Zach had to buy some apples for a project at work, which meant he got to bring them home when he was done. :0 We were supposed to go to a welcoming fall party Saturday night, so I considered making something with the Galas then. However, after seeing what everyone else was bringing, I decided to make baked beans...but we had to bail on the party because Zach and I weren't feeling too hot. So we stayed home and had a dinner of the beans, potato salad, and leftover steak from our anniversary dinner. And the apples continued to chill in the fruit bowl.
We've been eating loads of crap lately, so I'm trying to get more fruits and veg back into our diet. Sunday, he and a coworker spent 14 hours editing a video--they were up until 3 a.m.!--so I wanted to make some quick and easy for dinner. Lots of times, we end up having breakfast for Sunday dinner (brinner, if you will), so I decided to go with that. I had come across an apple and cheddar frittata recipe when I was on Pinterest Saturday morning, and I thought it would be awesome with bacon, especially since I was trying to use up the last few strips. And so the ABC Frittata was born!
ABC FRITTATA
2 apples (peeled, cored, and sliced)
3 strips of bacon, cooked (I used turkey--turkey, apples, and cheddar is soooo good!)
1 cup of cheddar cheese, shredded
8 eggs
2 egg whites
1 Tbsp. butter
salt and pepper to taste
pinch of nutmeg
-Heat oven to 450. Melt butter in skillet over medium heat.
-Beat eggs and egg whites. Stir in 1/2 cup of the cheese and salt and pepper. Crumble bacon into egg mixture and stir. Add egg mixture to skillet.
-While the edges cook to set (3-4 minutes if using cast-iron skillet), layer apple slices around the top of the egg mixture and sprinkle the remaining cheese over all. Then add pinch of nutmeg and more salt and pepper, if desired.
-Transfer skillet to oven and bake from 17 to 20 minutes until the center is set and frittata is turning golden brown. Remove frittata from skillet and let rest on a platter or plate for five minutes before cutting.
This was my first time making a frittata, and it is definitely going to be in my rotation this fall and winter!
How are you marking the first days of autumn?
Also, if you are so inclined, my friend's cousin and his wife are trying to adopt. If you haven't heard, adoption is very expensive. They need about $20,000 more to bring a baby boy home this weekend. I know that sounds kind of wild, but the mother wants to give her son to a couple who cannot have children at all, and they are currently the only ones that fit that bill with the agency the mother is using. They only found out a few days ago that the mother will be induced in a week. Since this morning, they have raised almost $8,000! They have four more days to get the rest taken care of. If you cannot support their efforts financially, please join us in praying for Baby O.
Apples + bacon + cheddar = sounds like perfection!
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't feel like fall here yet (and we don't have a fall, just rainy and dry seasons). But it did rain this afternoon, which made it a little cooler, so that made me happy. :)
That would make me so sad not to have a real fall! But I'm glad it's cooling off a bit. :)
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