{"id":15486,"date":"2018-01-17T18:58:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T16:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/responsive.jozikids.co.za\/zaparents\/?p=15486"},"modified":"2022-08-11T18:30:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:30:27","slug":"lunchbox-ideas-mini-frittatas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/lifestyle\/food-recipes\/lunchbox-ideas-mini-frittatas\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunchbox ideas: Mini frittatas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mini Frittatas are wonderful little egg muffins, great for lunchboxes.\u00a0 You can get creative as they can be made with anything and everything.\u00a0 Here are 2 recipes you can choose from, one with meat and another one with only veggies. Take your pick and when you add it to the lunchbox don&#8217;t forget to add a loving note to give it that personal touch.<\/p>\n<h2>MUSHROOM AND ZUCCHINI MINI FRITTATAS<\/h2>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 large onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 medium zucchini, halved and thinly sliced<\/li>\n<li>1 cup thinly sliced fresh mushrooms<\/li>\n<li>4-1\/2 teaspoons butter<\/li>\n<li>3 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup fat-free milk<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 cup grated cheddar cheese<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons dry bread crumbs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Method<\/h3>\n<p>In a large skillet, saute the onion, zucchini and mushrooms in butter until tender; drain. Transfer to a muffin pan baking coated with cooking spray.<\/p>\n<p>In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, salt and pepper; pour over vegetable mixture. Sprinkle with cheese and bread crumbs.<\/p>\n<p>Bake, uncovered, at 200C for 18-22 minutes or until set. Let stand for 5 minutes.\u00a0<strong>Yield:\u00a0<\/strong>4 servings.<\/p>\n<h2>SALAMI AND CHEESE MINI FRITTATAS<\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-354018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/889da269-c7b3-4b14-8efa-c649d822dfc3-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/889da269-c7b3-4b14-8efa-c649d822dfc3-1.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/889da269-c7b3-4b14-8efa-c649d822dfc3-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/889da269-c7b3-4b14-8efa-c649d822dfc3-1-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>3 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 tbs origanum<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup cheddar cheese<\/li>\n<li>1 tbs olive oil<\/li>\n<li>butter or cooking spray if needed<\/li>\n<li>cherry tomatoes for garnish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Method<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Spray a non-stick muffin pan &#8211; one that holds 6<\/li>\n<li>Roughly chop salami<\/li>\n<li>In a bowl mix salami, origanum and cheese<\/li>\n<li>In a separate bowl crack the eggs and whisk well<\/li>\n<li>Add the eggs to the mixture of salami, origanum and cheese<\/li>\n<li>Season with salt and mix well<\/li>\n<li>Using a ladle or spoon divide mixture evenly between the muffin cups.<\/li>\n<li>Bake at 200C for 14 &#8211; 17 minutes or until set<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Frittatas will puff up considerably and then fall when removed from oven.\u00a0 Allow to cool 5 &#8211; 10 minutes before removing from pan &#8211; they will start to come away from the sides of the pan as they fall making them easier to get out<\/p>\n<p>Garnish with a few cherry tomatoes, serve warm or at room temperature.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to find cooking and baking classes for kids, teens and adults in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/extra-murals\/cooking-and-baking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gauteng<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Note: If you enjoyed this article, and would like to stay updated with more, you can:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Subscribe to our free weekly Jozikids\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/member-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>newsletter<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0 for parents in Gauteng<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Like us on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jozikids.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Follow us on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jozikids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Instagram<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mini Frittatas are wonderful little egg muffins, great for lunchboxes.\u00a0 You can get creative as they can be made with anything and everything.\u00a0 Here are 2 recipes you can choose from, one with meat and another one with only veggies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":15490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-recipes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}