If you’ve never had a frittata before it is kind of a cross between an omelette and a quiche. Ultimately, it’s flatter than a quiche and lacks the fatty crust. It’s also super easy to make. This morning I realized that I am lacking many basic ingredients to do anything to creative but did not want a boring bowl of cereal. Thankfully I always have some frozen spinach on hand so I used that as my starting point.

The unique thing about a frittata is that it’s cooked both on top of the stove and in the oven. You pretty much let the bottom set while cooking on top of the stove and then you place it under the broiler until the top is cooked and lightly browned. It’s much quicker to put together and cook than a quiche and stores just as well in the fridge for several days. I’ll be taking a piece of it to work for breakfast tomorrow.

Ingredients

8 large eggs or 2 cups egg substitute (or a mixture of each totaling 2 cups)

1/4 cup half and half (milk will do)

1 10 oz package frozen chopped spinach drained very well

1/4 cup grated mozzarella

1/4 cup feta

1 medium onion chopped

1-2 cloves of garlic minced

1 roma tomato chopped

Salt pepper to taste

Oil for pan

Directions

Pre-heat a pan that can be used both on stove top and inside oven on medium high heat and lightly oil it

Add onion to pan and saute until translucent about 5 minutes, then add in tomato and garlic for 1 minute

In a bowl whisk together, egg product, spinach, cheeses, and half and half, season with salt and pepper, stir in onion and tomato mixture

Add more oil to pan if needed and pour mixture into pan, do not heat above medium high or the bottom will burn!!

Do not stir while cooking but as it starts to set pull away from the edge of the pan so that the liquid gets closer to the bottom

Once it seems about 1/2 way set place in oven under the broiler and check every couple of minutes, I more the pan a bit to make sure all parts of the frittata get directly under the heat

When the top is nicely browned remove from the heat, let sit for a couple of minutes and then slice and serve



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