Last weekend Ryan’s good friend Ben was in town. We went out to eat a lot during his visit, so by the time Sunday morning rolled around, we were in the mood to eat breakfast at home. I ended up preparing a fiesta frittata that we all greatly enjoyed. It’s packed with vegetables, delicious and quite filling!
A few weeks ago, I agreed to try out a sample of Pete & Gerry’s organic eggs through a campaign with BlogHer and put them to use in this frittata.
The family farms that supply the eggs sold by the Pete & Gerry’s are all Certified Humane® meaning the hens that produce the eggs will always have ample space and shelter in clean, well-ventilated barns, gentle handling (to limit stress), freedom to live like hens do naturally, nutritious high-quality feed free of antibiotics or hormones and continuous access to fresh water.
Without a doubt the eggs elevated the flavor and made the frittata taste incredibly fresh. And we all felt good about eating eggs that are certified organic and come from cage-free hens.
To amp up the flavor of the frittata even more, I added some of my favorite flavorful fresh veggies and incorporated black beans and whole grain rice into the dish to make it taste a little heartier since it was supposed to feed me and two hungry guys!
Fiesta Frittata
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Fiesta Frittata
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Category: breakfast, recipes
- Cuisine: Breakfast
Description
This Frittata is packed with vegetables, delicious and quite filling!
Ingredients
- 6 Pete & Gerry’s organic eggs
- 1/2 can black beans (rinsed and drained)
- 1/2 cup brown rice
- 1/2 cup shredded cheese
- 1/2 small yellow onion, diced
- 1/2 tomato, diced
- 1/2 large bell pepper, diced
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 teaspoon butter or olive oil
- Optional toppings: Avocado slices, pico de gallo, salsa, plain Greek yogurt
Instructions
- Whisk eggs together in a large bowl. Add black beans through garlic salt.
- In a large skillet, heat butter (or olive oil) on low to medium heat. Pour in egg mixture.
- Cook on low to medium heat until eggs begin to set (approximately 15 minutes.)
- Reduce heat to low and cover with a lid until the top of the frittata fully sets.
- Slice immediately and serve with desired toppings. Enjoy!
We topped the frittata with avocado and thought it was fabulous! Next time I’ll also try serving it with pico de gallo and a spoonful of plain Greek yogurt.
If you decide to give this recipe a go, I hope you enjoy it as much as we did in our house!
Giveaway
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I love my eggs poached easy, so the yolk runs everywhere. I live in a small rural town, so on a daily basis I see the love and care small farmers put into their work and their products. Support for these farmers has a real and direct impact on their lives, which is why we always try to buy a “small” as possible.
I purchase local eggs and my kids have grown to be egg ‘snobs’ when they see supermarket eggs. There is just no comparison. I love to scramble my eggs with spinach, feta, and a pesto seasoning. YUM!
i love this giveaway! I have always been one for fresh farm eggs.. they taste so much better. I just found I am pregnant a month ago so I have been stepping up my nutrition, so I have been eating eggs scrambled with spinach and cheddar cheese daily! they are so good for me and baby:)
Omelettes for sure!!! 🙂
I love hard-boiled eggs! Since I saw it on Pinterest, I’ve made mine in the oven and it’s super simple! All you do is set the eggs in a muffin pan, put them in the oven at 325 degrees for 30 minutes, then cool them in a bowl of ice water. They are really easy to peel and are delicious! I’ve found that six eggs per batch is the best way to go because sometimes they are undercooked if you do a full dozen! 🙂
I like my eggs scrambled with zucchini, carrots, peppers, and broccoli.
I eat eggs most every morning and I love them scrambled with veggie and ham with a side of avocado on toast!
I’m a good ole fashioned scrambled eggs gal. But I do love farm fresh eggs – there is definitely a difference in taste! I like to add seasoning and salsa to the top!
I think the closer to home that the food originates, the better it tastes. Might be in my head, but fresh always trumps cost.
I love plain old fried eggs on a toasted bagel with bacon & of course cheese. But recently have used eggs to make pasta carbonara & it’s really important to use fresh good quality eggs in that dish!!
Julie, that looks yummy!!! My wife and I have come up with a great breakfast that includes eggs, but it is always evolving. We just call it the Egg Dish. It includes bacon, whipped eggs, spinach, cheese, and potatoes. We cook all the ingredients except the eggs in a large skillet then we add the eggs to the mixture and bake it at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. We also use small farm fresh eggs. My fellow PE teacher has chickens and we get eggs from him. No chemicals or growth hormones, just fresh all natural eggs.
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I like my eggs fried with an english muffin on the side!
I love just the basic omelet! Spinach, turkey, cheese, eggs, and ketchup to dip on the side!
We buy our eggs from a local farm. I have two little girls and I don’t like to give them things with hormones or GMO’s. I also feel much better knowing these animals are treated humanely. Not to mention they taste a whole lot better!
I love eggs scrambled with lots of veggies and topped with cheese. I’ve tried making a frittata once and failed, maybe I’ll give this one a go.
I love eggs, I have them once a day, either for breakfast w/veggies or for dinner. I love to make egg ‘muffin’ frittas, and freeze for when I am short on time and don’t want to cook!
I like them scrambled with salsa yum! Or quiche with roasted veggies.
Soft boiled eggs for breakfast. I could eat them everyday!
I love fried eggs! especially on toast or a bagel!
I enjoy eggs in many different ways – but I think over medium is my favorite! I definitely support buying local, and like to think that locally made products taste better because they were made right down the road! 🙂
i absolutely LOVE eggs. i love them simply scrambled, with sliced avocado and a buttered english muffin on the side, or in a veggie omelet, or with smoked salmon. but maybe my favourite way is in a tortilla with black beans, avocado, tomatoes, and salsa! yum!
I love eating basted eggs on top of whole wheat toast with a dollop of pesto and olive oil. It makes a perfect morning breakfast to jump-start my day! 🙂
I have eggs for breakfast almost every day, since they’re full of protein and keep me satisfied until a mid-morning snack. I fry my eggs in a pan with a little bit of milk, then enjoy them in a tortilla with a little bit of spicy hummus and salsa.
I love eggs! I grew up on farm fresh eggs and you truly can tell a difference! My parents still have a laying flock of 6 and it feels so good to eat eggs from happy chickens 🙂
My go-to egg meal recently is a frittata with sausage, broccoli and bell peppers, topped with hot sauce. So good and so easy!
That looks awesome! I’ve never made a frittata but I think I definitely need to try it 🙂
I love to make an omelet with 2 eggs, chopped broccoli, and feta cheese – and a toasted English muffin with a cheese wedge on the side!
My favorite way to enjoy eggs is poached. I also always have hard boiled eggs at the ready in the fridge for a quick snack. I do buy organic at my local store but would support a local farmer if I knew of any.
Poached eggs on whole wheat toast! 🙂
scrambled eggs, laughing cow cheese and salsa in a tortilla. Also supporting local farms is dear to my heart. I have a friend who owns one!
I love a dippy egg with toast. It’s hard to beat. Supporting local farms is so important. Animals should be treated right, especially when we consider we are ingesting the food they produce.
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My favorite way to eat eggs would be either put them on a homemade “McMuffin” or scrambled/omelet style with peppers, mushrooms, zucchini, squash, and a little onion topped, of course, with cheese!
I do a lot of hard-boiled eggs and frittata “muffins”
I only buy what I call “happy eggs” and I love that you’re spotlighting organic, humane products!
I love my eggs over easy, the runnier the better!
Eggs over-hard for me!
I love making omelets. My parents have chickens and I can def tell a difference in their eggs vs store bought.
I love frittatas, but my favorite way to eat eggs is definitely plain old scrambled eggs!
Eggs are my favorite in a good omelet!
I love mixing eggs with black bean and corn salsa, Mexican cheese, hot sauce, red peppers, and tortilla chips. I mix it all together to make a tex-mex scramble. YUM! And farm fresh eggs are always the way to go. The difference is amazing.
Eggs are my weekend go to breakfast. I love using them in breakfast burritos!
I love eggs in a sausage and egg casserole.
On a asaigo bagel over hard please
Deviled Eggs
Eggs in a basket!! It’s how my dad used to always make them for me growing up. It always makes me think of him when I make them. Although they never taste as good as his did! I think some people call them one-eyes or egg in a hole? So many different names. It’s a fried egg in a circle cut out of the center of a piece of fried bread. mmmmm
i always find small farm families to be the best people! pete and gerry’s sounds like such a small business and i hope that they will sustain in business for the future 🙂
also, my favorite way to eat eggs is to soft boil them and add them to my meals. ANY meal 🙂
here is my tweet!
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My favorite eggs are slightly runny with a piece of toast!
I love scrambled eggs on toast with laughing cow Swiss cheese!!!