Fill the saucepan with water, add a good pinch of salt and put it over high heat. Cover it to save time.
Wash the spinach
Rinse the 130 g of spinach in cold water and drain it well. Pull off the big stems if they're tough.
Prep the eggs
Crack the 4 eggs into the bowl, add the pinch of nutmeg, some pepper and half of the grated Parmesan. Beat with a fork.
Cook the pasta
Drop the 200 g of whole wheat pasta into the boiling water and cook 9 to 10 min, stirring now and then. Save half a glass of pasta water before draining.
Tip · Taste a piece of pasta a minute before the end. Whole wheat pasta should stay a little firm to the bite, since it finishes cooking in the skillet.
Wilt the spinach
While the pasta cooks, heat the olive oil in the skillet over medium heat. Add the spinach with a pinch of salt and stir 2 min until it wilts down.
Scramble the eggs
Turn down the heat, add the butter to the skillet, then pour the beaten eggs over the spinach. Stir gently with the spatula 2 to 3 min, until the eggs are cooked through but still soft.
Tip · Pull the skillet off the heat as soon as the eggs are almost set, the heat finishes cooking them. Otherwise they get dry and rubbery.
Drain and toss
Drain the pasta and tip it into the skillet off the heat. Toss 1 min, adding a little pasta water if it's too dry.
Serve
Divide between two plates, sprinkle with the rest of the Parmesan and a grind of pepper.
And there you go, it's readyCheck off every step to celebrate.
The questions you're asking
short answers, numbers you can check
How many calories in a serving?
One serving has about 632 kcal. 44% comes from carbs, 18% from protein and 34% from fat.
70 gCarbs
29 gProtein
24 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy
632 kcal
Protein
28.7 g
Carbs
69.8 g
of which sugars
2.2 g
Fat
24.2 g
of which saturated fat
9.6 g
Fiber
7.8 g
Salt
0.6 g
Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.
How much does it cost?
About $1.65 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.
≈ $3.29for 2 people
≈ $1.65a serving
Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.
How long does it keep?
Eat it fresh. Soft-boiled, poached or scrambled eggs are made to order: reheated, they firm up and the runny yolk is gone. Make them the day you eat them, it's done in 5 minutes!