Snow Days!!

Happy Snow Days! With 16+ inches of snow on the ground, we have been been huddled up warm inside all day cooking, cleaning, watching movies, playing board games, and of course getting our fill of the Olympics.
It gives me a chance to catch up on some blogging and share some of the recipes we've been loving lately.
First up, this morning for breakfast I whipped up another round of our favorite breakfast-on-the-go: Egg frittatas. These are great to make ahead and quick to grab for breakfast on a busy morning. They are filling and have sticking power. When I eat these for breakfast, I often forget about a mid morning snack and stay full until lunch time.

The best part they are easy to make and easy to personalize with your favorite ingredients. I'll share our go to favorite and basic recipe today, then add updates for new variations later on.
Ingredients (the amounts listed are estimates of what we use! they can be adjusted to taste.)

• 10-12 eggs
• 1/2 pound turkey sausage or 6 slices of turkey bacon
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup spinach
• 1/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 TBSP milk
• 2 TBSP flour

1. Cook the sausage and bacon. We have tried both microwaving and cooking the turkey bacon in the oven. By far the crunchiest is in the microwave.
2. Sauté the onion with a little bit of olive oil until translucent
3. Chop spinach and bacon and place in mixing bowl. Salad choppers work great for this task!
4. Add sausage, egg, flour, and milk. Mix until yolks are broken up. We have tried scrambling the eggs and milk before adding to other ingredients and noticed no difference, so why dirty another bowl.
5. Scoop into greased muffin pan about 3/4 full.
6. Top each one with a pinch of the shredded cheese
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes

We let them cool, then place them in ziplock bags (two to a bag). To reheat, just throw them in the microwave for 1 minute. Enjoy!!
A few weeks ago, Nick and I picked up funfetti cupcake mix as a special treat for the next big snow day! We made those today, which made the snow day that much sweeter!

For dinner I cooked up some stuffed green peppers, recipe to follow.

xoxo,

Erin

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