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Egg-White Frittata with Silver Beet & Herbs

Egg-White Frittata with Silver Beet & Herbs

By: Lee Holmes

To take this frittata to work, wrap each portion in baking paper or plastic wrap and seal in an airtight container. Eat cold or reheated.


Servings

3

Prep time

Cook time

Recipe


Ingredients

  • 1 tsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 large leek, white part only, sliced
  • 1 bunch silver beet, stalks & ribs removed, leaves roughly chopped
  • 2 medium zucchinis, diced
  • 2 spring onions, thinly sliced
  • 1 small red capsicum (pepper), sliced
  • Handful parsley, leaves finely chopped
  • Celtic sea salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 12 medium egg whites, lightly whisked
  • 1 large rosemary sprig, leaves picked

Method


  • Preheat oven to 180°C.
  • Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium–low heat. Add the leek and cook for 3–4 mins until soft.
  • Add the silver beet and cook for 2–3 mins until wilted.
  • Add the zucchinis, spring onions and capsicum, then cook for a further 2–3 mins. Stir in the parsley, season with salt and pepper, then remove from the heat.
  • Spoon the vegetable mixture into a 28cm round quiche dish. Pour over the egg whites and gently mix into the vegetables. Scatter over the rosemary leaves
  • Bake for 20–25 mins, or until set and golden.
  • Cut into quarters to serve.

  

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Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes

Lee Holmes is a nutritionist, yoga and meditation teacher, wholefoods chef, Lifestyle Food Channel’s Healthy Eating Expert, blogger and author of the best-selling books Supercharged Food: Eat Your Way to Health, Supercharged Food: Eat Yourself Beautiful, Eat Clean, Green and Vegetarian, Heal your Gut, Eat Right for Your Shape and Supercharged Food for Kids.

Lee’s food philosophy is all about S.O.L.E. food: sustainable, organic, local and ethical. Her main goal is to alter the perception that cooking fresh, wholesome, nutrient-rich meals is difficult, complicated and time-consuming. From posting recipes, her passion to share her autoimmune disease story and help others has snowballed and the blog has recently taken home the overall prize at the Bupa Health Influencer Awards as well as the best blog in the Healthy Eating category. She also runs a four-week online Heal Your Gut program.

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