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Vegetable Frittata, Homemade Pop-Tarts and Buttermilk Biscuits (Or how to have a kick-ass brunch)

January 3, 2011

We love brunch as much as anyone, but sometimes the hassle of waiting for a table at a good restaurant makes the whole experience feel more like a punishment than a treat, especially when you're hung over and craving a cup of coffee like, ten minutes ago.  Which is why we like do it up at the home-front every once in a while.

You don't need to spend much money to put together a fantastic brunch menu. And you don't have to rely on Aunt Jemima either, although we won't hate on getting inspiration from Kellogg's. A couple of Sundays ago we put together a killer menu: YAH's favorite buttermilk biscuits and honey butter, a vegetable frittata, and home made pop-tarts. 

YAH's Veggie Frittata

serves 6

8 eggs

1 onion

1 bag of spinach

1 bunch cherry tomatoes

crumbled goat cheese

dash of balsamic vinegar

salt/pepper

some oil and butter

pinch of sugar

How:

Preheat oven to high broil. Use butter and a pinch of sugar to caramelize the onions until they are shriveled and brownish and taking up about 1/3 the space they originally were in the pan. (Add the sugar about halfway in when the onions looks translucent.) Have the spinach ready using your favorite method of preparation. I stick them in a covered pot with a bit of water for 3-5 minutes then drain and season.  Cut the cherry tomatoes in half an warm them up in a pan with a little olive oil, salt, pepper, and a few squirts of balsamic vinegar.  After ten minutes, or when the tomatoes are juicy and hot, add them to the onions. Add the spinach.  Swish everything around and then reduce heat to medium.  Add the eggs on top of the vegetables. Sprinkle with the goat cheese. When the eggs are still runny on top, stick the entire pan into the oven on high broil and cook until the top is set, or about 3-5 minutes. Finit! 

We stole the pop-tart recipe from the wonderful Smitten Kitchen, and couldn't have been happier with the results. The raspberry filler was our unanimous fave.

Swallow this all down with homemade bloody marys, which won't set you back $12 a pop.

Posted in FOOD on January 3, 2011 10:59am by Jena Steinbach | 23 comments

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