This Healthy Omelet with Spinach and Cheese is just 204 calories and has over 17 grams of protein!
The low calorie omelette recipe calls for Swiss cheese, but it works with any cheese you like. We prefer “white cheeses” like feta, Swiss, or goat cheese in this vegetarian omelet recipe though.
This recipe for spinach omelet takes just 15 minutes to make (from start to finish) and is great for breakfast, brunch, or even dinner with a salad.
We have supplied you with tips to keep your spinach omelet healthy, more ingredients to “add-in” and more in the sections below.
This Healthy Omelet with Spinach and Cheese is just 204 calories and has OVER 17 grams of protein!
Healthy Omelet with Spinach and Cheese
This article will supply you with everything you’ll need to learn how to make a veggie omelet with spinach healthy, and low in calories.
From a shopping list, to a printable recipe card. You’ll even find protein “add-ins”, a nutrition label and more so you can make the best healthy omelet for weight loss.
Omelet veggies vary… we have several recipes for veggie omelets on the Lose Weight By Eating website. In this article we will show you how to make the best recipe for spinach omelet… and you can find more omelet recipes here.
What You’ll Find in this Article:
- Spinach Omelet Ingredients (shopping list!)
- How to Make Spinach Omelette Recipes
- Healthy Omelet with Spinach and Cheese (recipe card!)
- Nutrition and Calories in Spinach Omelet Recipe
Helpful Tip for Shopping: Take a screenshot of the shopping list to your phone. This way you have it at your fingertips the next time you go grocery shopping.
Recipe Card Uses: You can email yourself this recipe card so you can easily search for it (I have a folder in email just for recipes!) Or print it so you have it handy, and can make notes. You can even pin this egg with spinach omelet recipe to Pintrest so it is safely stored for you.
Up next, a shopping list for healthy cheese and spinach omelet recipes…
Spinach Omelet Ingredients
It’s easy to make a veg omelet recipe healthy and low calorie, especially when you have our low calorie cooking tips…
Tips to Making Healthy Omelette Recipes for Weight Loss:
- Olive oil spray… My “go to” cooking item… Olive Oil Spray lets off a fine mist, so you can limit the oil and still avoid sticking the omelet to the pan.
- Sharp Cheese… You don’t need as much cheese when it’s sharp. You’ll get all the yummy cheese flavor for less cheese.
- No Butter!… skip the butter and use healthy (low calorie) olive oil spray!
Shopping List for Low Fat Omelette Recipes with Spinach:
- Olive oil spray
- Baby spinach
- Eggs
- Salt and pepper
- Swiss cheese (or sharp cheddar, feta, or goat cheese)
Special Tip: You can find all the measurements in the recipe card below. There you can choose how many servings of spinach omelet cheese recipes you want to make, and it will do all the measurement math for you! All of the ingredients for this vegetable omelette for weight loss can be doubled or tripled with the click of a button.
Up next, how to make a healthy omelette for weight loss…
How to Make Spinach Omelette Recipes
If making a vegetarian omelette recipe is not important, we have supplied some protein add ins below.
Don’t worry though, there are add-ins for vegetarian omelets below too!
More Tasty “Add-Ins” for Healthy Omelet Making:
- Turkey Bacon (cook and crumble first)
- Diced Ham
- Chopped Bell Peppers
- Minced Garlic
- Sliced Green Onions
How to Make Spinach Omelet Recipes:
- Lightly spray a small skillet with olive oil spray and place over medium heat.
- Add the spinach and cook until wilted and cooked down to about 1/2 cup.
- Move the spinach to a plate, and spray the skillet again with olive oil and place on the burner again (at medium heat).
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs with 1 teaspoon of water and a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Pour the eggs into the hot skillet and cook, undisturbed, until they start to bubble up and pull away from the sides of the pan.
- Add 1/2 of the cheese on one side of the omelette, top with cooked spinach and remaining cheese.
- Fold the bare side over over the side with the fillings and cook for 2 minutes.
- Flip and cook for 2 minutes more before moving to a plate. Serve hot.
Special Tip: You can find these directions, along with measurements, nutrition and more in the sharable recipe card in the next section!
Up next, a sharable recipe card for this weight loss omelette recipe…
Healthy Omelet with Spinach and Cheese
This low calorie spinach omelet makes a great, healthy, protein packed breakfast!
But it’s also wonderful at dinner with a side salad and a slice of bread… It’s how the French often enjoy their omelettes, and who am I to argue?!
Spinach Omelet Recipe {JUST 204 CALORIES}
Ingredients
- Olive oil spray
- 1 cup baby spinach
- 2 large eggs
- Salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons swiss cheese or sharp cheddar, feta, or goat cheese
Instructions
- Lightly spray a small skillet with olive oil spray and place over medium heat.
- Add the spinach and cook until wilted and cooked down to about 1/2 cup.
- Move the spinach to a plate, and spray the skillet again with olive oil and place on the burner again (at medium heat).
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs with 1 teaspoon of water and a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Pour the eggs into the hot skillet and cook, undisturbed, until they start to bubble up and pull away from the sides of the pan.
- Add 1/2 of the cheese on one side of the omelette, top with cooked spinach and remaining cheese.
- Fold the bare side over over the side with the fillings and cook for 2 minutes.
- Flip and cook for 2 minutes more before moving to a plate. Serve hot.
Notes
Nutrition
Up next, spinach omelet calories and nutrition…
Nutrition and Calories in Spinach Omelet Recipe
Thanks to our low calorie cooking tips, we were able to cut 100’s of calories and lots of fat from this healthy omelet recipe!
Be sure to see the tips and tricks for making low calorie omelettes in the “Ingredient” section above.
And keep scrolling for more low calorie recipes we know you’ll love…
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