the incredible egg

There’s something so satisfying and comforting about eggs. They go well with almost everything, fill you up, and can be eaten at any time. When you have spent all day running around town buying groceries for your Christmas dinner, and you come home to cookies, cakes, bread, and chocolate, the last thing you want to do is slave away at dinner. Which is why eggs can save you. I tend to forget about them since they are hiding away in their little cartons, but they act as great go-to fixtures in any last minute meal.

Looking in my fridge, I saw some things that needed to be used up, like ricotta cheese, mushrooms, and mozzarella cheese. So I threw in all these ingredients, popped it in the oven to bake for a bit, and whipped up an easy frittata.

I didn’t really have a recipe for it since I just threw things in together, but here’s a little breakdown of the frittata. Honestly folks, don’t forget about those eggs, they are not only healthy for you but they work wonders when mixed with cheese :)

Mushroom & Ricotta frittata with rosemary

Ingredients:

• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup diced onions
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• diced green onions (however many you want)
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 1 to 1 and 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese
• 1 tblsp olive oil
• 1 clove garlic
• Pinch of rosemary
• Pinch of salt
• Pinch of pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees. Butter a baking dish and set aside. Whip the eggs together, and season with salt, rosemary, and pepper. Add ricotta cheese and green onions and mix together. Set aside.

2. In a nonstick pan, heat up olive oil. Add one clove of garlic but make sure it doesn’t burn. Add onions and mushrooms. Don’t overcook the vegetables though since they’ll cook in the oven too.

3. Toss vegetables into the baking dish. Add the egg mixture and spread the mixture evenly over the vegetables. Top the dish with the mozzarella cheese and put in oven. Bake until the eggs set and cook and the cheese becomes slightly colored. I left mine in the oven for about 10 to 15 minutes.

You can also broil the top so it gets a nice crust on top, but I was so hungry I just devoured it.