It’s been a busy few weeks for me, with the vacation week at Disney and coming back to work in a new hospital. When my life gets really crazy and rushed, cooking whole food meals tends to suffer. You have to have time to plan, and then you have to cook it, right? So I’m often defrosting pre-made meals (good if I have it!) or ordering pizza (not as good…). But it’s possible to make a quick weeknight dinner without too much time and effort – you just need the ingredients.

 

Let’s do a recipe for a quick weeknight vegetarian dinner! You can substitute different greens and add more eggs to feed more people. Add a loaf of french bread and you can have a complete and filling meal fast. Best of all, you used fresh ingredients and you know exactly what you are eating. Maybe this is an option for meatless Mondays…

 

I made this small so I could eat it once and take it for lunch the next day…

 

Ingredients

One bunch of swiss chard (you can use kale or collards, just don’t use the stems)

One half onion, chopped

Two cloves of garlic, minced

2 eggs (my beautiful golden yolks are because my eggs come from a a local farm. They’re delicious!)

olive oil

salt and pepper

Umami seasoning (optional – absolutely not necessary!)

 

 

Directions

Wash the chard leaves thoroughly (they tend to be sandy). Strip or cut leaves off the chard stems. Chop the chard stems separately.

Chop onion and garlic.

 

Onion, garlic and chard stems

If you want to prep one night and cook another, store each cut up item separately and refrigerate.

Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat and saute the onion and chard stems first until they are tender, 3-4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Salt and pepper to taste. Add umami paste if you want.

Add the chard leaves and stir into the onion mixture for a minute, maybe less. Chard wilts very quickly, like spinach.

Make a well for each egg in the chard mixture and crack each egg into the well. Cover the eggs with a tight fitting lid to steam the eggs until they are as done as you like.

Serve with warm crusty bread and enjoy!

What’s your favorite quick weeknight meal? Share in the comments below!