Vegetable Egg White Frittata
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There was a week where I went on a breakfast-for-dinner kick, so one evening was Frittata Night.
I've always seen these being made in cast iron pans, but I'd recommend using a pie dish instead. This was such a pain to clean, but otherwise, it was delicious.
Ingredients
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- 2 cups egg whites
- 8 ox frozen broccoli
- 1/2 onion
- 1 can diced tomato
- as much spinach as your heart desires
- salt
- pepper
- garlic powder
- paprika
- shredded cheese (not pictured)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400F.
Heat up a pan (or cast iron if you want to ignore my warning about the pains of cleaning this later) and cook down the onion until it's soft and caramelized.
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Toss in spinach and wilt this down. It might help to add a splash of water to get some steam going.
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Add the frozen broccoli and canned tomato. I had a thought that the acid from the tomato might ruin in the cast iron's seasoning, but I like to live dangerously sometimes.
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Add in 2 cups of egg whites and enough seasoning to your heart's desire.
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Cook up enough on the stove until you can see the egg start solidifying a bit on the edges. When that happens, pop the cast iron into the oven for 15 minutes.
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When time is up, sprinkle some cheese on top and put back under the broiler, keeping a close watch for 30 seconds to a minute.
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Results
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Admittedly, it's not as decadent as a frittata with full eggs and cream and cheese inside, but this was a nice lighter alternative!
Again, highly recommend making in a pie dish instead of cast iron, or you could portion this by cooking the ingredients, and putting everything into muffin tins to bake.