Thursday, September 26, 2013

Leftover Frittata

I am SO not into cooking these days.  Probably a result of spending too much time in the kitchen already.  Spend a few hours making jam, standing in front of the stove, stirring the pot, and then all the clean up involved with it, and by that point I don't want anything more to do with the kitchen.  So some days supper is just 'you're on your own'.  Some days I do manage to come up with something.  The easier the better.  The less dishes dirtied, the better.

A while ago, on one of the Saturdays that we'd taken off, I picked up a book from a garage sale. It was for kids, each page told you how to grow a different vegetable, and there was a recipe using that vegetable on the next page.  I did think that I could give it to one of my nieces for their kids.  Any one of you want it?

One recipe caught my eye, so I read it over and then decided to just wing it.

We had a bunch of potatoes that I had rejected as being salable (big worm holes, ones that I had stabbed with the fork, etc), as well as a zucchini and a bunch of chard that hadn't sold at the last market. 

Cooked the potatoes in a pot while I chopped up an onion and the chard and the zucchini, and got them frying in the pan.  When they were done I drained and then added the potatoes, and then beat 7 eggs in the pot I had cooked the potatoes in.  Added the eggs and some seasoning and left it on the stove and put a lid over the top to help it cook.

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It was pretty good, the potatoes were the best part.  I wished I'd grated the zucchini instead of slicing it, but all in all it was pretty good.  And only two dishes dirtied in the making of it.

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We have lots of lemon cucumbers right now, so they made a nice addition.  They don't taste like lemons, they just look like them.


Maybe they're available at a farmers market near you!

4 comments:

  1. Your meal sounds great. (Wish I had your cast iron pan.) We call those nights when nobody wants to cook "every man for himself." They seem to be more frequent the older we get! :) Never heard of lemon cukes; but I'm sure we'd love them.

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  2. That looks very tasty. I have been making fried cabbage with the red cabbages we grew...I should do a post :)

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  3. Looks pretty good! I love my cast iron skillets to make up a whole meal, we do bacon with chicken and potatoes and some cheese added on top for a skillet meal. One pan, some paper plates and I am good to go! I suppose since I am done at the museum that I will have to cook a tad more. I like the every one for themselves idea:)

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  4. Skillet meals...best way to go. :0)

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