Spring Veggie Frittata

Welcome back to the week! My blogging schedule has been a little out of sorts lately (as I mentioned, Spring is a very busy time for us at my job!) and so I am just popping in to share a fun, healthy recipe.

We are all about breakfast food over at our house, so Saturday we had a little stay at home brunch. I found the recipe for Spring Veggie Frittata in my Real Simple magazine (love) and couldn't believe how easy it looked! And it is.

 

In case you are wondering (like we were) what the difference between a quiche and a frittata is,  let me enlighten you! Cooking Clarified cleared this matter up for me, and I am sharing it with you,  here:

• Quiche is made by adding ingredients to a custard base, a combination of eggs and heavy cream or half and half, which gives it a creamy consistency when baked. Quiche typically has a crust, but not always.
• Frittata is made with little to no milk or cream, and no crust. It is are also cooked first on the stovetop and then in the oven.

So there you have it!

This recipe takes such little time, and you could even mix and match ingredients to your liking. Though I HIGHLY recommend keeping with the goat cheese! YUM.

Ingredient List:

 

1 1/2 tablespoons EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)

1/2 pound fresh asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1 inch pieces

2 cups chopped broccoli

1 cup cherry tomatoes

8 large eggs

1  tsp kosher salt

3/4 teaspoon black pepper

2 ounces crumbled goat cheese

 

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a nonstick ovenproof skillet over medium-high. Add the asparagus and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add the broccoli and tomatoes; cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes burst and the broccoli softens, 5 minutes more.
2. Whisk together the eggs, 1 teaspoon 
of the salt, and ½ teaspoon of the pepper. Pour over the vegetables in the skillet and cook, stirring gently, until the eggs just begin to set, about 1 minute. Sprinkle with the goat cheese and transfer the pan to the oven. Bake until the center is set, 10 to 12 minutes.

 

 

 Seriously, super easy! I'll definitely make again with a few more of our favorite ingredients! Enjoy!

Healthy Bites

Hey! So the weekend AND Monday ran together for me and suddenly we are at Tuesday.... whoa. Times flies when you are having fun and working your buns off.

I HAVE to share this recipe because it is unbelievable. Unbelievably simple and unbelievably delicious.

I found this recipe on Southern In Law blog and when I saw the ingredients, I seriously questioned how it would turn out. But since it had THREE ingredients and would take about 5 minutes to find out, I figured, why not?

*disclaimer: I think you may have to use a food processor to make this work. Or something that has similar capacities.






Anyways, if you are anything like my house, you crave something sweet A LOT. Like, after every meal. And in between meals. And before bed.


And when you wake up. So, when I saw this recipe had (again) THREE ingredients that are healthy, gluten free and vegan... it was kind of a no brainer to give it a whirl.

What you will need:

1 cup medjool dates (or dried dates) *I bought the pitted dates my grocer had available. It worked.
1 cup cashews
2 tsp vanilla (I added a little extra. Because I always add extra vanilla) 
Optional: a pinch of sea salt (recommended!)

What you need to do:

Measure out a cup of dates and a cup of cashews.

Pour them into your food processor. Pour the vanilla over the top.  It will look like this. Ew. I almost stopped at this point. That looks like a creature.

 

Process. I pulsed the food processor until it started to look like it could be shaped. It took a few minutes.

I had to pulse for another minute or so after this picture was taken!

If you feel like it is not coming together, add a splash of water and process a little bit longer. Remove from the food processor. Form into small balls with your hands. Put on a plate and chill in the fridge or go ahead and give it a taste! Seriously.. YUM!

 

Don't mind my manicure, it cannot keep up with my life.

 

And... enjoy! Seriously, these are delicious. Thanks again to Southern In Law for the recipe!

 

These disappeared pretty quickly from our fridge. I will absolutely be making them again! I'm also planning to mix and match this this recipe with some other flavors. Any recommendations?