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Zucchini Spinach Nests

Zucchini Spinach Nests

Yield: 6 Servings

Per serving: 2/3 ounce protein 3 vegetables 2 2/3 condiments 2/3 fat serving

Ingredients

  • 2 3/4 pounds large Zucchini in spiralized (or Vegetti or Paderno)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ¼ - ½ tsp pepper
  • 2½ tsp garlic powder
  • 2½ tsp onion powder
  • 4 tsp vegetable oil
  • Cooking Spray
  • 4 cups of frozen spinach thawed (yields 2 cups cooked )
  • 4 large eggs/8 egg whites

Directions

  1. Preheat oven at 400F
  2. Prepare zucchini noodles, add ½ tsp of salt, mix well, and let them sit in a colander with a bowl under it for 20 minutes.
  3. In a large skillet, sauté spinach with cooking spray. Season with 2 tsp garlic powder, 2 tsp onion powder, and ½ tsp salt. Cook until most of the water had evaporated, 6-8 minutes. Set aside.
  4. Squeeze as much water out of the spiralized zucchini
  5. as you can. Season with ½ tsp garlic powder, ½ tsp. onion powder, ½ tsp pepper. Add 4 tsp vegetable oil and mix well.
  6. Generously spray a 12 muffin tin pan with cooking spray.
  7. Arrange spiralized zucchini
  8. into each muffin cup, pressing against the bottom and up the sides.
  9. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until they start to brown slightly. Remove from the oven and set aside.
  10. In a medium-size bowl, beat eggs, add a pinch of salt and spinach and mix until well combined.
  11. Evenly spoon spinach in each potato nest.
  12. Bake for 10 minutes or until the egg is cooked.
  13. Remove from the oven and let them cool slightly.
  14. Carefully unmold each zucchini nest using a butter knife around the edges of the nest.

Makes 12 zucchini nests.

Zucchini Spinach Nests