Scrambled Eggs with Spinach and Bacon
"You can't serve breakfast without eggs" - this bit of wisdom is courtesy of Chris's late grandfather who would almost refuse breakfast without eggs. We were inspired to pair scrambled eggs with cream cheese from Sara Moulton's Cooking Live show. We vary it here by adding some leftovers. Originally served as part of: Pancakes and Scrambled Eggs.
- Creamy Scrambled Eggs with Leeks (November 11, 2002)
Ingredients
- 1/2 tablespoon butter
- 4 large eggs
- 2 ounces light cream cheese (Neufchatel)
- salt & pepper
- 1 slice leftover cooked bacon
- 1/4 cup leftover cooked with bacon fat and minced onions spinach
Instructions
We begin by heating our non-stick pan over low heat with the butter. We crack the eggs into a large bowl. We place the cream cheese on a small plate and microwave it for 1 minute on 10% power. We want the cold cream cheese softened. We add the softened cream cheese and some salt and pepper to the eggs and whisk.
When the butter has melted, we add the egg-cream cheese mixture. We raise the heat a bit, but not too much as we want it to cook slowly. We cook, stirring occasionally, for about 10 minutes until the eggs are just cooked through.
We heat the cold leftover spinach and bacon in the microwave for a minute until hot and mix the spinach in with the eggs. We serve the eggs garnished with the bacon.
Ingredients
- ½ tbsp butter
- 4 large eggs
- 2 oz light cream cheese (Neufchâtel)
- salt and pepper
- ¼ cup leftover cooked spinach (with bacon fat and onion)
- 1 slice leftover cooked bacon
Instructions
What's a kid job?
A Kid job is a step kids can help with, with a grown-up nearby, not one they do on their own. Every kid is different, so go by what your child can do rather than by age. Roughly:
- Little ones (about 2 to 4) can stir, pour in ingredients a grown-up has measured, tear lettuce, wash vegetables and sprinkle toppings.
- Older kids (about 5 to 8) can also measure and level, crack eggs, whisk, roll and cut out dough, and put things together.
- Bigger kids can read the recipe aloud, keep track of the timer, and take on more of the cooking as they're ready.
Steps with a knife, microplane, skewers, stove, oven, grill or hot oil, or with raw meat, poultry or seafood, are marked Grown-up. Kids can still watch those, from a safe distance.
Melt the butter in a nonstick pan over low heat.
Kid job
Crack the eggs into a large bowl. Soften the cream cheese in the microwave at 10% power 1 minute, add it with salt and pepper, and whisk.
Grown-up
Pour the eggs into the pan, raise the heat just a little, and cook slowly, stirring now and then, about 10 minutes, until just cooked through.
Microwave the spinach and bacon 1 minute, mix the spinach into the eggs, and top with the bacon.