Brown Rice Skillet Breakfast

I used to get something similar to this for breakfast every day from a local co-op. After moving, I realized how easy it was to make, and replicated it. Serve immediately, or refrigerate and reheat throughout the week.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 345 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup milk
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• ½ cup shredded Cheddar cheese (Optional)
• 1 yellow onion, diced
• 4 cloves garlic, diced
• 5 large eggs
• ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper (Optional)
• 1 (9 ounce) bag fresh spinach
• 4 cups cooked brown rice
• 8 links breakfast sausage, or to taste (Optional)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Beat eggs, Cheddar cheese, and milk together with a fork in a large bowl.

Step 2

Place sausages in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Transfer sausage to a work surface and cut into 1/2-inch pieces.

Step 3

Heat olive oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until onion is slightly translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Gradually add spinach to onion mixture; cook and stir until wilted, 1 to 2 minutes. Add sausage pieces and cook until heated through, about 1 minute more.

Step 4

Slowly pour egg mixture into sausage mixture; cook and stir until eggs are set, 2 to 5 minutes. Stir rice, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper into eggs.