Until I had kids in school I never realized how many holidays and special occasions could be celebrated. Aside from the standard ones like Halloween and Valentine’s Day there’s also the 100th Day of School, President’s Day, and Football Fridays. And apparently tomorrow is Dr. Seuss’s birthday, which means it’s yet another day filled with fun themed activities including food of course! Plus who can resist bringing one of Dr. Seuss’s most legendary books to life…Green Eggs and Ham! No need to break out the nasty artificial green dye though, see below for a much more nutritious (and delicious) alternative. Eggs and kale make a surprisingly good combination and once you’re done you can check “eating your greens for the day” off your list. But whether you are a Dr. Seuss fan or not you can still enjoy this dish for breakfast (lunch or dinner). I promise it will taste just as good without the colorful toothpicks. 
Enjoy!
- 6 eggs, pastured and/or organic eggs recommended
- 1 tablespoon milk, whole milk recommended
- 2 tablespoons onion, roughly chopped
- 1 cup fresh kale or spinach leaves, washed with big stems removed
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Butter for frying, organic and/or grass-fed butter recommended
- Optional sides: organic ham and homemade whole-wheat biscuits
- Combine first 5 ingredients in a blender (including the S&P) and blend until the greens are pureed into little bits.
- Heat a big pat of butter (don’t be stingy!) in a frying pan over medium low heat.
- Once the butter has melted pour the egg mixture into the warm pan. Let it sit for a couple minutes before you begin to stir and scramble with a spatula. Cook until eggs are done all the way through.
- Serve warm with ham and biscuits
Cannot believe it … just gave it to 4 kids who are the PICKIEST of PICKY eaters and they all ate seconds … and thirds … thank you.
I can’t stop laughing, not sure why, think it’s what I do when I’m nervous and I was sure that none of them would like it … very relieved.
I gave these to my super picky 5 year old the day your posted this recipe. He demolished his plate, and started in on mine. He has asked for green eggs nearly every day since, and has also developed a love for “green monster smoothies.” Thanks for helping me to turn my veggie hater into a spinach fanatic! (The best part: he helps me stuff the spinach into the blender. He knows what makes it green and still love it!)
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I’ve been doing something similar for my son who loves green eggs! I put fresh spinach, feta cheese and eggs in my blender and then cook up an omelet. I was so disgusted when his school hosted a green eggs and ham breakfast and they had the grossest scrambled eggs with green food dye! Yuck!
I love the idea of adding feta!
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We made these for dinner tonight along with your banana pancakes. Everything was great! Thanks!
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These were sooooo good. My whole family loved these (which includes an 8 year old boy). We’ll actually be eating green eggs often now- not just once a year. THANK YOU!
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I’ve had green eggs in ham that use pesto for the green. Now that’s tasty. The kale would be more nutritious, but the pesto was super good too. and all you have to do is spoon pesto into eggs and scramble.
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This sounds delicious! I do something similar with spinach, but I will definitely try it with kale next time.
The only thing I would suggest, is that you not add the eggs in until the other ingredients have been blended. Over mixing eggs causes them to be less fluffy and overall not have as nice a texture. I’d whizz up the other ingredients and then just mix the eggs for a few seconds.
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I made these this morning. My husband was skeptical at first, but he loved them! They were very tasty! You don’t taste the kale, or at least I didn’t. Thanks for providing a website with real recipes!!
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