Healthy and Easy Breakfast Skillet Recipe with Potatoes
We must admit that starting our days with a healthy meal makes us feel good. Unfortunately, we don’t always have time for that. That only means we should take advantage whenever we have the time—the time to make a healthy and easy breakfast skillet recipe with potatoes.
Give yourself a tastier reason to wake up a bit earlier with our healthy and easy breakfast skillet recipe with potatoes. Did you know that Dr. John Harvey Kellogg is the man behind the idea that breakfast is the most important meal of the day?
Dr. Kellogg would’ve liked us all to focus on the “Dr.” in front of his name, not his last name plastered all over breakfast items. That’s right, breakfast being the most important meal of the day, came from a doctor who happened to sell breakfast food.
Science hasn’t concluded whether or not breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. However, science is leaning more toward the amount of calories eaten throughout the day being more important than when you start eating during your day.
Either way, we must admit that it feels good to eat breakfast, even better if it’s healthy. We just need to find the right recipe to use for a breakfast so delicious we are willing to wake up a bit earlier than usual to make it.
That is precisely what you get with this healthy and easy breakfast skillet recipe with potatoes. The skillet takes basic eggs to a whole new level. The good thing is that this entire dish can be made in one skillet.
The only question is, which skillet should I use?
Healthy and Easy Breakfast Skillet Recipe with Potatoes
Breakfast skillets go by a few different names, including country breakfast skillet, cowboy breakfast skillet, and hobo skillet. The ingredients are slightly different in each dish.
However, the idea is the same: take scrambled eggs, cook them in a skillet, and add various ingredients to enhance them. The question is, what is a skillet? Luckily, we all already know what a skillet is: a frying pan.
The only difference between a frying pan and a skillet is the name. However, a cast iron skillet (pan) will get the job done perfectly. Plus, serving breakfast in a cast iron increases the rustic feel of the meal.
Don’t have a cast iron pan? That’s okay; any pan will cook the food as needed.
How to Stop Eggs from Sticking to Cast Iron
Cast iron is the best and most diva of all the pans. Cooking a healthy and easy breakfast skillet recipe with potatoes in a cast iron skillet means dealing with that diva.
First, it is important to note a few things about cooking eggs in a cast iron skillet. We don’t need the heat all the way up; in fact, medium-low is perfect. We also want to let the cast iron skillet to heat up before we add anything to it.
The best way to test if a skillet is ready is to sprinkle a few drops of water in the center. The pan is not ready if the drops sizzle away. The pan is ready when the drop slides around the surface; it looks like ice skating.
The pan is too hot if the water evaporates or it starts smoking with the oil inside it. A smoking cast iron is never a good thing. Lastly, coat the pan with butter or a tablespoon of oil before you add the eggs.
Breakfast Skillet Ingredients
This healthy and easy breakfast skillet recipe with potatoes is delicious. Each ingredient adds its own freshness and flavor to the dish. It’s like waking up to an edible garden with just enough heaviness from the cheese.
Eggs and potatoes are the obvious ingredients. However, we will also want some produce in there. Add some red, yellow, and orange bell peppers, some fresh garlic, onions, and cubed salami.
These ingredients will give you the energy you need for the day, but we still need a little something: cheese! Top everything off with some parmesan and mild goat cheese for the ultimate flavor.
How to Make a Healthy Breakfast Skillet
In a large frying pan or cast-iron pan, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat. Add the chopped onion and garlic and sauté until lightly browned.
Next, add the cubed potatoes and sauté until browned, about 5 minutes.
Add Salami to the potatoes and continue to brown.
In a large bowl, beat the eggs and add grated Parmesan and then add red, yellow, and orange bell peppers.
Pour egg mixture into the pan and reduce heat to low. Add slices of mild goat cheese to the top.
Cook until the eggs are almost set, about 5 to 6 minutes.
Heat the broiler and broil for about 2 to 3 minutes until the eggs are set.
Cut and serve this delicious breakfast frittata.
Easy and Healthy Breakfast Skillet with Potatoes
Ingredients
- 4 oz Gallo Salami sliced and cubed
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 baking potatoes peeled and cut into cubes
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 garlic cloves chopped
- 1 red bell pepper sliced into strips
- 1 yellow bell pepper sliced into strips
- 1 orange bell pepper sliced into strips
- 8 eggs
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
- 4 oz mild goat cheese
Instructions
- In a large frying pan or cast-iron pan, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat. Add the chopped onion and garlic and sauté until lightly browned.
- Next, add the cubed potatoes and sauté until browned, about 5 minutes.
- Add Salami to the potatoes and continue to brown.
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs and add grated Parmesan and then add red, yellow, and orange bell peppers.
- Pour egg mixture into the pan and reduce heat to low. Add slices of mild goat cheese to the top. Cook until the eggs are almost set, about 5 to 6 minutes.
- Heat the broiler and broil about 2 to 3 minutes until the eggs are set.
- Cut and serve this delicious breakfast frittata.
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