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Egg White Breakfast Bake with Sweet Potato and Spinach

4.47
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1 hr 5 mins
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By: Rachel GurkPosted: 01/06/2016Updated: 06/15/2021

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Egg White Breakfast Bake with Spiralized Sweet Potato and Spinach is simple to make, colorful, and the perfect make-ahead breakfast! Get the healthy breakfast recipe on RachelCooks.com!

Egg white breakfast bake with sweet potato and spinach is simple to make, colorful, and the perfect make-ahead breakfast!

Egg White Breakfast Bake with Sweet Potato and Spinach is simple to make, colorful, and the perfect make-ahead breakfast! Get the healthy breakfast recipe on RachelCooks.com!

I’ve found one of the keys to eating a healthy and balanced diet is to eat a healthy (and filling!) breakfast. It’s not always easy — especially on school mornings. On school mornings, I spend most of my time saying:

“Let’s go!”
“Eat your breakfast!”
“Hustle hustle!”
“Shoes! Coat!”

Every morning. I need a tape recorder so I can save the energy and just press the “don’t play with your food” button. Other buttons on my imagined tape recorder would be “chew with your mouth closed” and “sit down in your chair.”

I swear, every meal…I’m a broken record.

Egg White Breakfast Bake with Sweet Potato and Spinach is simple to make, colorful, and the perfect make-ahead breakfast! Get the healthy breakfast recipe on RachelCooks.com!

Since mornings tend to be on the hectic side, I’ve found it extremely helpful to prep healthy breakfasts on the weekends and keep them in the fridge. When all that is required is a simple reheating, it’s much easier to make that breakfast happen. Ben loves it when there is something he can grab before work, too. Keeps him out of that McDonald’s drive-thru line, ya know?

Egg White Breakfast Bake with Sweet Potato and Spinach is simple to make, colorful, and the perfect make-ahead breakfast! Get the healthy breakfast recipe on RachelCooks.com!

I got my spiralizer out for this recipe and spiralized the sweet potatoes. You don’t have to prebake them or anything. And the spiralized sweet potatoes are so fun! I love how they get crispy on the top of this breakfast bake.

UPDATE: Okay, I lied. Or totally flaked. Or I just need sleep. Probably the latter. I actually didn’t use my spiralizer for this recipe. Whoops! Temporary memory lapse. I’m back now. I shredded the sweet potato in my food processor which takes literally 20 seconds. Either method would work though. Maybe I just had this cute picture in my mind when I wrote that I spiralized the sweet potatoes…

spiralized sweet potato

As I always do when I’m watching the calories, I use a super sharp cheddar cheese — you get the most bang for your buck that way. That is, you don’t have to use as much cheese to add tons of flavor.  And spinach. I put spinach in pretty much everything I can.

This style of breakfast bake is easier than the egg white frittata muffins I often make. There is no portioning of ingredients or muffin tins to clean. Parchment paper makes this easy to pull out and slice into even portions. I might never go back, truthfully.

Egg White Breakfast Bake with Sweet Potato and Spinach is simple to make, colorful, and the perfect make-ahead breakfast! Get the healthy breakfast recipe on RachelCooks.com!

Tools used for this recipe:

  • spiralizer (or food processor, ha!)
  • baking dish
  • parchment paper
  • non-stick cooking spray

 

Looking for more grab-and-go breakfast ideas? 

I’m always on the look out for easy-to-make, healthy, and somewhat portable breakfast ideas like this breakfast bake. Here’s a few ideas for you:

 

  • California Breakfast Wrap (with bacon, eggs, and avocado)
  • Copycat Starbucks Egg White Breakfast Wrap (with spinach and feta)
  • Gingerbread Breakfast Cookies
  • Apple Spice Quinoa Pancakes (freeze and reheat in the toaster!)
  • Apple Crisp Breakfast Cookies
  • Mini Frittatas with Spinach and Red Pepper
  • Chocolate Walnut Breakfast Cookies
  • Savory Quinoa Muffins
  • Blueberry Wheat Bran Muffins

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Egg White Breakfast Bake with Spiralized Sweet Potato and Spinach is simple to make, colorful, and the perfect make-ahead breakfast! Get the healthy breakfast recipe on RachelCooks.com!
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4.47 from 13 votes
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 50 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
9 servings
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Egg white breakfast bake with sweet potato and spinach is simple to make, colorful, and the perfect make-ahead breakfast!

Ingredients

  • 1 large sweet potato, peeled and grated (about 3 heaping cups)
  • 16 ounces liquid egg whites
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, ground
  • 1/2 cup skim milk
  • 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
  • 2 tightly packed cups baby spinach

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F, spray an 8×8 pan with nonstick cooking spray, line with parchment paper. Spray parchment paper with cooking spray.
  • In a large mixing bowl, mix together all ingredients. Stir to combine.
  • Pour into prepared pan and bake for 50-55 minutes or until completely set in the middle.
  • Let cool for 10 minutes before slicing.
  • Store in a covered container in the fridge.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1square, Calories: 102kcal, Carbohydrates: 6g, Protein: 10g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 13mg, Sodium: 298mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 2g

This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.

© Author: Rachel Gurk
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Verdict: Love this and definitely putting it into regular rotation. The sweet potatoes do make this fairly sweet so if you’re not into that, break up the sweetness with something salty like ham, bacon, or sausage.
Husband’s take: He loved this too! It was perfect for busy mornings before work.
Changes I would make: None. Except bacon.
Difficulty: Easy. If you don’t have a spiralizer, you can use a sharp knife or a mandoline to achieve the sweet potato noodles. This video explains how to make vegetable noodles without a spiralizer. OR HEY, you could use a food processor!
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  1. Kathy Jensen says

    August 12, 2022 at 5:37 pm

    Has anyone tried this in a crockpot?

    Reply
    • Rachel Gurk says

      August 17, 2022 at 10:46 pm

      Let me know if you do!

      Reply
  2. Dawn says

    February 4, 2019 at 6:48 am

    Wow 16 eggs tomake…

    Reply
    • Rachel Gurk says

      February 5, 2019 at 12:55 pm

      It’s great for meal prep! I like to use the egg whites in a carton, they’re much easier and faster and you don’t have to waste the yolks.

      Reply
      • Barbara says

        October 4, 2021 at 12:27 pm

        5 stars
        Made this last night, had some with dinner to try. Both hubby and myself liked a lot. Now having for breakfast. Very good, thank you! Didn’t get a picture sorry.
        Also used egg whites in a carton I needed to use. Thats how I found the recipe!

        Reply
        • Rachel Gurk says

          October 6, 2021 at 6:36 am

          So glad you liked it! Thanks for leaving a review, it means a lot to me!

          Reply
  3. Nicole says

    April 13, 2018 at 5:31 pm

    Trying to make this non-dairy. Do you think I can use almond milk instead of regular milk?

    Reply
    • Rachel Gurk says

      April 14, 2018 at 8:20 am

      I don’t personally cook a lot with almond milk because my kids have nut allergies, but I think it would work just great in this recipe. Unsweetened and unflavored, of course. :)

      Reply
  4. Dee says

    January 27, 2018 at 6:34 pm

    Thanks for a winner Bfast meal prep recipe!  I made with 32oz egg whites, 1.5 shredded sweet potatoes, 1 can Drained black beans and some canned chipotles.  No cheese and I didn’t miss it. Baked 40 min in 9×13 and it came out perfect!  

    Reply
    • Rachel Gurk says

      January 28, 2018 at 10:38 am

      So glad you liked this recipe! I love the additions you made! Thanks for coming back to leave a comment, it means a lot to me!

      Reply
  5. Amanda @ All Day Active Life says

    November 17, 2016 at 8:59 am

    What a great bake! Loved it! I’m sharing it on my blog today. Thanks for a delicious recipe!

    Reply
    • Rachel Gurk says

      November 18, 2016 at 6:29 am

      Thanks Amanda!

      Reply
  6. Raney Brown says

    March 22, 2016 at 5:27 am

    I have a tip for all of you out there who don’t want to have to spray the pan in order to get the parchment paper to stick. Take the parchment paper (a bit bigger than whatever size pan you will use) and screw it up into a tight ball and run it under your tap with cold water. Get it good and wet. Now carefully open it up and shake it out really well (I sometimes will even do this outside because it sprays quite a bit when I snap it to get the water out!) Now put it in your pan. It will remain somewhat crinkly but it will fit into your pan without any real difficulty. If your recipe says to spray the parchment paper after it is in the pan, go ahead, otherwise no need to.

    Reply
    • Rachel Gurk says

      March 22, 2016 at 9:12 am

      Interesting tip! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
  7. Linda @ 2CookinMamas says

    January 12, 2016 at 4:08 pm

    I’ve been on weekend cooking binges making breakfasts I could freeze and heat up quickly in the A.M. This one looks so good and just subbing in almond milk for the skim milk and adding some bacon (because bacon is a must) will be a hit with my family.

    Reply
  8. Two Chubby Cubs says

    January 12, 2016 at 3:59 pm

    Hey there

    I just wanted to say that I adapted your recipe for a UK slimming audience, but have given you a full link on our page. This was absolutely bloomin’ delicious.

    Fair warning, our page is a little raucous and heavy on the swears, so it might not be your cup of tea – but I had to give credit where it was most definitely due!

    Reply
  9. Liren says

    January 6, 2016 at 4:40 pm

    Oh my gosh, huge high fives for being tummy twins today! Love it! So gorgeous :)

    Reply
  10. Aggie @ Aggie's Kitchen says

    January 6, 2016 at 12:56 pm

    I love that pic of your daughter holding up the sweet potato curly q…adorable. This looks delicious. I say this and I mean it, I need to start making egg and veggie bakes like this!

    Reply
  11. denise says

    January 6, 2016 at 11:41 am

    looks tasty–could eat it for lunch right now

    Reply
  12. DessertForTwo says

    January 6, 2016 at 9:42 am

    That little smiling face behind the curly sweet potato noodle just made my morning :)

    Reply
  13. Vijay @ NoshOn.It says

    January 6, 2016 at 9:01 am

    I love this idea and it’s so pretty! I’m starting Whole30 on Monday and I bet it wouldn’t be hard to tweak this slightly to make it compliant!

    Reply

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