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Monday, September 26, 2011

baked potato fritata

A fritata, basically an open faced omelet, is one of my go to meals when I just don't feel like cooking.  It's quick, easy, adaptable to what you have and the leftovers are great for lunch the next day.  Here's what you need:
2 medium potatoes baked (nuked in the microwave is OK too)
1/2 onion diced
1/2 green pepper diced
grated cheese use what you like I used cheddar.
Cooked chopped meat I used bacon and ham because I had them on hand.  You could also go vegetarian.
5 eggs whip them in a bowl with 2T of water
butter
Bake the potatoes, do all the other prep work ahead, once it starts cooking it goes fast.

Do the potatoes first and allow them to cool slightly, peel and cut into 1" chunks
Add the peppers, onion and potatoes to an oven proof  skillet with about 2T of butter, saute until translucent and golden
Add the meat and stir a couple of minutes.  Lower the heat to medium.
Pour in the eggs and top with cheese. 
Cook until the eggs are almost set and then pop the skillet under the broiler to set the top of the fritata.  Watch this constantly, it can go from golden to black in seconds.
Cut into wedges and serve.

You can change this however you like by adding other vegetables, cheese and meat or not.  Try broccoli, red pepper and jack cheese it's fabulous

We were in a hurry to eat and I forgot to take the picture of the finished fritata.  But it tasted great.

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