If you’ve been following our blog, you will see that I love making omelettes, frittatas, and basically anything with eggs! They are cheap, versatile, and protein-packed!
When I was traveling in Italy, my favorite thing to grab and eat on the go were grilled panini sandwiches with fresh mozzerella and soft eggs. I wanted to try to recreate this sandwich with a grilled baguette and a veggie filled frittata. It’s easy to make and perfect for our weekly Simple Sustenance (simple meals, less than $5 per serving). You can see the calculations below, and you can also eliminate or add other veggies or cheeses as you wish (manchego, a sheeps milk cheese, is more expensive than a regular cheddar or mozzerella). This makes 4 large sandwiches and is about $3 per each large sandwich (my fiance and I both had leftovers for lunch the next day). Bellissimo!
Frittata Sandwiches
7 eggs, whisked with 2 tablespoons of light cream and a little salt
1/2 teaspoon of paprika
1/4 teaspoon of herbs de provence
1 yellow onion, diced
3 cups of swiss chard, rinsed or blanched (5 minutes in soft boiling water)
2 small tomatoes, sliced
7 baby potatoes or 1 large potato, sliced in small wedges
1/3 cup of shredded Manchego cheese
1/2 tablespoon of butter
1 tablespoon of canola oil
1 baguette, cut lengthwise (cut into as many sandwiches as you like)
Preheat oven to 375. Whisk eggs with seasonings and cream, set aside. Set butter and oil over medium heat and saute onion over medium heat until translucent. Add potatoes (I boiled mine for a few minutes to get ALMOST fork tender) and saute until potato is cooked through and slightly crispy. Add swiss chard and saute over medium low heat until reduced. Add eggs and arrange sliced tomatoes on top. Sprinkle cheese over top. Put in oven until cooked through- about 7 minutes or pop in broiler for a few minutes until cheese is melty and egg is cooked through.
Slice the frittata and arrange on baguette sandwiches. Enjoy!
Math: Baguette- $3.00
Swiss Chard (bag= $5; used half)- $2.50
Tomatoes – $1.12
Potatoes- $3.50 for bag; about $1.50
Manchego cheese (1/3 cup) (About $7.34 for block; 4 servings per block)- About $2.00
1 onion- $1.49 per bag (7 onions per bag)- $0.21
7 eggs- $3.49 per dozen (organic)- 2.03
seasonings, cream, oil- discretionary
Total = $12.36
Makes 4 servings
$3.09 per each LARGE sandwich!
**Simple Sustenance tip: If you want to reduce the price even more- substitute zucchini, spinach, or broccoli (lower priced veggies) for the swiss chard. It will still be delish!
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Oh, YUM! What a great recipe – thanks for sharing!
So did you make it in a cast iron skillet, so you cooked it on the stove and put it in the oven? Or transfer it to a baking dish?
I like making egg sandwiches, and I cook them up and then transfer them into jumbo muffin tins, so then each sandwich gets its own muffin-sized egg portion. Lots of dishes though!
allyson: i cooked it in a regular 12 inch skillet and transferred it to the oven. Works great and less dishes
I looove using muffin tins for eggs- sometimes i just bake the eggs right in the muffin tins!
ooh, what a great idea! I love frittatas anyway, but I have never put it on a sandwich.
YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love that you used chard.
If the handle on your pan is not oven heat resistant , just cover the handle with aluminum foil, I do it all the time when I make frittatas!
Good tip Kathy!