What's the difference between a frittata and a crustless quiche? Ehhh no matter, John loves these things (not so much me) so I've been making them as an easy dinner for him. Then I just do a quick egg sandwich for me (so much better if you ask me!). I have to say I don't normally like making things that take 45 minutes in the oven... but whenever I make this for John I just whip up a quick bread loaf for us to eat too... come on two birds one stone. Both take about the same time, and in the end everyone has something tasty to eat!
I'll tell you more about the loaf variation tomorrow. For now here's the quiche... frittata... whatever.
John's tasty egg dinner
In a frying pan saute in a little olive oil spray (then set aside to cool a bit)
1 small onion chopped
2 tsp garlic chopped
1/4 cup mushrooms chopped
2 chicken sausages (sliced)
handful of turkey pepperoni sliced (chopped up)
Meanwhile, in a large bowl beat up
4 eggs (don't tell him I put that many yokes in... he wont be pleased)
2 egg whites
1 cup skim milk
Then toss in:
1/8 cup grated parmigiana cheese
couple glugs red hot
1/4 tsp chili powder
few grinds of black pepper
dash of salt
1/4 cup mozzarella (john likes the fat free variety)
1/4 cup roasted red peppers
4 rings of pepperoncini chopped
Stir your cooked up onion mixture into your egg mixture and then pour it all into a greased 9x9" pan. Bake at 350 for around 45 minutes. (jiggle the pan... if it still jiggles... it's not done yet)
Let cool slightly, and serve!
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My family owns an egg farm in Western Mass. Here are a few more tidbits for you:
~ brown eggs come from brown/red chickens, white eggs from white chickens
~ the darker birds tend to be a little heartier, thus the local/smaller farmers raising these birds and having the brown eggs. The big agri-farms down south have the millions of white birds (cheeper maybe? ;) that raise the store bought white eggs.
~ eggs need a few hours to 'set'. An egg right out of the chicken is almost like water when cracked open. So there is such a thing as too fresh.
~ when the young birds first start laying they'll lay small, almost toy like eggs with no yolks.
~ then the first few months they'll often lay what we call double-yolkers. They're 2-3 times the size of a normal egg and actually have two yolks in them. They can't even fit in an egg carton so we'll just rubber band the lid closed. These are a huge hit at the farm. Little kids flip when their egg has two yolks in it.
~ every now and then we'll also get eggs with no shells. A regular egg on the inside of a slightly thicker membrane with absolutely no shell at all (another hit with the kids on farm tours).