Kitchen Sink Fritatta

Company is coming with nothing to serve for breakfast. Fear not. We used what we could find in the refrigerator and the garden.
Fritatta
Ingredients
1/4 cup red sweet pepper, chopped
1/4 cup yellow sweet pepper, chopped
1/4 cup green onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 cup ham, chopped
8 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup shredded mozarella cheese
1/2 cup potatoes, cooked and sliced
1/2 cup any left over cooked vegetables such as spinach and broccoli
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
salt and pepper
PAM spray

Directions
Spray PAM onto a pan that can go in the oven. Saute the peppers, garlic and onions. Saute the potatoes.
Add the ham.
Beat the eggs in a bowl. Add milk and seasonings.
Add eggs to the pan and cook until starting to set.
Mix in cheese.

Bake 10-15 minutes at 375 degrees or until set. Cut into wedges. Top with salsa.
Serves 6.

Another delicious breakfast dish is Breakfast Casserole page 195 in Tastes & Treasures cookbook.

Fixated on Fritatta

What to do with those left over vegetables? Make a fritatta. This one was filled with goodies to make a hearty breakfast.

Using a ovenproof pan or cast iron skillet, saute chopped yellow pepper in olive oil. Add precooked bacon, spinach, broccoli, potatoes, chicken, what ever you have. Pour egg whites over the mixture to barely cover and sprinkle with salt and cayenne pepper.

Bake 350 degrees for about 20 minutes.

Also check out some great Egg Dishes in Tastes & Treasures A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona. Page 195 has a wonderful, easy Breakfast Casserole. And Southwestern Bacon and Cheese Strata on page 118 from Rancho de La Osa has a spicy kick. Enjoy.

Spinach Fritatta

This makes a great company breakfast or quick meal. Our daughter in law is a creative cook preparing meals light in calories and fat so many of her recipes have been adapted for healthy eating.

Basically a fritatta is an unturned, not-folded omelette (and also called a tortilla in Spanish cooking, but that's just too confusing). It can be whipped up in a few minutes. You really only need eggs and a little fat to cook them in, but eggs go well with lots of different flavors, so use your imagination.

Basic Fritatta

Beat together 3 eggs and about 2 tablespoons of cold water until the yolks and whites are well-blended. In a heavy skillet (preferably cast iron) over medium-high, heat about 2 tablespoons of fat (I like a combination of butter and olive oil, but anything works...don't skimp, though, or the fritatta will stick). When the fat is hot (but not smoking), pour in the eggs.

Don't stir or anything, just let the bottom set and even brown a bit. When the top is just starting to set (that is, it doesn't look totally runny anymore), take the pan off the burner and stick it in a hot oven (or under the broiler, but watch it closely or you'll burn it). Cook another 5 minutes or so until the top begins to brown.

If you don't have an oven, you can flip it and cook the top in the skillet. The easiest way is to slide the fritatta onto a plate, put another plate upside down on top, flip it all over, then slide it back into the hot pan.

Tara's Fritatta

Ingredients:
1 pound spinach
6 eggs or 1 cup Egg Beaters
1/4 chopped onion
1/4 chopped red pepper
6 slices bacon (or turkey sausage and use non-stick spray)
1 cup shredded cheese (or low fat shredded cheese)
1/2 cup feta cheese

Directions:

Saute bacon in cast iron pan and drain grease. Using same pan, saute onion until transparent with red pepper. Add egg beaters, cooked spinach and shredded cheese. Cook as noted above on stove. Top with feta cheese and place in broiler until cheese melted.