Going Green Easter Egg
March 28, 2014
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Going Green Easter Egg
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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4
Servings
3
Calories Per Serving
Deliver Ingredients
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
Protein
0.2g
0.4%
Carbs
0.3g
0.1%
Vitamin A
35µg
4%
Vitamin C
2mg
4%
Vitamin E
0.2mg
0.8%
Vitamin K
36µg
45%
Calcium
15mg
2%
Fiber
0.2g
0.7%
Folate (food)
15µg
N/A
Folate equivalent (total)
15µg
4%
Iron
0.2mg
1.1%
Magnesium
8mg
2%
Phosphorus
4mg
1%
Potassium
42mg
1%
Sodium
16mg
1%