Monthly Archives: August 2015

Weekend Frittata!

  
After a busy workweek, I love throwing together a quick Frittata. Super versatile and easy, it’s a great way to use up some of the fresh veggies left over from the week. (I hate to waste food, so I’m always looking for ways to incorporate leftovers into new recipes!)

There are a few staples I keep on hand so I’m always prepared .

Eggs
Feta Cheese (the savory salty flavor makes it unnecessary to season with additional salt)
Shredded Cheese (From simple Cheddar to Italian 4-Cheese to Mexican Blends…any flavors will be delicious!)
Sun-Dried Tomatoes (this is optional)
Sour Cream for Garnishing (you may also like to keep parsley, hot sauce or salsa on hand as well)
Non-Stick Cooking Spray
An Oven-Safe Non-Stick Skillet or Lasagna or Cake-Style Baking Pan

When it comes to additional ingredients, the sky is the limit! This morning I had some lovely fresh baby spinach left over from earlier in the week. So I kept things simple…eggs, baby spinach, sundried tomatoes, feta cheese, topped with a 4-cheese Italian blend of shredded cheese. it was delish! (photo above)

Here’s a list of some other ingredients I’ve used:
Green Pepper
Broccoli
Mushrooms
Spring Onions
Salsa!
Snow Peas
Parsley
Shredded Potatoes (frozen hashbrown potatoes to make it extra hearty)
…you get the idea!
And if you want to add meat, use pre-cooked options:
Bacon
Sausage
Deli Meat cut into pieces

Once you have assembled all your ingredients preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Whisk your eggs (2 or 3 for each person…or more so you have leftovers for a quick reheatable breakfast throughout the week. For a standard 13×9 baking pan you’ll need about 18 eggs.) Add your additional ingredients whisking as you go. be sure to add some cheese to your egg mixture as well…feta or your own favorite! (note: take cate that your extra ingredients do not overpower your egg mixture. But if you find that your eggs look a bit thin after adding everything, just add a few more eggs! Try to keep the ratio at about 2 (eggs) to 1 (everthing else!)) Top with a layer of shredded cheese and bake for about 30 minutes until the top is golden brown.

Serve immeduately with your garnish of choice! Yum!


Weekly Six Word Story Challenge

I am accepting a Weekly Six Word Challenge from yet another blogger. You can visit her blog, “Sometimes Stellar Storyteller” HERE and join in the fun!

This week’s prompt is: Write about a tricky situation.

Rock and Hard Place bickered incessantly!
by Kat 🙂


Friday Word of the Day Haiku Challenge! “Laconic”

As part of my Blogging 101 Day 15 Assignment: Creating a New Posting Feature, I have decided to give myself a challenge (and of course anyone else may join in!) by using Dictionary.com’s Word of the Day each Friday in a Haiku.  (A haiku is a three-line poem with 5 syllables in the first and last line and 7 syllables in the middle.)

Today’s word is PERFECT!

WOD1

Laconic Haiku

When braggarts are urged
to keep comments laconic…
silence is golden

~ kat ~ 21 august 2015


A Six Word “Bedtime” Story…

  
Aliens lurked nearby disguised as moths

👽


Eulogistic Rituals


It’s not how she imagined
it. Pale, tear-tracked
faces scowling at the
misting rain, a conspicuous
mound of earth, muddied,
near a deep hole of
nothingness, surrounded
by a silent chorus of
cold epitaphs etched in
stone…and weary
hopeless words, fancy
with accolades…words her
ears longed to hear once
upon a lifetime, reserved
now for a handful of black-
clad witnesses, who
listened, nodding, as if
they needed reminding. No,
this was not how she would
have ended things, making
peace with the unfinished
chapters, pages forever
left unturned, the
final page given much
more attention than
it was due.

If she had planned this
sad suarez it would have
been set in a field of
wildflowers near a bubbly
stream on a sun
shiny day with string
music and flowers…and
fruit pies, ice cream and
chocolate fountains…dogs,
cats and song birds and
helium-filled balloons
with rainbow-ribboned
tails. As for words…
no words…
simple knowing smiles
and laughter would
suffice. There would be
hugs, long full-frontal
hugging and kisses for
those so inclined. The
dress code would be
flowing shades of
fuchsia and yellow and
turquoise…green and
azure blue…no black
allowed. There would be
no cold dark
holes of unsettled
earth to bury tears or
lifeless roses and stiff
remains…no…a simple
ziplock bag of dust to
be tossed to the
wind, with a handful
reserved to set
sail on the sparkling
rivulets of stream
water nearby. If she
had planned it, this
is how it would have
been….a celebration
of love and life
full spent.

kat 2015