Last Updated on February 18, 2026 by Deliciously Organic Editor
Eggs florentine is a delicious way to start the day! It’s similar to eggs Benedict, but with spinach instead of bread.
Eggs are the star of this dish and are a great source of vitamin A.
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that is very helpful in preventing and reducing infectious disease, and supports the immune system, reproduction, eye health, heart, lungs, thyroid hormones, kidneys and other processes in the body. It even works together with vitamin D to help protect against autoimmune disease. Kim Schuette, CN taught that vitamin A is essential for detoxification and “It is now estimated that improving the vitamin A status of all deficient children worldwide would prevent 1-3 million childhood deaths annually.”
“Vitamin A regulates the action of over five hundred genes in the body, which makes it a major regulator of all of our cells and how they function. Starting at conception vitamin A orchestrates the proper division and differentiation of every cell in the body.” Dr. Pam Shoenfeld.
As you can see, it’s a pretty important nutrient!
When Dr. Weston A. Price traveled the world in the early 1900’s studying different people groups to find what diets produced dental decay and physical degeneration, he discovered that the diets of healthy people groups contained at least ten times as much vitamin A as the American diet of his day. He also learned that vitamin A is one of several fat-soluble activators that are necessary for the assimilation of minerals in the diet and present only in animal fats.
It’s a common misconception that vitamin A can be found in plant foods. Vegetables are a wonderful source of beta-carotene, but beta-carotene is only useful to humans when it’s broken down and converted in the body to retinol using the body’s own vitamin A stores.
There are some situations where the body has a hard time making this conversion. This can happen with poor thyroid function, in children, with zinc or iron deficiency, with gut dysbiosis, or if you’ve had your gallbladder removed.
Vitamin A stores can rapidly deplete during exercise, fever, and periods of stress. So, it’s important to fuel with adequate amounts of retinol to keep our bodies healthy and strong.
We can get vitamin A from foods such as:
Pastured and wild meats
Cod liver oil
Organ meats
Pastured butter
Pastured eggs
Organic tallow, lard, ghee, and duck fat
Grass-fed unprocessed/raw whole milk and cream (pasteurization kills vitamin A).
I like to serve savory dishes with eggs, butter, raw/unprocessed milk, and cream at breakfast. I love the classic fried or scrambled egg, but sometimes I like to change it up a bit. Eggs Florentine is a nice way to change things up and get in some healthy vitamin A to start our day!
Eggs Florentine Recipe (Gluten-Free)
You can prepare the spinach mixture ahead and time and then reheat in the morning, crack the eggs and bake. The dish can be served with or without the hollandaise sauce.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 23 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking, Sautéing
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten-Free
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 shallot, chopped
- 8 cups baby spinach
- 1 teaspoon coconut flour
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1/3 cup shredded Pecorino Romano cheese
- 1/8 teaspoon dry mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon Celtic sea salt
- 4 large pastured eggs
- I used this recipe for the hollandaise sauce and added 3/4 teaspoon of Celtic sea salt to the sauce to get just the right flavor
- Dash of cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 500 degrees F and adjust rack to middle position. Melt the butter in a medium sauté pan over medium heat. Add the shallot and cook, stirring frequently until soft, about 3 minutes. Add the spinach and cook until the spinach has wilted and released its moisture, about 5-7 minutes. Add the coconut flour and stir constantly for 1 minute. While constantly stirring, slowly pour in milk and cook for about 2 minutes until thick. Remove from the heat and stir in cheese, dry mustard, and salt.
- At this point, you can divide the spinach mixture between two individual pans, or you can make 4 small wells using the back of a spoon and crack the 4 eggs into the wells. Bake for 6-8 minutes, just until whites are set. Serve alone or with hollandaise sauce and a dash of cayenne pepper.
That egg! Gorgeous. I’ve been told that I should become a vegan, but for me, I believe in eating quality animal products based upon how much better I feel when I eat them. My body always tells me what’s right and what isn’t. I just have to listen!
I’m with you. I feel so much better when I eat pastured animal foods. I believe it played a huge part in my recovery from Hashimoto’s!
That looks absolutely amazing, Carrie. I can’t wait to try it. Eggs and hollandaise sauce are a marriage made in heaven 🙂
I started reading your article to find out how you cured ibs etc with diet but didn’t get any answers by reading this article. Where do I find this information?
Can I use coconut milk instead of whole milk? Thanks.
Yes.
What a cool recipe! I’ll have to make it next time we have overnight guests; love how fancy yet nutritious it is! 🙂
Hello
I am still trying to figure out what I can and can not eat with hashimoto’s and I have seen many foods to avoid list with eggs being one of them, did you still eat eggs with hashimoto’s?
I never avoided eggs and have learned that not everyone with Hashimoto’s needs to avoid them. If you’d like to know exactly what you should avoid, I highly recommend getting the lab called “Array 10” from Pyrex labs. It will give you a detailed list of the foods you should avoid. It’s very helpful and can make things much easier on you in the long run! 🙂
I cooked this for my hubby and he loved it!!! Thank you so much!!!
You’re welcome!
Are you not supposed to avoid dairy after taking thyroid medication in the morning?
I recommend asking your practitioner or pharmacist what is best for you and the meds you’re on.