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Spinach for breakfast with Spinach Mushroom Strata

Spinach, this green-leaf vegetable originates in the Middle East. Traders brought spinach to Europe over a thousand years ago, and it has been a favorite food source ever since. Spinach for breakfast with Spinach Mushroom Strata is the perfect breakfast for you. 

Some people will instantly associate spinach with the Popeye the Sailor Man cartoon character. Popeye became a firm children's favorite in the mid-twentieth century. 

Since Popeye's superhuman strength came from eating spinach, the cartoon became a very effective sales campaign for the vegetable. Children who would otherwise have left spinach on their plate became eager to eat their share. 

While adults realize that spinach cannot transform anyone into a superhero, it is a rich source of nourishment and has many medicinal applications. 
 
Spinach for breakfast with Spinach Mushroom Strata

Benefits of Spinach

Vitamins 
Spinach is a challenge to find other plants that can compete with spinach in terms of the range of valuable vitamins and minerals they contain. For example, spinach is an excellent source of calcium, magnesium, and iron. It also serves as an excellent source of vitamins A, B6, and C and niacin and folate. 

This is far from a complete least of all the important elements that spinach brings to healthy bodies. Another significant fact about spinach is that it has a very low amount of fat.

Vision 
If you ask people to name a vegetable that is good for eyesight, the carrot is the one they are most probably going to mention. Folk tradition contains the belief that carrots help you see in the dark, but maybe spinach has comparable properties. 

Researchers have discovered that it contains lutein and other elements that protect against vision loss. There is scientific evidence that eating spinach can stop the progress of the Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) that damages the vision of the over 60's age group.

Muscle Building
The cartoons illustrate how eating spinach causes Popeye to develop huge muscles on his arms. The physical transformation of spinach eaters lacks this drama in real life, but the cartoonist's association between spinach and muscle building is not simply a whim of fancy. 

Spinach contains a compound called Factor C0-Q10 that has muscle-strengthening properties. This could help those arm muscles develop, but scientists find that it is especially beneficial for the heart muscles. C0-Q10 is already in use for certain heart disease treatments.

Stomach ulcers
Diet changes can lower the chance of stomach ulcers. Spinach is one of several vegetables that someone who often suffers from stomach ulcers ought to start eating regularly. It includes compounds that guard the stomach's mucous membrane against damage, and this reduces the possibility of getting an ulcer. 

Spinach eaters also benefit because its glycoglycerolipid chemicals help to toughen the lining of the digestive tract and this reduces the risks of getting inflammations in this area.
 

Spinach Mushroom Strata Recipe

Ingredients

  •  1 loaf Day-old baguette or crusty bread, crust removed, cut into 1 inch cubes
  • 2 tbs Butter
  • 1Small onion
  • 2 tbsp Fresh thyme or rosemary (about 1 tbs)
  • oz. Mushrooms, sliced
  • 3 cups Fresh spinach, packed
  • 2 cups Swiss cheese, grated
  • Eggs
  • 2 cupsWhole milk
  • 1 cup Heavy cream
  • 2 tsp Kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp Black pepper, freshly ground
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg, freshly grated

Method

Preheat oven to 400° F. Place the bread cubes on a baking sheet and toast in the oven until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside.

In a large sauté pan over medium heat, cook the onions, mushrooms and herbs in the butter until vegetables are softened, about 7 minutes. Add the spinach to the pan and cook another 5 minutes until the spinach is wilted and completely cooked down. Pull the pan off the heat, and let cool.
In a 9 inch square or round casserole (or a 9 inch springform pan) measure out the toasted bread. The amount of bread you need should fill the dish. Once you have measured this, place that amount of bread back into the empty mixing bowl. Add the onion mushroom mixture and 2 cups of swiss cheese to the bread in the mixing bowl. Toss to combine.

Turn oven down to 350° F.

In a blender combine the eggs, milk, cream, salt, pepper, mustard and nutmeg. Blend for 10 seconds until combined.

Line your dish with parchment paper or lightly grease the dish. Add the bread and mushroom onion mixture to the pan. Carefully pour the egg mixture over the bread. Press the bread cubes down to make sure they are totally submerged. Note: This step can be made the night before.

Enjoy this amazing spnach recipe that you can definitely enjoy for breakfast.Spinach for breakfast with Spinach Mushroom Strata.

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