RECIPE: Frittata

What a completed frittata looks like. Delicious! 

One of the cheapest and most delicious things you can make with limited materials in the kitchen has to be a frittata. These baked egg "casseroles" can be filled in with just about anything, from bell peppers and mushrooms to dried Chinese sausage or even crab! Whatever you have in the fridge that you want to make can go in. For this frittata, I'm choosing my favorites: chicken apple sausage, onion, mushroom, and cheese. 

Frittatas are also great because they take only about 10 minutes to make and can last you a couple of days, depending on how big the frittata you make is. They are definitely a dish you should add to your arsenal of college recipes! 

Recipe will make enough for at least two meals.
Prep Time: about 10 minutes (TIP: to keep this down, cut all of your vegetables the night before!)
Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

4 eggs, beaten
1 chicken apple sausage, diced
1/4 c chopped white onion
1/4 cup diced bell pepper
1/4 cup diced mushrooms (any kind will do for this)
2 tsp dried oregano
2 tsp dried basil
1 clove minced garlic (if you have a jar of it, use about a teaspoon).
1/2 cup shredded cheese (again, any kind will do)
1/2 tbsp olive oil
Salt and pepper to season

Cooking/Assembling:

1. Turn your oven on broil. If it has multiple broil settings, make sure the broil setting is high.
2. Place your frying pan on a burner on medium high heat. Add the olive oil to the pan. When you just see it start to smoke, add in your onion, mushroom, bell pepper, and garlic.
3. Season the vegetables with salt and pepper, and saute (cook in the pan, stirring around occasionally) until the onions turn translucent and are starting to brown and the mushrooms have all browned.
4. Add in your chicken apple sausage, oregano, and basil at this point, and keep sauteing until the chicken apple sausage has color on each side to help get the maximum flavor out of your sausage.
5. At this point, add in your eggs and cheese immediately afterward. Stir the eggs throughout the pan so that nothing is sticking to the bottom and your sausage and vegetables are distributed evenly throughout the frittata.
6. Season the frittata with salt and pepper one more time, then transfer to your oven. Bake for 4-5 minutes on the high broil setting.
7. Be careful taking the pan out of the oven; the handle will be hot! Transfer to a plate by holding the plate upside down over the pan with one hand, then flip both so that the frittata comes out of the pan and lands on the plate. If you're worried about the frittata sticking, go around the edges with a knife quickly to ensure the frittata comes out.
8. Serve!

This recipe shows just how simple and quick frittatas are. You can serve them in the pan as well, if you'd like. They're fully customizable and give you a great boost for whatever meal you serve it as. Frittatas are versatile enough to be breakfast, lunch, or dinner, so use it for whatever meal you feel like.

I hope you enjoyed this recipe! Let me know what you think and what you would change. If you make it at home or in your apartment/dorm, let me know how it turns out! Enjoy, and get cooking!