Do you ever feel like the inside of your car is a spot on representation of what your life is like? I do. When my life is a little out of control, my car becomes a sh*tshow. Legit, frightening. I don’t know how it happens but my car will be clean one day, then an explosion occurs by the next day. That’s what’s happening right now. I’m not sure where all these coffee cups came from. And pieces of tupperware. WHERE DID YOU COME FROM!? I must be a sh*tshow. And I’m sure my workout buddies would agree.
I’m really sad right now. No, not because my car is hoarders fantasy land, but because I didn’t get to partake in my weekly kickball game. Such a shame. I did a workout with my friend’s Katie, Sergio, and Clark at CrossFit South Denver, and afterwards, wanted to die. I have absolutely never felt like that after a workout. It felt like how it used to feel when I ate grains. Seriously. I would get the worst stomach aches in the world when I ate grains and as soon as I cut those foods out, I never felt like that again. Until this wod. I think the mix of heatand squat cleans did it. How do you people in extra hot places do it? Are you just cool with vomiting regularly? And feeling like death?
Anywho. Did you know they have Cold Stone Creamery creamer for your coffee now!? Those assholes. That sounds fantastic. I sometimes miss sweet coffee. Mostly when I’m on my monthly gift. Like frappucinos. Get out of town. I dream about those things.
Ok, I’m going to get it together now. I made this little cups of joy for my roommate Laura. She’s trying to eat more veggies. And this was perfect because she doesn’t really love spinach and she liked that it was slightly hidden in this dish. So if you don’t like veggies, DON’T YOU WORRY, they’re hidden, meaning they don’t exist. It’s science.
Spinach Sweet Potato Egg Nests
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
Ingredients
- 1 medium yam, shredded
- 20oz frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed of liquid*
- 12 eggs
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 tablespoon fat of choice (I used bacon fat)
- coconut oil spray
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
- Shred your yam in a food processor using the shredding attachment.
- Spray your 12 tin muffin pan.
- Place shredded yam in each muffin and press down and up onto the sides to create little buckets. Spray the tops of the shredded yams in each tin.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes.
- While the little nest bake, take your thawed spinach and squeeze out all the excess liquid.
- Place a medium skillet over medium heat and add a tablespoon of fat.
- Throw in your spinach along with garlic powder, onion powder, and salt and pepper. Saute and cover to help cook through.
- After 6-8 minutes or once your spinach is cooked through, add spinach to each tin and press down, making sure to leave room for your egg to fit comfortably in.
- Bake for 8-9 minutes for runny yolks or up to 12 for hard eggs.
- Serve with hot sauce on top!
Here’s a suggestion/tip: cook some bacon and use the renderings (bacon fat) to cook your spinach and then crush the bacon and sprinkle on top of the egg.:-P yum!
Hahaha!!! you are crazy hilarious!!! And YES – my car is my storage room.. or wait maybe trash can at some point.
I will never be able to do crossfit i don’t think. I am struggling with P90X at the moment – struggling but liking it. 🙂
yes you can Helena, seriously, anyone can and it’s the greatest feeling when you do!
Hi there,
I can’t get any of these recipes to print…When I click on the print link, the recipe comes up again but doesn’t print.
Suggestions??
Mahalo!
This has happened to a few other people as well but we can’t seem to figure out the problem. What browser are you using?
If you lived in NC I would stalk you until we became besties! For now I’ll settle with e-stalking. Going to preheat the oven and start shredding yams… The hubs will be so proud that I tried to cook. This counts as baking right? 🙂
OMG I saw a commercial for that Cold Stone creamer business the other day and literally almost puked in my mouth. I hardly watch TV, so when I do, and see shit like that, I’m always like “Seriously?! People WANT that?!”….and then I look in the fridge and see that my roommate owns it. And then I do a dance because I’m moving in 2 weeks. But anyway…I’m making these cups, and I’m staying away from ice cream creamer grossness ewwww
three words: texas in august. don’t try and tell me denver is hot. although 87 is pretty warm (i looked at the historical data… i’m a nerd), but you probably don’t have the 1000000% (yes it’s possible) humidity that we do in houston :-p i second the electrolyte comment. i take endurolytes from hammer nutrition during the summer. they come in caplet form. swallow 3-4 about 20 min ahead of time and you’ll be good to go. you’ll probably still feel pukey, but maybe less so 🙂
Just a thought…if you opt for some bulletproof coffee, it might replace some of the sweet that you are missing. I really feel like the mix of butter/coconut oil makes my coffee taste like a latte.
OK, so I am new here, but LOVE this blog, like instant love. I am experiencing my lovely monthly “gift” right now, and let me tell you how bad that is for my food habits. I’ve had sooo much sugar over the last several days, it’s seriously ridiculous.
And I agree with the car thing too. Right now I am coaching volleyball, working full time and trying to keep my work out schedule relatively normal…my car is a ridiculous sh*t show mess. My husband yells at me frequently. So, I think I’ll make him these yummy muffin-y things for breakfast so he will shut up! 🙂
Will try this this weekend–perhaps with some paleo hollandaise on top!–and report back 🙂
These were fantastic! Perfect way to do runny eggs without being a slave to poaching 🙂 We’re Texans and will pretty much eat salsa on any/everything, but since I had the time I made some paleo blender hollandaise sauce and it was magical 🙂 These will be on the permanent brunch rotation. Thanks!
Hi Juli,
Quick question, hope it’s not dumb…can I use fresh spinach? Also, will shredding the yam with a cheese grater work the same? Thanks for the fantastic recipes!!!!
Yes and yes!! Just wilt down your spinach completely and a grater will work just fine!