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2) Make green eggs & ham 14 Jan 2012

This morning John and I woke up, drank some coffee and scanned through our list of 364 things-to-do. We knew we wanted to do something quick and easy (something we could do in our PJ’s). We were also hungry; so we agreed something involving food would have to do.

A quick scan of our ‘Food & Drink’ category and we settled on something we’ve both wanted to do since we were young’ins: Make Green Eggs & Ham. It’s the kind of thing only cool kids get to do at alternative public schools or with their hippie babysitters.

Our Green Eggs & Ham recipe was slapped together completely impromptu styles (without the aid of YouTube or Google). We wanted to avoid using food colouring, so John had to run out to our local market (in his PJ’s) and buy some green things like spinach & avocados.

Overall it took us about 45 minutes to complete the dish (recipe included below), but you could probably do it all in 30 minutes. The extra 15 minutes was really just spent on taking photos and putting together an awesome green eggs & ham playlist (also included below).

In conclusion: Making green eggs & ham is fun and amusing and our recipe was deliciously unusual, but probably isn’t worth your time doing unless it’s St. Patrick’s day or you’re trying to impress your 5 year-old.

John & Laura’s Green Eggs & Ham Recipe

(Spinach, Avocado & Feta Scramble w/ Cooked Ham in a Spinach & Caramelized Onion Puree)

Recipe for two:

Green Eggs
Ingredients:
-4 eggs
-1/2 cup spinach chopped
-1/2 cup cream
-1/4 cup onions diced
-2 garlic cloves minced
-1/2 avocado diced

1) Blend eggs, spinach and cream together
2) Caramelize onions and garlic in a pan
3) Pour eggs into pan and slowly heat until cooked
4) Add in diced avocado serve and sprinkle feta on top

Fried Ham with spinach cream sauce
Ingredients:
-2 ham steaks sliced (for looks)
-1/2 cup spinach chopped
-1/2 cup cream
-1/4 cup chopped onions
-2 garlic cloves minced

1) Caramelize onions and garlic in a pan
2) Add spinach and fry until limp
3) Add cream and reduce by about half
4) Blend and pour over fried ham

Garlic and Spinach Bread
Ingredients:
-2 tbsp butter
-2 tbsp finely chopped spinach
-1 clove garlic

1) With a spoon and bowl mash up garlic and spinach with butter
2) Spread on bread and serve

John & Laura’s Green Eggs & Ham Playlist

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