As much as I love being in the kitchen, and as fun as it can be to make a complicated, elaborate meal for my family, sometimes it's great to have an old standby recipe like this one. For this week's Craving Ellie in My Belly recipe, chosen by Marthe of Culinary Delights, I made Spaghetti Frittata with Salad Presto. Both recipes can be found in Ellie's So Easy book; they're listed on facing pages, and they're meant to be served together to make a full meal.
We love frittatas around these parts; they make frequent appearances on our breakfast table on the weekends. The thing is, they're usually prepared by my husband, and not by me. When I am in charge of breakfast, we end up with muffins, pancakes, waffles. You know, something nice and carb-y! When the hubs makes the food, however, we will more often than not eat eggs of some kind, preferably with bacon or sausage on the side. It's nice; we balance each other out that way!
Anyhow, I knew I could definitely use the practice with my frittata-making abilities, so I was happy to make this for dinner and give Andy a break. I was really excited for this one. Come on: pasta, eggs, cheese, sundried tomatoes, and spinach, just to name a few ingredients. There was no way I was not gonna love this! It's like comfort food on top of comfort food to me. It's full of flavor, it's very filling, and it doesn't take much effort to get it on the table. The salad is almost ridiculously simple, so it made a great counterpart to the egg/pasta dish. I was able to whip this together in no time flat, and it was gobbled up almost as fast.
So, thank you, Marthe! We loved this meal, and I already told my husband to move over, because there's a new frittata-maker in town! I intend to make this one over and over again. I can't wait to try this with different variations thrown in. I think it would be great with so many things added; just let your imagination run wild!
The original recipes can be found here and here. And of course, the CEIMBers' various interpretations of these recipes can be found by checking out the blogroll, here.
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It is such fun to read a post when someone has found something they really love...yours looks great, too. Cute about your differing breakfast styles. I'm not sure Mark would know how to actually cook something for breakfast...his standard every work-day morning breakfast is, I kid you not, cookies and two spoons of applesauce as he is heading out the door. Weekends I made a big Sunday breakfast, but Saturdays everyone is on their own and I have no idea what they all eat. I eat oatmeal.
ReplyDeleteIn our kitchen, we are the exact opposite of you and your husband. I am the eggs and bacon lover/maker while Ryan is the one who makes waffles (his specialty!). It's a great balance, just as you said.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures! I somehow missed the salad completely prior to posting, but it sounds quite good so I'll have to revisit it!