Sausage, Swiss Chard and Sweet Potato Fritatta
April 12, 2013 - Written by DianaThis is a great winter/early spring fritatta using local ingredients. Some sweet potatoes hold up well in storage while chard is a cool weather crop. Our sausage is from Blues Creek Farm Meats – we went to a sausage making class and made our own sausage with spices from North Market Spices. My husband is on a low sodium diet; when we had the chance to make our own sausage without adding salt we jumped in. The pork sausage has a nice fennel and peppery spice to it – great flavor.
I want my egg dishes to have some bulk to it; I don’t want to be hungry in an hour. I add ingredients that will stay with us as well as have a ton of flavor. I try to use one pan – and while this is mostly a one pan meal(a one castiron pan meal), I do use the microwave for softening the sweet potatoes to speed the process up. You can saute it on the stove, or bake it in an oven or toaster oven wrapped in foil to soften it instead.
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Are you over run with Easter Eggs- or just plain old hard boiled eggs? I can eat hard boiled eggs long after Easter is over, but sometimes changing it up is fun also. Here are some different approaches to using up your hard boiled eggs. I’ve tried lots of different instructions on how to hardboil an egg and some involve too many steps. This is the one that works for me. Place eggs in the bottom of your pot with enough room around so they don’t bump and cover with water – 1 inch above. Bring to rolling boil. Take off heat and cover. Let sit for 10 minutes. Rinse off with cold water. Voila! - 6 minutes for softboiled -8 minutes for medium boiled. This works – really it does. If you’d like to try baking your eggs in the shell – Kitchen Whisperer has some instructions for that. I saw a fun photo of Deviled Egg Chicks on My Little Chicken Coop’s Facebook page, so I did a quick little round up. This will go great with my Deviled Egg Recipe Round Up Post that I repeat every Easter. If you have a fun photo of your deviled egg chicks or bunnies feel free to drop a link in the comments – usually frowned upon uninvited, but I am inviting. Deviled Egg Chicks on Neatorama- http://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/28/deviled-egg-chicks/ Taste of Home – http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Chicks-on-the-Ranch-Deviled-Eggs Mommy’s Memorandum has a nice way to form the chick – http://mommysmemorandum.com/deviled-egg-chicks/ A different way to make deviled egg chicks without the lid. - http://www.foodwhine.com/2010/04/deviled-egg-chicks.html Deviled Egg Bunnies - From Papawow- these are really a cute idea - http://www.papawow.com/blog/deviled-easter-bunny-eggs.html Angry Chicken had some bunny heads made out of olives -http://angrychicken.typepad.com/angry_chicken/2007/04/easter_part_deu.html Easter is coming and you know what that means. You need to find recipes for the 12 dozen eggs you colored that your family will be tired of in 2 days. I feel you. I’m here for you.What better way to use up the eggs and give your family a tasty treat than by whipping up a big old batch of deviled eggs? Behold: Lately, I’ve been experimenting with three ingredients and my cast iron pan. I like that I can stick the pan under the broiler and bake some eggs, after I’ve partially cooked the other ingredients on the stove top. Cast iron is really great for even heat and works well even on my glass top, too. Trying the same dish over and over in different ways should give you perfection sooner or later, but I’m always thinking what if I did this, or this, or this. Don’t be afraid to experiment. This combination of sweet potatoes, greens and fresh eggs has become family favorite. These aren’t the only ingredients I’m using, because often I add luna burgers broken up and I also use onions, shallots or leeks. Fresh herbs are good to sprinkle over top, and a little bit of chevre and swiss ( two of the lowest sodium cheeses my husband can eat). The greens are whatever I have on hand, sometimes spinach or chard, but this week tatsoi was in the market bag. Tatsoi …
Eggs are a lovely protein, don’t you think? We often turn to eggs when we want something quick and delicious for breakfast or dinner. I made this frittata the other day using eggs, farm market veggies and a vegetarian burger(okay, it’s a Luna Burger – anything tastes good with a Luna Burger in it) crumbled up, plus some cheese. My husband took a bite and told me it wasn’t right, because his eggs don’t taste this good, and aren’t this filling when he makes them. The end of summer is bittersweet because the fresh locally grown veggie supply starts to wane, but at the same time they have their best flavor. Get’em while their fresh. Farm Market Frittata I married into a deviled egg making family. It helped that one of my sister in law’s had chickens, and sometimes the eggs were freely flowing. After years of making them, I brought the idea home to my side of the family and they embraced it too. Since Easter is one of the biggest times for hardboiling those eggy-suckers, I’m reposting this round-up of devilish links. Here’s our favorite Easter time Round Up – Deviled Eggs. Look here for some fun Deviled Egg Chicks and Bunnies. I had some fresh spinach to use up as well as some local eggs, so here’s a really easy way to combine them into a tasty meal. I sauteed the spinach along with a small onion and a red pepper in a small pan drizzled with olive oil. I then cracked eggs over top and while the whites were cooking, I would use my fork to poke holes in the white causing the …
Here’s my opinion of quail eggs – they’re small, really small; about 6 eggs equal one regular egg if that. The shells are cute and speckled with different brown hues. The membrane that is right under the egg is thicker than a regular egg. At first I would crack it, then run a knife just under the egg and try not to poke the yolk. By the time I was finished, I was sticking my finger through the membrane successfully without breaking the yolk. I probably would buy quail eggs again to do something fun with my food, but functionally it left me wanting more for less work. I can see making small scotch eggs, or as a garnish to a salad. You can do …
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This egg dish is fast, easy and delicious – perfect for Sunday brunch – or a breakfast for dinner meal. Sundays used to be real family time for us before the kids were out of high school. My husband and I still have breakfast together, but some days we go out to a restaurant on our way to do something else like pick up stuff for some project or another. This weekend my son was home, and he is a lover of family sit down meals. He took care of the animals while we were out of town, so I wanted to put together a meal he would really enjoy for Sunday breakfast.
Quail Eggs Over Taters
June 23, 2011 - Written by Diana
I’m lucky. I try out new things and my family goes along with it. I bought some quail eggs at the farm market and made breakfast for my family. I shredded some potatoes and onions, partially cooked them, then put them into ramekins and put some quail eggs over top then finished baking them. This was my father’s day surprise breakfast for the family.
