Facts

Servings4

Calories Per Serving3

Protein0.2g0.4%

Carbs0.3g0.1%

Vitamin A35µg4%

Vitamin C2mg4%

Vitamin E0.2mg0.8%

Vitamin K36µg45%

Calcium15mg2%

Fiber0.2g0.7%

Folate (food)15µgN/A

Folate equivalent (total)15µg4%

Iron0.2mg1.1%

Magnesium8mg2%

Phosphorus4mg1%

Potassium42mg1%

Sodium16mg1%