Egg White Breakfast Bake with Sweet Potato and Spinach
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Egg white breakfast bake with sweet potato and spinach is simple to make, colorful, and the perfect make-ahead breakfast!
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.
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?
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…
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.
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
Did you make this? Be sure to leave a review below and tag me @rachelcooksblog on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest!
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
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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!
Kathy Jensen says
Has anyone tried this in a crockpot?
Rachel Gurk says
Let me know if you do!
Dawn says
Wow 16 eggs tomake…
Rachel Gurk says
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.
Barbara says
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!
Rachel Gurk says
So glad you liked it! Thanks for leaving a review, it means a lot to me!
Nicole says
Trying to make this non-dairy. Do you think I can use almond milk instead of regular milk?
Rachel Gurk says
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. :)
Dee says
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!
Rachel Gurk says
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!
Amanda @ All Day Active Life says
What a great bake! Loved it! I’m sharing it on my blog today. Thanks for a delicious recipe!
Rachel Gurk says
Thanks Amanda!
Raney Brown says
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.
Rachel Gurk says
Interesting tip! Thanks for sharing!
Linda @ 2CookinMamas says
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.
Two Chubby Cubs says
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!
Liren says
Oh my gosh, huge high fives for being tummy twins today! Love it! So gorgeous :)
Aggie @ Aggie's Kitchen says
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!
denise says
looks tasty–could eat it for lunch right now
DessertForTwo says
That little smiling face behind the curly sweet potato noodle just made my morning :)
Vijay @ NoshOn.It says
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!