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#WFD – Baked Vegetable and Cheese Frittata

Remove from the oven, slice into wedges and serve with salad and crispy potato wedges

POLOKWANE – A frittata is an egg-based Italian dish similar to an omelette or crustless quiche or scrambled eggs, enriched with additional ingredients such as meats, cheeses or vegetables.

The word frittata is Italian and roughly translates to “fried”.

What’s for Dinner says if you’re looking for vegetarian recipes, this is a versatile must-try. Choose any vegetables you want for this cheesy baked frittata dish.

Ingredients

  1. 500g assorted roasting vegetables, chopped
  2. 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  3. 15ml sunflower oil
  4. 6 eggs
  5. 125ml milk
  6. 60ml cheddar cheese, grated
  7. 1 x KNORR Creamy Cheese Veggie Bake Sauce

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C
  2. Grease and line a 23 cm (7 cm deep) cake tin
  3. Arrange vegetables and garlic on the base then drizzle with oil and mix well
  4. Roast in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until the vegetables are tender
  5. In the meantime whisk together the eggs, milk, cheese and contents of the sachet of KNORR Creamy Cheese Vegetable Bake and pour the egg mixture over the vegetables
  6. Bake at 200°C for 20-25 minutes or until the egg mixture is set and golden brown
  7. Remove from the oven, slice into wedges and serve with salad and crispy potato wedges

Want to go healthier? Use low fat milk instead of full cream milk when preparing the frittata

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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