In an attempt to cover all bases I bring with me today a rather delightful and fairly frugal recipe. I’ve been trying recently, with more or less success, to break out of the lunchtime monotony which became either a bacon sandwich or Marmite and Dairylea on toast. I guess it’s testament to the deliciousness of the aforementioned “meals” that they became monotonous; nevertheless the fact remains the same – boring they became. It also struck me that indulging in these delights was possibly rather unhealthy, particularly in light of the amount of butter slathered onto each chunk of white bread. I’m not sure if this recipe is technically any healthier than the others, but it is certainly more fresh and rather less salty and processed. After all, spinach has health benefits that are numerous and varied!

I find myself with very little to say today which will, no doubt, be welcome to a few and undesirable to fewer still. However, what I will say is that one really must check the egg is cooked before serving this as it takes longer than you may think – perhaps as long as 10-15 minutes. Don’t worry about the spinach it takes a lot to overcook it in this particular recipe and will remain beautifully green and tasty.

Individual Egg and Spinach Bake Served with Parmesan Toast {recipe}

Serves 1

Ingredients:

• Small handful of spinach

• 1 egg

• Small handful of parmesan cheese

• Seasoning

• Oil or butter – for grease the ramekin

• A modicum of tomato

• A slice of toast, I used a Mediterranean bloomer

Method:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C. Squeeze a small handful of spinach into a ramekin, make a small indent in the middle. Crack the egg into this indent, don’t break the yolk like I did. Season and pop in the oven for 10-15 minutes.

2. Meanwhile take enough butter for your toast and mix it with the parmesan. Grill the toast without the topping to begin with. Once browned spread with the parmesan butter and pop back under the grill for a few minutes to allow the ingredients to melt together.

3. When the egg is thoroughly cooked plate up, adding two slices of tomato to the top of the toast. Enjoy!

Cost: A portion of this could be done easily for 70-90p, which I think is pretty frugal. Imagine what you’d pay for it in a café, or somewhere similar.