Fridays during Lent have been proving very difficult for me. I am not too fond of fish and can no longer eat pasta for a quick meal (even gluten free pasta is off limits). Tonight was a particularly confusing night. We took the boys out after school and we ended up home a little too close to dinner time. I hadn't gone to the store today to buy fish and really had no clue what to make. I decided on gluten free pasta for the boys as a treat. They are not quite Paleo (yet) but usually eat Paleo dinners. So it was pasta and butter sauce for the boys with fruit. But that left the adults. What to make?
Rummaging through the fridge, I had a zucchini, and onion and a red pepper. I grabbed about a half dozen eggs and I went to work om a frittata of sorts/.
Ingredients:
1/2 to 1 red pepper
1 medium onion
1 zucchini
6 eggs
1tsp garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste
3T grass fed butter
Dice onion and pepper. Slice Zucchini into 1/4 inch think slices. Melt butter in skillet over medium heat (on my electric range, that was a "5" on the dial). When butter is melted, add onion and saute until it is translucent add the peppers. Cook for 2-5 minutes. Add Zucchini and cook an additional 2-5 minutes. While vegetables are cooking,lightly scramble eggs.
Spread out the vegetable mixture so that it is nearly flat and covering the entire bottom of the skillet. Pour eggs over top and cook on medium low (I set mine range dial to "4"). I try to gently lift the sides of the egg while it is cooking and tilt the pan so the uncooked egg runs to the bottom of the pan so it will cook. When the bottom of the egg is just about set, cover the pan and reduce the heat (again, on my stove I reduced it to a "3"). Carefully watch the frittata and make sure they are not burning. You will need to gently lift the side of the frittata to check the bottom. Do this carefully so as to keep the frittata in one piece. Continue to cook until the egg is set to your liking. Cut the frittata in half (I find it is easier to get it out of the pan this way, but if you can get it out in one piece, then go for it.) And serve. This served my husband and I. He was impressed with the dish. :)
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