Tag Archive: eggs

Chicken Pasta Frittata

A few weeks ago I heard someone mention putting pasta in a frittata (I think I was watching a cooking show on TV, but I can’t remember)… I was skeptical.  I am one of those people who is picky about the textures of my food… So, I wasn’t sure about pasta with cooked eggs.
However, the [...]

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Caramelized Onion and Zucchini Frittata

Don’t you just love frittatas? They are one of my go-to meals for two reasons… Making a frittata is not only quick and easy (and a dinner that I can manage even on the busiest nights), but it is also a great way to use up leftover veggies and other odds and ends that are [...]

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Broccoli and Cheese Quiche

Quiche or tart?  That is the question.
At least, that is the question I posed to my twitterverse yesterday as I was making this dish.  When baking an egg mixture in pastry shell in a tart pan, is it a quiche or a tart?
Turns out (thanks to @EpicureanJourney) that a quiche is actually a type of [...]

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Bacon, Leek, and Arugula Frittata

After only a few years of marriage, I had completely destroyed the set of pots and pans that I received as a wedding gift. The nonstick finish was pretty much nonexistent in that short time.  So, I switched over to All-Clad stainless pots and pans just over a year ago. I don’t want to get into [...]

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Apple Maple Chicken Sausage Frittata

Earlier in the week, my husband went out of town for a few days.  I had to drop him off at the airport in the afternoon, so I decided to make a good hearty lunch for him so that he would have at least one good meal before the trip.  I guess that’s my mother [...]

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Breakfast for Dinner – Part 1

This evening I decided to make breakfast for dinner.  Earlier in the week, I was paging through my Cooking Light cookbook, and I came across a recipe for a Ham and Asparagus Frittata.  I already had both ham and asparagus in the refrigerator, so I decided to give it a try.
Originally, I didn’t really think [...]

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Sausage, Leek, and Spinach Quiche

A few weeks ago I tried a quiche recipe from a vegetarian cookbook I purchased.  I wasn’t impressed by the recipe – it was fairly bland and did not seem to have the right pastry to filling ratio.  I wasn’t ready to give up on quiche altogether, though.
So, I set out on a mission to [...]

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