a february ambassador challenge - a veggie frittata for my daddio

i made this for lunch on a 1/2 whim.  

my dad came over on valentine's day and i really wanted to make something fun and festive.  

i was on a roll with my coconut yogurt love fest... 

each month, our ambassador community receives monthly challenges and it came to my rescue! welcome to the mullies my little veggie frittata!!!

here's my recipe narrative... 

i opened my fridge, scavenged my onion basket and grabbed what sounded good:

1 fennel bulb (stems and fronds saved for a later dish)

1 turnip (1st time putting that in a dish... for realz)

1 ruby red beet (what a great idea on valentine's day to make everything red, right!?!?)

1 shallot

i chopped the goodies all up and fried it up with some coconut oil in my cast iron.  i fried it low and slow for at least 15 minutes and added some sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.  

next, i cracked four local, pastured raised eggs into a bowl, gave it a splash of light coconut milk and whipped it up with my fork.

then i poured the eggs into the cast iron, gave it a good mix up and let it set for a bit while i sprinkled a weeeeeeee bit of lovely parmesan cheese on top.  oh to hell with my zits.  

lastly, it went into my oven to get bubbly and oh so delishUSly crispy.

i took my picture as soon as it came out of the oven.  

my dad and i enjoyed lunch so much... my favorite part is when he bites into my food while closing his eyes, chews for a bit and then looks up and says, "you are such a great cook".  

sometimes i really make some magic.

so when my kids & hubby don't super love and appreciate my made.from.scratch.food and give me "bologna-pony", i just think about him and how much he would love it.  

you always loved watching me play "balls out" on the field and now we get to eat "balls out real food" together for the rest of our days.  how lovely is that?

i adore being a human garbage disposal with you... 

love you dad:)

xoxo

ps

and jamie o is right about this frittata popping the perfect leftover for your lunchbox... i had a wedge the second day and the third for breakfast and lunch.  

a february everyday chopped salad challenge

ah yeeeeeaaaaaaaa, here we go...the mullies kitchen tackled the #1 february ambassador challenge: 

jamie o's everyday green chopped salad 

a few of our in-town & out-of-town family stepped up to the cutting boards to show off their serious, mad veggie-chopping skills.

huh-HAH!!!!  play it and let's get our chop chop on.

amy sliced and diced the majority of our green salad players.  she was fast as lightening and had expert timing chopping up the cucumbers, sprouted pea shoots, scallions, basil, romaine and red leaf lettuce.

casey had a virgin voyage separating the rainbow chard leaves from the stalks.  with funky ability, she went straight from the hip and used a careful swing of the hand.  instead of discarding the stalks, i explained how to chop them up like celery and add them to the wonderfulness.  thanks again sarah, georgie and ginny for this super tip...don't throw em out, EAT THE STALKS!!!

ryan wielded yet another sword to make it an island slicing trifecta and gave a rough chop to some cremini mushrooms.  huh-HAH!

pat smelling the basil - mmmmmmm, so delicious and such an unexpected ingredient for the salad.  none of us had ever put basil into a salad before and we really loved it.  chop chop chop.

the salad dressing turned out ahmazing...nothing beats homemade, fresh dressing...  

NOTHING, NOT KNOW HOW!

TA-DAH!!!!!

here are the super colorful, organic additions we added to our chopping block:

cherry tomatoes

yellow and red pepper

cremini mushrooms

swiss chard leaves and stalks (chopped)

walnuts

i burned my nuts...darnit.  somebody karate chopped me and i forgot to watch them.

now onto the rest of this fabuloso meal - HUH-HAH!!

i prepared my first vegan meatballs recipe.  i think the only improvement would have been some additional spices to kick it up a notch.  i bet you're wondering what in the world is in this concoction!!!??  check the link out, this whole foods recipe is really genius.  

i followed the recipe to a T.

 vicki and kevin are expert meatball handlers.  remind me to close the door to my bathroom next time...

the tray on the right holds some trader joe's turkey meatballs...a mix is always a good time.  

here was our night's menu in full:

jamie oliver's chopped everyday salad

vegan meatballs

turkey meatballs

organic marinara sauce

brown rice 

organic brown rice pasta

yup, that's all that was left...and i ate them all for lunch yesterday.  little miss piggy panda.

we chopped our little hearts out and stuffed our faces quite full.  the evening was yumtastic and so very happy - thanks for that new word vicki...i'm all over it!  oh, and sorry kevin, i didn't have another picture without your face getting chopped off.  HUH-HAH!!!!!!!!

ps

does anyone know how to chop onions without crying?

i'd really like to know.