And to think that people complain about having to eat "bland food" while they're on a diet...

Strawblackcat

Tonight's Dinner: fritatta made with pastured eggs, pastured bacon, rainbow chard, nutritional yeast, caramalized sweet onions, and home-rendered lard.


193 calories and 13 grams of protein for 1/4 of the fritatta.

Delicious! Beats "low fat dieter" cooking any day of the week!

fishshark

looks amazing! i havent had a frittata since i was in culinary school 10 years ago.. not sure why they are amazing! funny note while im typing this American Dad is on and Stan just asked "what is a frittata anyway?" ha what are the odds.

MinmoInk

Ah looks incredible! I love quiches so I'll have to try a frittata! I think I would forgo lard tho, can't stand the stuff .

The only time I had to eat bland food was when I was suffering from gastritis. You don't know bland till you know GI issues bland.

Strawblackcat

MinmoInk wrote: »

Ah looks incredible! I love quiches so I'll have to try a frittata! I think I would forgo lard tho, can't stand the stuff .

The only time I had to eat bland food was when I was suffering from gastritis. You don't know bland till you know GI issues bland.

If you get the good stuff made from leaf fat, then it doesn't taste like pork. I actually was originally going to make this using tallow instead of lard (tallow makes everything taste like hamburgers!) but the butcher gave me leaf fat instead of suet. I didn't realize that he had made a mistake until after I had already rendered it.

MinmoInk

Strawblackcat wrote: »

MinmoInk wrote: »

Ah looks incredible! I love quiches so I'll have to try a frittata! I think I would forgo lard tho, can't stand the stuff .

The only time I had to eat bland food was when I was suffering from gastritis. You don't know bland till you know GI issues bland.

If you get the good stuff made from leaf fat, then it doesn't taste like pork. I actually was originally going to make this using tallow instead of lard (tallow makes everything taste like hamburgers!) but the butcher gave me leaf fat instead of suet. I didn't realize that he had made a mistake until after I had already rendered it.

I'm sure... It's probably very different. I'll try tallow soon, I love me some burger flavor!

Growing up with your dad frying eggs and chorizo in lard for himself every weekend and making the whole house smell like a sweaty pig will really turn ya off to the stuff tho.

CrabNebula

Frittatas are delicious. I made one on Tuesday that we also ate yesterday. Make mine with:

Egg whites
Half and half
Fresh tomatoes
Goat cheese, feta, or mozzarella
Onions or leeks
Mushrooms
Spinach and/or kale
Fresh basil and parsley
Salt and Pepper
Italian seasoning

I used a 10in cast iron skillet and it made 5 servings of about 275 very stuffing cals. Served it with whole wheat pita bread I made myself fresh 5 minutes before serving.

Pro tip: Make dough in batches, divide into balls, freeze, and put a ball in the fridge the day you need to use it. It only takes like 5 minutes to roll out and bake on a griddle what you need for dinner that night. You get fresh baked bread during the work week for very minimal effort.

Gamliela

Sounds great. I'm a quiche fan myself. Eggs, cheese and a few green onions in a deep dish pie crust!

lemurcat12

I'm a keep it simple omelet person most of the time, but frittatas are delicious and can be a great alternative. If I didn't have omelets for breakfast most days I'd take more advantage of their excellent quick-and-easy dinner side.