Cottage Cheese Veggie Egg Frittata

Small yet mighty, eggs pack in dense nutrition for 70-80 calories. It's a staple in our family. Is it also a basic ingredient/food necessity for your family?

The whites brim with protein, while the yolks deliver Vitamin D, cholin, lutein and zeaxanthin. Vitamin D - essential for bone health, immune function and calcium absorption; Cholin - an essential nutrient to maintain muscle and memory; Lutein and Zeaxanthin - antioxidants to prevent age-related macular degeneration.  


Today's Cottage Cheese Veggie Egg Frittata is like any other frittata made before - just tweaked and improved with addition of cottage cheese to boost amount of protein; at the same time making the egg frittata more moist and fluffy.

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Pico De Gallo / Salsa Egg Frittata

Egg frittata is my go-to for egg makeovers. Our family still enjoy our routine hard-boiled eggs and occasionally, sunnyside up sheet-pan style. But egg frittata is one of those clever ways to load up the eggs with leftovers, extras, add-ons - in short, "bonuses".

Adding on to this egg frittatas list of Onion Egg Frittata, Chive Egg Frittata, Gouda Cheese Egg Frittata, Frozen Veggie Egg Frittata, Leftover Fish Egg Frittata is this Pico De Gallo/Salsa Egg Frittata using leftover Pico De Gallo, idea inspired from a popular dish Asian-style fry tomato with eggs.




You may want to use salsa if you have leftover salsa but do take note, salsa is a more blended version of tomatoes, onions, jalapeno, so it tends to be more "watery" and liquid than Pico De Gallo (preferred) which is a mixture of fresh chopped tomato, onion, jalapeno, lime, and cilantro. 

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Leftover Fish Egg Frittata (+ Veggies + Oats)

Most of the times, there are no leftovers when it comes to cooked fish. Unlike leftover chicken, leftover cooked fish is trickier to deal with. But especially during inflationary times when bulk-buying groceries/produce/food items gets more bang for the buck - that's when you do buy more then usual, cook more than usual and THERE WILL BE leftovers.

Nothing comes to waste when it comes to frugal-living cooking, even for a tricky leftover cooked fish. There is always my beloved egg frittatas to turn to e.g. Onion Egg Frittata, Chive Egg Frittata, Gouda Cheese Egg Frittata and Frozen Veggies Egg Frittata.

So, the leftover snapper fillets from last night dinner were transformed to this Leftover Fish Egg Frittata upgraded with veggies and rolled oats.


Leftover cooked fish tend to be "dry", adding vegetables such as shredded carrots, or roasted zucchini helps re-introduce a little more moisture into the frittata. I also added (or sprinkled) some oats on top before oven-cooking the frittata, to make it texturally more exciting (plus it's added fiber too!).

Oh did I say? Though made into a protein bowl lunch here, these leftover fish egg frittata can be a great idea for a nutritious breakfast as well (yeah, that's rolled oats in there! right?)

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Frozen Veggies Egg Frittata

Some of you should have noticed by now, how much I love egg frittatas, from the frequency of making them: Onion Egg Frittata, Chive Egg Frittata, Gouda Cheese Egg Frittata and today, this super convenient Frozen Veggies Egg Frittata.


All you need to do is season and whisk up the eggs; and in a blink of an eye, a dish that takes you a long way - side-dish, appetizer, snack, sandwich filler worthy any time of the day.

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Onion Egg Frittata

Today, the classic onion and ham egg omelet is going for a re-spin, taking the footsteps of  Chive Egg Frittata and Gouda Cheese Egg Frittata, to be made into this easy and delicious Onion Turkey Breast Egg Frittata.


The sweetness from the oven-cooked onions, and savory from the sliced turkey breast, combined with spices and dried herbs flavor-pack the eggs in the simplest way.

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Gouda Cheese Egg Frittata

Not only are vegetable egg frittatas nutritious and healthy, they are typically easy and versatile recipes, making them convenient add-ons to veggie bowls and grain bowls.

If you enjoy slightly harder cheeses like Aged Cheddar or Gouda (compared to softer cheeses e.g. Brie cheese, Mozzarella cheese), you will appreciate this Gouda Cheese Egg Frittata better, as it is not going to be stringy but instead a firm (just like firm-tofu, firm does not mean hard) bite of the baked egg. All cheeses alike, they will meld into goodness under the heat of the oven, and the Gouda cheese notes give so much depth and flavor to the egg.

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Chive Egg Frittata Chicken Veggie Bowl

Vegetable egg frittata is not only a quick and easy way to sneak in more veggies, and count it as regular vegetables intake, it also conveniently supplements as protein add-ons to a protein-veggie bowl e.g. Curry Chicken Veggie Bowl with Egg, Broccoli Chicken Salad with Egg.


For example, make Chive Egg Frittata and enjoy the extra boost of protein (egg) with fiber, vitamins and minerals (from the chive vegetable) in this chicken-veggie bowl.

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Bell Peppers and Onions Egg Frittata 灯笼椒洋葱烘蛋

I am definitely getting a hang of my cast-iron pan! Many of you were raving about it, and here I am beginning to appreciate how versatile it is.

My first cast-iron frittata

This cast-iron pan actually gave me the urge to make breakfast Bell Peppers and Onions Egg Frittata 灯笼椒洋葱烘蛋 one weekend morning. Quite unlike me. That's because I have already chopped up the bell peppers and green onions the night before. Half the work done! It will be also no chore cleaning up the cast-iron pan after cooking - basically just rinsing with warm water, with help of a washing brush/scrub, that's it.

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