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
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 made a delicious egg casserole last weekend for my son’s Baptism party. It was so good and filling.
This may sound weird, but I love to eat eggs in a pancake taco!
Good old scrambled eggs with some spinach are my favorite!
Mmm… love eggs so many ways. Egg Sandwiches and Deviled Eggs are 2 of my favorite ways. But my most favorite way is to make Stuffed Peppers with Eggs, Cheese, Salsa and Ground Sausage/ Turkey Sausage 🙂
My favorite way to eat eggs is fried with a dippy yolk on toast! My kids love what call “French toast eggs”. However we eat them, organic is important to us-especially when it comes to nourishing our kids well!
Looks delicious! I typically just make fried eggs, but I love making a frittata every now and again
i love dippy eggs!!!
normally we will scramble eggs and put them in tortillas with bacon or sausage, cheddar cheese, and salsa for a texan breakfast taco. Or I will make toast and top it with a fried egg which is always yummy!
I tweeted too https://twitter.com/jessrwarfield/status/532247546773909505
I love any kind of omelette!
I love making breakfast burrito’s with eggs, avacado, peppers, and onions
Poached on buttered toast with some s&p. Tastes like childhood <3
We raise our own chickens so of course I’m all about supporting small farms. We don’t sell our chickens or eggs though. Farm fresh eggs are the best and I love a good dippin’ egg on toast with salsa and cheese or with avocado or my most recent discovery is with spinach and cornbread.
I love to eating egg sandwiches! I think it’s important to use locally sourced farmers to keep local economies alive and thriving.
Scrambled eggs!
My favorite way to eat eggs in scrambled, then make a toast sandwich with the eggs and mustard. I know, weird!
I grew up on a farm with crops as well as livestock. I learned a LOT at a young age about why caring for animals is important. As a farmer, we grew our own crops to feed our animals so we knew exactly what was going in for nutritional value. Of course at age 9, I didn’t realize how important that truly was. Now, as an adult that no longer lives as a farmer, I go to a local grocery store and cringe at the meat counter! When I hear of companies and farmers that genuinely care about the quality of their product, I appreciate where they are coming from. Glad to know this organization is out there – thanks for sharing!
I love egg in a cup – soft boiled egg, buttered toast all smashed together in a cup. Oh wow that is some yummy comfort food!
I eat eggs everyday for breakfast, and I love them over easy!
I love good ole fashioned scrambled eggs with a little hot sauce.
My favorite way to eat eggs is a toad-in-the-hole, where you tear out the center of a piece of bread and cook the egg in the hole. So good! I’m the biggest animal lover so it is great that this company treats their hens right. I wish more companies would jump on board!
Almost once a week I will make an omelet for dinner. I love that it’s quick, easy, and healthy!
I love eggs sunny side up!
I love making big veggie omelets!!
I love hard boiled eggs- I eat one as a snack everyday!
I love lox omelettes!
I love scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese (because everything is better with cheddar!). 🙂
My favorite was is poached eggs! on Anything… but salads are delicious 🙂
I seriously LOVE eggs in so many ways! Here are my go-to’s: scrambled, hard boiled, egg-avocado salad sammies, hashes, and frittatas! I only buy eggs from the farmers market because I like “knowing” my farmer, that my money is going back into the local community and that the hens are living a good life. They are definitely prices ($4.50-$5) but worth it in my opinion. I’m also lucky to have a co-worker who has a coup in his backyard who gives me eggs once a month or so. When he was on vacation I was the chicken care giver and got to keep any eggs from his chickens that week! I netted about 40 eggs in less than one week and since they were so fresh they kept for over a month without going bad. I’d love to do this one day but need a bigger yard for it to be feasible.
I love making my eggs with cheese, turkey, and pizza sauce. It makes for a delicious, lower-calories pizza snack!
https://twitter.com/Hills14337/status/532253912389402624
Scrambled and mixed with spinach and goat cheese!
I love scrambled eggs with cheese and peppers! It’s very important to me to support local farms that treat their hens well because I am an animal lover, and I would not want to be supporting any business that is mistreating animals in any way.
I love my eggs fried and with avocado on top. Truffle salt is delish on them too! I do try to buy organic, cage free eggs. I’ve seen way too many documentaries about the cruelty to chickens at chicken farms.
I love me some sunny side up eggs!
I used to only eat eggs scrambled, but my fiance introduced me to over easy eggs and I LOVE them! so gooey and delicious!
deviled eggs are my fave!
I love eggs scrambled with a little bit of cheese and eat them either by themselves or on a toasted English muffin with some avocado slices. Yum!
I love egg and veggie scrambles. Like a frittata, but quicker!
I love hard boiled eggs!
I love a good breakfast burrito with guac and lots of salsa!
I love fried or slow-cooked scrambled eggs. We love getting fresh eggs from my brother-in-law’s chickens- can definitely taste the difference!
This looks delicious! My favorite way to eat eggs is scrambled on toast!
I am from Canada, so not entry for this girl.. BUT! I just had to say I loved the pics! It looks like you used your new light box!!
Take care 🙂 Brooke
I love poached eggs with runny yokes and using eggs in breakfast tacos. I grew up in Vermont, so I am all for supporting local farmers.
I love eggs for any meal and this recipe would be perfect for brinner.
Thank you for the great giveaway!! Omelet’s are my favorite way to eat eggs!
I’m a very new ‘egg’ eater and have only eaten hard boiled up until this point. I am a HUGE fan of cage free chickens but with 5 hungy family members it can get expensive to buy eggs this way. I would love to try a sample!
Mmmmmm eggs. I like them fried on top of toast and with hot sauce.
love eggs! one of my favorites is in shakshuka 🙂