Healthy Ingredients - Spinach
Antioxidants protect against eye damage from things like sunlight, cigarette smoke, and air pollution. These leafy greens are loaded with two of the best for eyes, lutein and zeaxanthin. “They get into the lens and retina of your eye, and they are believed to absorb damaging visible light,” Johnson says. Source: www.webmd.com
Ingredients
- 340g fresh spinach
- 1/2 cup low-fat cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese, plus more for garnish
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
How to make it:
Preheat oven to 205°C. Pulse spinach in three batches in a food processor until finely chopped. Transfer to a medium bowl. Add cottage cheese, Parmesan, eggs, garlic, salt and pepper; stir to combine.
Coat 8 cups of the muffin pan with cooking spray. Divide the spinach mixture among the 8 cups (they will be very full).
Bake the spinach cakes until set, about 20 minutes. Let stand in the pan for 5 minutes. Loosen the edges with a knife and turn out onto a clean cutting board or large plate. Serve warm, sprinkled with more Parmesan, if desired.
Date Published: 02 September 2014
