Peter and I took a quick overnight trip to the Cape, where our friends Ellen and Ken have a new home. With our friends, we toured the Heritage Museum, watched the sun set from a *very* long boardwalk, and spent a morning at the beach. Here are some pictures to prove it:
There have been a million little details for me to attend to this week. Last night, again, I needed a quick dinner, and I also needed to get rid of a few things in my refrigerator. I had one more of those red peppers that I had purchased on sale, a baked potato from Dad's dinner, some cottage cheese on the verge of being discarded.....you get the idea. I concocted another frittata, which seems to come out great in the 10" skillet. Served with some toast, it's easy and great for using up all those odds and ends. Serves 3-4.
Use-it-up Frittata
Take your 10" cast iron skillet. Put it on your stove, set to medium.
Heat up 1 Tbs oil or butter. I happened to use Earth Balance Margarine.
Cook up a cup or so of fresh veggies...not tomato, since my experience is that the acid in the tomato breaks down my nice seasoning on the cast iron. I used my one red pepper, chopped. I would have added onion, but I thought Katie might have been joining us, and she dislikes onion. Cook until these veggies soften up to your liking.
Add about a half cup of other previously-cooked veggies you may want to get rid of. I added one baked potato, cut up.
Add about a cup of chopped-up meat that you think will taste good in there. I used about 4 oz of ham that didn't get used for sandwiches. It was sliced thin, and I just sliced that into strips.
Let it cook up together a little. Meanwhile, beat 4 eggs. This is where I added 1/2 cup of cottage cheese to the mixture. I also added about 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning, and about 1/4 tsp garlic powder. Mix this all together.
Pour over the veggies. Sprinkle liberally with parmesan cheese and let it cook a while. Meanwhile, turn on the broiler. When the egg mixture looks like it is setting, I put the whole thing under the broiler. Not very close....I don't want it to burn or anything. I keep an eye on it and watch, removing it just as I see some browning.
I let everyone know dinner will be ready soon. When your frittata is ready, it's ready!
