(adj.) a task or assignment that will be unglamorous and tedious but should nonetheless provide valuable development for the future, as in: “I know that counting transformers on light poles in Siberia doesn’t excite you, but this is really an eat-your-greens project”; can be used in educational or training contexts to refer to unexciting yet necessary course content; derives from the nutritious leafy vegetables that are commonly regarded as unappetizing yet provide significant value to a diet; var. eat-your-spinach