Leek, Mushroom & Tomato Sauté with Scrambled Eggs

Today I'm telecommuting. I love these days. TELECOMMUTING.IS.THE.BEST.

So, for Brent's breakfast this morning I heated up a keilbasa sausage (I had cooked up the package of 4 yesterday, but only used 2 in the recipe I made them for) and scrambled up some eggs. He was a very happy man leaving for work with such delicious food in his belly.

Now, my plan was to make the same for myself a little later--after getting the laundry going, dropping the car to the gas station within walking distance for an oil change, dumping drain-cleaner down our bathtub drain, etc. But, as I was going into the fridge to pull out the eggs and last keilbasa, I remembered the leek...

We made something with leeks weeks ago. (I honestly can't even remember at this point what it was, haha!) And there's been one lonely leek hanging out in our veggie drawer ever since. Also chilling in the veggie drawer: some baby portabella mushrooms, Roma tomatoes, avocado, onion, etc. Well, knowing that leek needed to be used because I HATE wasting food, I decided to say "maybe another day" to the keilbasa and find a way to use that.

Here is what I came up with: a sauteed mixture of leek, mushrooms and tomato served with eggs. This was super easy and fast, and best of all, it came out delicious!

Leek, Mushroom & Tomato Saute with Scrambled Eggs

Bacon, Leek, Zucchini and Tomato Frittata

As you all probably know by now, we eat scrambled eggs and bacon A LOT. Like, nearly every morning for breakfast. We love eggs and bacon. Still, we like to switch things up sometimes, so last Sunday I created this delicious frittata with the spare ingredients I had laying around the kitchen.

Honestly, I was on a roll that night. I made a whole rabbit stew, chicken and leek soup, and this frittata. The rabbit stew was the only thing I made from a recipe. The other two--yep, that's right! I made them up. Why? What sparked that surge of creativity? And was I seriously successful?

Well, to the latter, "yes!" The soup was way better than I thought it would be, and the frittata... well, I really believe it's hard to mess up frittata. It's like a pizza--you take leftover whatever, toss them together, add a few standard ingredients and poof! You have a yummy dish. 

To the former questions: I've never used leeks before, and in order to make the rabbit stew, I had to buy some. After setting up the stew to cook low and slow, I googled "what to do with leeks?" I can't tell you how many potato-and-leek soups I passed over, looking for something Paleo and delicious. Fortunately, someone somewhere on the webs said that leeks can be used in place of onion. "Well that's handy!" I thought to myself. I didn't have any onion left in the house. 

I was staring at the other food in the fridge, and saw my eggs. Wouldn't it be nice if I made something interesting for breakfast this week? Frittata was the first thing that came to mind. I knew it would make breakfast for the week easier (cooking at one time for five meals instead of cooking five separate meals, one per morning). 

Plus, I was excited to switch things up a bit. (As an aside: we should probably watch how much egg we eat. I've heard if you over-do it with any food item, you can develop allergies to it. But eggs are so easy, yummy, and good for us, it's not been easy to take "breaks" from them. We have for a week here or there, but it's not something we feel we could sustain long term. We love our eggs too much, lol.) Anyways, we had plenty of zucchini and small tomatoes. So, I decided I'd make a frittata with the those and the leeks. Oh, and of course bacon. How could I not include bacon?! ;)

Alright, so here it is. I hope you enjoy it!

Bacon, Leek, Zucchini and Tomato Frittata