Parmesan Bacon Frittata

I love eggs. Everything about them. How versatile they are, how tasty they are, and maybe most importantly how nutritious they are. They are pretty much the perfect food. They are especially perfect for keto and low carb peeps with their perfect ratio of protein to fat. However, it is true that a plate of bacon and eggs – however fast and delicious – can get a little boring if that’s all you ever do, and it makes me sad when folks wail that keto is boring and therefore not sustainable. I constantly thinking up exciting ways with eggs so that boring will never be uttered from my lips, at least in the context of what I eat in my little keto world. So today I bring you Parmesan Bacon Frittata which will give you a whole new and very exciting way to dish up those bacon and eggs.

The way I distinguish between an omelet and a frittata is that with a frittata you saute the fillings and then add the eggs, whereas with an omelet you cook the eggs and then pile the filings on top and fold it over.

I admit I get a kick out of the whole flipping the omelet over part, so I make omelets more often, but frittatas are easier to make, harder to mess up, and a lot easier to eat. We ate this one like a slice of pizza!

Now, the other thing I did when creating this recipe was intentionally use up all the ingredients I had left over from the Orange Thyme Sheet Pan Pork Chops, because I wanted to show you 1. How two dishes with essentially the same ingredient list could give you two entirely different meals (AKA far, far from boring), and 2. How to use up any ingredients you might have left over. I hate food waste, but sometimes when you buy more unusual ingredients for one dish you’re left with some bits and pieces you are not quite sure how to use up.

This technique of creating new recipes with leftovers will help you with your food budgeting, too, and goodness knows food is expensive enough these days without wasting any.

This Parmesan Bacon Frittata is a snap to throw together and will take you just a few minutes to get dinner – or breakfast or brunch – on the table for yourself or your hungry tribe. It will feed 2 – or 1 enormous appetite. Or, if you add a side salad or other veg, it can serve 4. You could even serve it as a side to a steak or a plain pork chop! In this instance it could easily serve 6 or even 8.

Up your frittata game today!