Parmesan & Sage Roasted Potatoes

Well tonight I was planning on roasting a chicken, so I stopped at the store on my way home from work to pick up all the ingredients, got home and re-read through the recipe and noticed I skipped the marinate in the refrigerator for 5-8 hours section. Oops, the chicken will have to wait for tomorrow night. Instead we made visit to the crepe truck that sits outside of our building, which is always a good option. I'm a sucker for savory crepes.

Since the chicken has been delayed I figured I could share this easy and tasty side dish with you that I made last week (or the week before).  Below is the recipe, you can reduce the cooking time if you don't like yours as crispy as I do.

Spinach, Mushroom, & Onion Frittata

Happy Friday! I thought I would leave you with something you could whip up for brunch this weekend. As I mentioned in this veggie egg scramble post, I think breakfast is a great way to fit vegetables into your diet as well as use up some extra veggies you have on hand. That is what I did with this frittata that I made at the lake this past week. I used spinach, mushroom, onion, and pepper jack cheese to give it a little kick. I used a dozen eggs since I was feeding 8 people, it was enough for everyone with a couple leftover slices. You can easily scale this down to 3-4 eggs (which is what I normally do). Just like any omelette or egg scramble you can use any variety of vegetables and/or meat that sound good to you.  The recipe is below and have a nice weekend!

Veggie Breakfast Scramble

Egg scrambles or omelette's are a great way to load up on veggies and get your day off to a healthy start. It's also a good use for any vegetables you want to use up before they spoil, which is what I was doing the morning I made this for breakfast. This egg scramble was packed with good stuff; avocado, tomato, onion, corn off the cob, and mushrooms. You can really throw whatever vegetables and/or meat you want into the egg scramble. To make it healthier you can use only egg whites, but I like to use a combination of whole eggs and egg whites. You can also always throw the egg scramble inside a warmed tortilla to make a breakfast burrito, yum! Keep reading to find out how to cook up this easy and nutrient filled breakfast this weekend.

Baked Flounder with Cilantro Butter

I hope everyone enjoyed celebrating America's birthday. We had a nice weekend at the Jersey shore and capped it off with a pit stop at the seafood market on our way home, which is why I posted Curried Mussels yesterday, baked flounder tonight, and linguine with clams later this week. This flounder was a quick an easy meal to start off the work week (so happy it's a short one), and dinner received rave reviews from my husband.

I served the flounder with grilled zucchini and onions; slice zucchini, cut onion into wedges, drizzle veggies with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cook on the grill pan for about 15 minutes (turning occasionally) or until tender. Keep reading for the flounder recipe.

Baked Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are one of my favorite vegetables, which works out great since they are packed full of nutrients and very healthy for you. They give you more than the recommended daily value of Vitamin A and about 1/3 of the Vitamin C needed, Whole Foods has the details here, or you can just trust me.

Sweet potatoes are also very versatile. I've never been a fan of the way you usually see them prepared at Thanksgiving with brown sugar and the works, that's just too sweet for me. I really enjoy them cooked on the grill, sauteed with spinach, in a black bean burrito, baked, in soups, as french fries, really the list could go on. The baked sweet potatoes I'm featuring in this post are far from fancy, and a ridiculously easy weeknight side and also make a good lunch. Most offices have microwaves, and it's definitely worth annoying your coworkers and holding up the microwave for 10 minutes for this healthy and tasty lunch. The recipe for this recipe, which is a knock off of these grilled sweet potatoes with scallions, is below.

Naan Pizza

I made two variations of naan pizza for dinner last night; one meatball and spinach (because I had some leftover meatballs begging to be eaten in the freezer) and one zucchini, tomato, and onion. Both were really tasty and it was tough deciding which one I wanted a second slice of, so I opted for both.

Naan pizzas are a great solution if you don't know what kind of pizza to make, the smaller size allows you to make several different kinds and it's quicker and easier than making pizza dough. If you can't find naan, use flatbread. Below are the ingredients and directions, but you can of course use any combination that inspires you.  I also refer to 'grilling', but I live an apartment so am forced to use a grill pan which doesn't give the taste that a real grill does.