Spinach and Ricotta Frittata - Gluten Free, Vegetarian, Low Fat

This great recipe is vegetarian, gluten-free, and low fat. It is a great main dish to just serve with a salad or some sweet potato fries! It is super easy to make, it's a tasty alternative if you're trying to cut down on meat.

It could also be your fancy appetizer for your next dinner party or romantic dinner (hint hint).

For the sweet potato fries recipe click here

For salad ideas visit the "Recipe" page of this blog, I have many suggestions!

Ingredients: 

4 eggs from free to roam hens
two big bundles of spinach (you may substitute for any other kind of leafy green)
some grated parmigiano cheese
freshly ground nutmeg
a little bit of salt
half of a small canister of MAGGIO ricotta, easily found at the grocery store. Let's face it, it's never going to be as good as in Napoli, but at least this one is not awful.
Some Extra Virgin Olive Oil to coat the pan

Utensils: 

non stick 9 inch/22cm pie pan
a whisk
a bowl

STEP BY STEP: 

1. If you haven't done so already, clean wash and cook the spinach in a large pot with some water at the bottom. Set the oven to 400F/200C
2. Meanwhile whisk the eggs, the ricotta, salt, nutmeg, parmigiano cheese.
3. Squeeze all the water out of the cooked spinach and whisk away with the rest
4. Coat the pie pan in olive oil (watch the video above for this step)
5. Pour the ricotta/spinach mixture in the pie pan.
6. Bake for 20/30 minutes.

I love it, it's one of my latest favorite fast lunch/dinner solutions, and I say fast because I usually prepare my cooked greens ahead of time. You can also put it in the oven while the oven is warming up and that will cut 10 minutes down from cooking time.

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Enjoy!!

Italian fast food: Fried Turkey Cutlets with Fresh Tomatoes on top.

When I think of fast food I think fried, comfort food. And fast please.

My favorite dish in this case is Breaded Turkey Cutlets with Tomatoes. Today I added some sauteed spinach to the dish. But let's start from the fried turkey.

COOKING TIME (including prep time): 10 minutes 

Ingredients

For the turkey
Turkey cutlets, one per person (the kind of cut you want it's actually called italian cut... pretty funny uh?!)
1 egg
bread crumbs
vegetable oil

For the tomatoes
fresh tomatoes
oregano
salt
extra virgin olive oil

For the spinach
cooked spinach
extra virgin olive oil
hot red dried peppers
garlic

Put the vegetable oil in a large flat pan and set the fire on high. Beat the egg in a plate, dip the turkey cutlet in it then bread it in the bread crumbs. Throw (gently, don't burn yourself!) the breaded cutlet in the pan and fry it. Once is cooked set it on a plate over a paper towel, to dry off some of the oil.

While the turkey is frying prepare the tomatoes. Just cut them in little cubes, put them in a bowl, season with salt, oregano and extra virgin olive oil.

Saute' the spinach in a pan were you had previously heated up the oil with the garlic and the hot peppers.

DONE! Serve the turkey with the tomatoes on top, the spinach on the side, a good slice of bread.

Pictures coming soon... today I was so hungry I didn't even think about taking pictures! Oh well, it just means I'll have to do it again soon...!

Enjoy!
Valentina
RealItalianKitchen