Sunday, March 1, 2009

Weekend Brunch

All week, I look forward to the weekend, when I can make myself a delicious brunch. Most days this means making an omelet or fritatta. Sometimes, I make french toast, pancakes or another egg dish, but most times I just love a good fritatta.

What I put in depends on what's in the crisper. Generally it is comprised of onion, either red or white, cheese and some other veggies, such as broccoli, spinach, tomato, bell pepper, etc. Lately, I've been doing more fritattas then omelets cuz I've never really mastered the fold over that an omelet requires. Plus, w/ a fritatta the potatoes are right in there w/ the egg, and while it's delicious that way, it is also one less pan to clean!

I start by putting a pierced potato in the microwave for abt 2 minutes. I then cut it up, add it to a frying pan w/ heated vegetable oil. As the potato fries up, I dice my veggies small and grate the cheese. Then I whisk two eggs w/ milk and pour it over the potatoes.

As the egg sets, I add s&p and then sprinkle the veggies in. Finally I top w/ cheese and cover w/ a lid to firm the top and melt the cheese.

Ideally, I'd throw it in the oven to brown, but I don't think my pan is oven safe and I don't think my oven is big enough. C'est la vie...


Then I settle down on the couch in front of the tv w/ my fritatta and a big cup of coffee to catch up on my dvr, some trashy reality tv or the soup w/ joel mchale. Ahhh, weekends!

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