Healthy bacon and vegetable frittata

Serves:

Serves 4

Ingredients

• oil spray
• 125g bacon, chopped
• 1 medium leek, roughly chopped
• 2 large tomatoes, roughly chopped
• 50g spinach, chopped
• 6 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 egg whites, lightly beaten
• 1 small avocado, chopped
• fresh parsley to serve

Method

Heat a medium non-stick frying pan over a medium heat, spray with oil and add bacon and leeks.

Cook for 5 minutes, stirring, until leeks have softened.

Add tomatoes and chopped spinach and cook a further 2-3 minutes, or until everything is soft and well mixed.

Lightly spray around the top of the frying pan with oil to ensure eggs don’t stick. Gently whisk the eggs and egg whites together, season with salt and pepper, and add to the pan.

Top with chopped avocado and cook for 5 minutes or until almost set.

Cover with a lid and cook for a further 2-3 minutes or until the firttata is set in the middle.

Serve with a big salad.

Serving Suggestions

Note

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• This recipe was created by Jay Rogers for Kidspot, New Zealand's best recipe finder. You can follow Jay at The Moodie Foodie.