Frittata - Eggs are GREAT for Protein
Eggs are a fantastic source of protein & nutrients! I have written about them in the past HERE and HERE. Also, here is info from World's Healthiest Foods.
Don't reserve this great frittata from World's Healthiest Foods website for breakfast; it's wonderful for lunch or dinner as well! Zucchini and tomatoes provide excellent sources of health-promoting vitamins A and C as well as manganese to your Healthiest Way of Eating. And all of this for only 85 calories!
Prep and Cook Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 whole eggs
- 4 egg whites
- pinch of turmeric
- 1/2 medium onion, chopped fine
- 1 TBS chicken or vegetable broth
- 3 medium cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 cups thinly sliced zucchini
- 1/2 4 oz can diced green chili
- 1 small tomato, chopped with excess pulp removed
- 2 TBS chopped cilantro
- salt and black pepper to taste
Directions:
- Chop onions and garlic and let sit for at least 5 minutes to enhance their health-promoting properties.
- Beat together eggs, egg whites, turmeric, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Heat 1 TBS broth in 10-12 inch stainless steel skillet. Healthy Sauté onion, garlic, zucchini, and green chili for about 3 minutes stirring frequently.
- After 3 minutes, add tomato, cilantro, salt, and pepper to zucchini mixture.
- Pour egg mixture over vegetables. Turn heat to low and cover. Cook for about 10 minutes checking periodically to see if eggs are firm. When done, run a rubber spatula around edge of frittata, cut into four wedges and serve.
Serves 4 Serving Suggestions Nutritional Stats
Once again, easy to change up to meet your own tastes. Good any time of the day! 
Also, on a FitFluential chat Wednesday night with Coach's Oats, they offered up a recipe Eggcelent Oatmeal Veggie Cups. Easy to make and easy to make your own! See side pic here.
I highly recommend those looking for support in health & fitness & all things like this take a look at FitFluential. My original post is HERE when I announced that I am a FitFluential ambassador!
What is your fave egg dish? Are you FitFluential?
Categories: Food, Nutrition, FitFluential, Healthy Eating, Recipes, Protein
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oooh Ive made the cups too.
the husband loved them!
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I'm very weird (like you didn't know that), but as much as I love eggs, I don't really care for omelets, frittatas, and such. Not even huevos rancheros! But the pictures sure make it look good.
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I have to agree with Cammy -- I love eggs but no longer care about omelets or frittatas. I almost always put hard-boiled eggs in my nearly daily salads, and we have breakfast eggs once or twice a week -- I used to make them easy-over, but to avoid extra fat, I now poach them. I love eggs benedict, but only have it a couple of times a year. Also, I love a breakfast baked custard consisting of a couple of TBSP of bran, 1 egg, 1/3 cup milk, a little sweetener, and a dash of nutmeg. Yum.
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I make cowboy eggs where I scramble eggs and add in tomatoes, green peppers, and onions. A fast version but healthy too.
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I actually made some similar egg muffins this week! We had ham, at my teen's request, and it seemed a good use of some leftovers. I use egg substitute in mine because of my cholesterol issues.
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I love eggs! I have some form of them pretty much every day, whether it is just the whites or the whole eggs. They are in my 1-minute muffing, the protein pancakes. Plus I love omelets and egg salad.
I am also a firm believer that dietary cholesterol is not a bad thing and I need to do a post about that research.
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Yum-o. Just pondering what I could use as a substitute for zucchini that my whole family would eat. (The husband and son are very picky eaters!)
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I love eggs! Perfect portion control size and cheap protein!
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Eggs kind of gross me out on their own, but those cup things look pretty good. On a weird note, it appears my husband has become allergic to eggs (if he eats a couple on their own, not if they're part of a recipe). He gets a wicked stomach ache...
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Another egg fan here! (Does that make us egg heads?)
I tend to eat mostly carton egg whites scrambled with a bit of pecorino cheese--not that yolks aren't awesome too, but I get to eat a HUGE-ass serving of whites for the same calories as a small serving of the real thing. Have 'em with my green smoothie in the morning, or else I'd add vegetables.
Hooray for women getting protein! Too many skimp on it.
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