The Lederman Kitchen

I love making breakfast on the weekends for Michelle and I.  Typically I make a simple scramble with mushrooms and onions with a side of home fries.  This is basically the same thing except all mixed together in a frittata.   The thing that I love about eggs is that you can add anything to them.  These are just some of our favorite ingredients that we almost always have on hand, but you can add whatever you want once you know the technique.   For a tasty breakfast you will need: 1 medium potato (I actually used 2 small red potatoes) 1/2 red onion 8 ounces of crimini mushrooms 4 cups of baby spinach 1/2 cup shredded cheese (I used white cheddar) 4 eggs a drop of milk salt and pepper Preheat the oven to 400 degrees before you forget.  I decided to use a mandolin to slice the potatoes thin, but it's not necessary.  You can chop the potatoes along with the mushrooms and onions if you don't have a mandolin. This ...

I'm a big fan of weekend breakfasts.  After 5 straight days of eating yogurt or cereal in my cubicle, I am always ready for a nice breakfast at home.  We usually do our main grocery shopping on the weekends, so breakfast is always a great opportunity to use up whatever is leftover from the week.  This morning I found myself with leftover potatoes from the baked chicken , onions from the pizza , and green onions from the Dan Dan Noodles .  There's no better way to use up ingredients than in some type of egg dish. Today I departed from the typical scramble and whipped up a quick frittata.   You can add anything you want to a frittata, it's just the simple technique that you need to know in order to make sure that it cooks properly.  For our breakfast I used: 4 eggs 1 tablespoon milk 3 fingerling potatoes 1/2 of a white onion 2 sprigs green onion 2 tablespoons of cheese (we had leftover Amsterdam Reserve Gouda, the best cheese ever) Salt...