I was all set to share another post with y’all tonight, but time just got away from me! Totally the fault of HealthyLivingBlogs.com – I add one blog to the spreadsheet and two more emails from bloggers wanting to be added pop up in my inbox. So awesome!!! Thank you guys! If you haven’t signed up for it yet, do it – it’s quick and painless! Simply send the following info to healthylivingblogs@gmail.com:
- Your name how you want it on the Internet (i.e. first name only, nickname, first & last)
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- Twitter Handle
- Location (optional – if you don’t want that info out on the Internet, that’s ok, we’ll still list your blog in the A-Z listing!)
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And of course, keep spreading the word! You can follow my tweets about it at @SoundEats and the tweets of HLB at @BlogHealthy.
Now, in the meantime I have to share this painless dinner with you guys. It’s budget-friendly, waistline-friendly and tastebud-friendly!
When I was stalking Whole Foods for the new Larabar flavors the other day, I picked up this log of goat cheese. At 11 ounces, it’s huge – about double what most little logs of goat cheese contain. The price though? $4.99. I’ve seen goat cheese half that size for a higher price! If you need goat cheese, get yourself to Whole Foods!
So, like I said, I’ve been a crazy lady with HLB lately, so I needed something fast that wouldn’t have me gone from my spreadsheet too long. (Good gosh, did I just say that? Never thought I would’ve seen THAT come out of my mouth! er, keyboard.) Enter: frittatas. This one was easy with seven egg whites (seven because I was going to do six, but didn’t want to leave the one little egg by its lonesome), three chopped plum tomatoes and the last of a bag of frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained (about 1 packed cup).
I also whisked some salt, pepper and garlic powder into the egg mixture and topped the whole thing with my beautiful goat cheese and loads of dried oregano. Speaking of, I smelled this beautiful variety of a Cuban Oregano at the market last weekend – lovely! I knew I should’ve bought it!
Bake away for 20 minutes at 400 degrees (P.S. make sure you sprayed your tart pan before pouring the eggs in!) and ta-da!
So. good. With the tomato, spinach, cheesy, garlic, oregano-y (yes, I totally just turned an herb to an adjective, go with me here) flavors, it tasted just like a Pizza Frittata!
Ross also made a whole wheat corn bread to go with it. Perfect pair + totally amazing!
What have you made lately for a healthy, tasty, fast, budget-friendly meal?
Girlfriend starts classes next week. Help a sistah out.
This looks wonderful!!
Pizza frittata?! Wow. This looks amazing, girl. I’m not normally one for eggs . . . but I will HAVE to try this out. It looks super delicious <3
It was super delicious (both hubs and I went for the leftovers, which is the #1 sign of a good meal around here!) and it was EASY, too! Plus, easily customized for whatever veg/ cheese/ spices you have on hand.
I’m so excited to be part of the HLB site! Can’t wait to start getting involved with it
Thank you right now for all the work you’re doing for it as well!
Looks delish! I like your tag-team dinner! As far as fast meals go, we all really like tacos/taco salads/fajitas. They are easy to make veggie, quick to throw together, and tons of different ways to fix them with just about anything you have laying around. Or how about the crockpot?? I don’t use mine often, but with our upcoming school and sports schedules I will probably be using it TONS! I’ll let you know when I come across recipe keepers.
I want to thank you again for all your super hard work on HLB. You have put so much into it and your time and effort is obvious and much appreciated. I made a donation the other day through paypal, I hope more people are doing the same to try and help out…I’m sure you have tons invested and I know it isn’t cheap.
Love you, girl!
Aw thank you! Your donation and your comment here really means a lot. lol I don’t think even I realize how much time I’ve been putting into it! This is why I’m on mission: iPhone, because I don’t know HOW I’ll keep up with HLB when I’m on campus 8-5 most days + trying to get a PAYING job too. ay ay ay!
And definitely let me know if keeper crock pot recipes – I’m definitely going to be breaking mine out frequently!
Lately, I’ve been trying to do a ton of prep work on Sundays – cooking something in the crockpot (crockpot lasagna, BBQ pork, chicken for enchiladas/etc) and prepping all our lunch stuff for the week – carrots/chips/etc and then during the week all we have to do is make sandwiches for lunch, and heat/eat dinner!
GREAT suggestion! I’ll definitely be implementing this Sunday afternoon!
I can’t believe how cheaply you got that goat cheese…I must check WF for that!
We love frittatas as well but another fast easy favorite is paninis like this one: http://www.thesweetslife.com/2010/06/jam-proscuitto-panini-with-walnuts.html. Ah I’m drooling just remembering
mmm love paninis! I can’t have walnuts, but the jam-proscuitto combination sounds divine!
looks great! i was at whole foods over the weekend (we don’t have one here, so i just get to go on vacation) and saw a block of gouda for $115!! gouda’s expensive everywhere but that was crazy… glad goat cheese is more reasonable!
I found your blog recently and thought I’d say hi! I think HLB is a fab idea as there are so many great blogs out there but they can be hard to find.
That fritatta looks amaze!!
That frittata looks so good!! Can’t believe how simple it is. I must try that.
This looks SO good!! I love frittatas but I’ve never actually made one myself. Crazy eh?
Im also completely obsessed with goat cheese. I take a special trip to Costco every couple weeks just because they sell a monster log of it super cheap!
make a frittata! They’re so easy!
And I definitely need to check out Costco – I bet some things there would be really helpful and more affordable!
That looks amazing!!! Must give this one a try! Thanks for sharing!!
OMG! That looks SOOO amazing. I might just HAVE to make a trip to whole foods tomorrow. . . good thing school started back this week to take care of one of the kids! Then of course I’m just going to HAVE to make this for dinner one of these nights. . . Thanks for sharing! I know you’ve GOT to be busy with HLB- but it’s AWESOME!
First, thanks for all your hard work on HLB! I think it’s going to be such a great resource. I’m sure it’s incredibly overwhelming right now, but I know other bloggers (myself included) appreciate all that you’re doing.
And just want to say that I love frittatas as quick and easy meal! I’ve been doing a lot to get my own site up and running and dinner has been more of an afterthought. This is perfect!
haha I’m with you on dinner being an afterthought. Wait until you see what I made tonight – took less than 10 minutes for a hot vegan meal!! Should have it posted tomorrow.
I love pizza. It is my first love, well as far as food goes.
I definitely need to sign up to be apart of your healthy living blogger group. I’m so here and there that hopefully I can take the time to submit all the necessary stuff.
It takes seconds to submit info! Just send an email to healthylivingblogs@gmail.com with your name (only include last name if you want it on the Internet), blog’s name, blog’s URL, twitter handle, your location (if you want to share on Internet) and that’s it! If you have any special tags like running or vegan, you can share those, too.
That looks amazing! I need to make that ASAP! I missed the post on health – I am sorry. I will post the news about HLB this week!
Thanks so much!
hahaha oh my god i’m TOTALLY emailing you right now!
and that pizza fritatta sounds AMAZING!! goat cheese and egg whites?? two of my fav things!
Love the recipe. I’m always in search of new ways to make a Frittata. It’s one of the best fall back meals I know.
I’m so excited about the Healthy Living site. It was a super idea and sure to be one popular place for health conscious bloggers. Great job!
That looks like a great frittata recipe. Im not the best cook but I want to try it.
Thank you so much for all your hard work with the healthy living site!