Today: Fritatta with onions, asparagus, potatoes, organic sharp cheddar cheese, and tomato, served with a side of caramelized onions and red peppers, cantaloupe, and soy breakfast sausages
Day 40 woot woot!
I’m gonna be straight…this is probably the most freaking delicious breakfast that I have eaten in the last 40 days. No joke. I made this fritatta last night and I ate it for dinner and I plan on eating it for breakfast in a little while. This was pretty simple to make. Becky, Kevin’s Mom, gave me this sweet pan for Christmas. It is a coated cast iron pan and I love it!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 small onion (diced)
- 1 large baking potato (washed, peeled, and thinly sliced)
- 10 eggs (8 whole eggs and 2 egg whites)
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 cup of shredded sharp cheddar cheese (I used organic)
- 1 cup of chopped asparagus (tips and spears)
- 3 slices of tomato
- 1 red bell pepper (thinly sliced)
- 1 small onion (thinly sliced)
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions
- In a cast iron pan, heat one tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat.
- Add the diced onion, potato, salt, and pepper. Saute for about 10 minutes until potato is tender.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the eggs, egg whites, parsley, salt, pepper, and cheese.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Add the asparagus to the pan then pour in the egg mixture and allow it to cook on medium/low heat for 10 minutes.
- Scrape the sides of the cast iron pan so that the mixture does not set to the sides and some of the mixture is able to flow underneath.
- Place the tomato slices on top and continue cooking until the egg mixture is just about set (about 5-10 minutes).
- Place the skillet into the oven and cook for about 3-5 minutes until the top becomes golden brown.
- Serve with a side of fresh fruit, sauteed onions and peppers, or for added protein, soy sausages. Vegetarian and vegan protein in the shape of meat makes me laugh. Why would someone who chooses to not eat meat want a “rib-let” or “sausage” link made of soy? lol
Thank you all so much for being a part of this 40 day breakfast challenge! It has been so much fun for me to come up with these breakfasts and to read about your breakfasts. I really have looked forward to this each day.
Ok, now onto the good stuff. Once everyone has finished posting their final breakfasts today, I am going to go through the posts and add everyone who has posted each day for the 40 days to a list. This electronic list will randomly choose a winner from those names. I will announce the winner tomorrow morning. Soon after, I will contact the winner by email to get a mailing address so that I can ship out the $100 gift card for Whole Foods! Thank you all for participating and please continue to check out the new posts and share your great ideas! Feedback and comments are always welcome.
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Congrats on completing the challenge!!!
oh, good morning matey. I am eating left over narragansett porter beef stew for brekkie. I’m glad you finished the challenge and I’ll be expecting my gift card…. just keeedding.
Well its been a real pleasure these past forty days, what an adventure of fun and food. Thanks for doing this Corrine. Keep me posted on your blog. Any who.. Today I had kashi go lean crunch with flax seeds, dried cranberries, and rice dream. Finished with a nice hot french pressed coffee to warm my cold ride to my friends house this morning. Blessings!
This has been a challenge and I am so glad we did it!
This morning I made homemade brown rice pudding with raisins and almonds
Congratulations on completing the challenge!!
This morning i had mini wheats, banana and almond breeze
What a great finisher! The frittata looks great! I can;t believe 40 days went by so fast. Thanks for doing this. It was truly a fun incentive.
As for my last breakfast, I had a whole wheat bagel with Tofutti cream cheese and Teecino coffee with coconut hazelnut creamer. Yum!
Happy Day 40!
Today was – ta da! Oats…with banana, sunflower seed butter and some Trader Joes Pumpkin Butter. 2 hardboiled egg whites on the side and a cup of coffee.
Thanks for the recipe!
Wow WOW wow!! What a scrumptious looking breakfast! I enjoyed coffee, an egg, cooked with a clove of garlic laid on top of a thin slice of french bread with little slices of white sharp cheddar cheese in the middle. Yummo!
What a fun 40 days of following what’s for breakfast. Thanks!!
Wow, quite a feat coming up with 40 different breakfasts – great job Corrine! As for me, well I stick to only a few different ones, and it is old faithful that will represent me on the last day of the challenge: steel cut oatmeal with bananas, raisins, cinnamon and flaxseed.
This was an awesome challenge! Thanks so much!
This morning I am having water for breakfast. I know it doesn’t sound for real, but I had food poisoning all night the doctor said to stay on a clear liquid diet. Its torturous!
That looks amazing. I am going to make fritatta next week; you have convinced me.
Today I started with a mini bowl of kix because I was craving it and then I had some steel cut oats with milk, mixed berries, walnuts and a little brown sugar.
Wow that looks a hundred times better than the whole wheat toast and cheddar cheese I had for breakfast!
This morning we had pumpkin spice pancakes with frying cheese and maple syrup. One of our favorite special day breakfasts.
Thanks for doing this Corrine!
pal, that first picture looks amazing. the blue makes it pop like YEAH. send me a gift card, thanks.
Great looking breakfast!