Red Bell Pepper Frittata

I told you I like to cook right?  Well some of my friends and I are taking turns making dinner so we can eat home cook food and the other night it was my turn!

For my dinner, I wanted to do something yummy, cheap, and quick.  I am also a HUGE fan of brinner (breakfast for dinner - we might have made that word up but go use it!) so I found this recipe and knew what I was making.

I know you can click that link and see the recipe, but I am going to get through it anyway to give you a few tips I realized while making/eating it!

First the important information:
Calories: 204 (when we entered all the ingredients into our calorie counter, it came up more like 230ish but I think we used cheese that was high in fat - just know that this will vary)
Servings: 4 ( I agree with this, but you def want a side if you're eating it for a meal -  Maybe not at breakfast, but I personally feel like I'd still want a banana on the side)

Ingredients (divided by the steps they will be used in): 

1/2 cup water

1/3 cup uncooked couscous

1 tbsp water

3/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

4 egg whites

3 eggs

1 red bell pepper (it says strips, but it would probably be less awkward to eat if they were in smaller pieces)

1 cup sliced onion

2 garlic cloves, minced 

1/3 cup shredded cheese (really any flavor will work)

How to Make:

Boil 1/2 cup of water. Stir in couscous, remove from heat, cover and let sit for 5 min.

I had to get creative with a cover

In a bowl, combine 1 tbsp water, salt, pepper, egg whites and eggs.

My bowl was a bit too big...

At this point, the recipe ignores these two pieces of your meal until the next step is done, but I realized that the couscous was starting to get hard again and that was not good! So, after the couscous sat for its 5 minutes, I combined it with the egg mixture, this will help the couscous stay soft until you're ready to cook it.

Saute red bell pepper, onion, and garlic in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.  Do this for 5 minutes, or until onion is pretty and brown.  Then, pour in your egg/couscous mixture and make sure your vegetables are nicely spread out.

 See, the strips are a bit weird, cut them up more!

Sprinkle the cheese on top and put into the oven at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Just a tip: since your skillet probably has a plastic handle and you will be putting it in the oven, cover it with aluminum foil to prevent it from melting.  You can see that I did this above. I am not sure why this works but it did for this recipe (online sources I have read say it only works for short amounts of time so don't leave it in there for a half hour).

After taking the frittata out of the oven, let sit for a few minutes and enjoy! I served it with a fruit salad of strawberries, banana, and apple (I'll tell you how I made it in soon) because it seemed like an appropriate breakfast side. It was delicious and I will be cooking with couscous more often now!

A very red and yellow dinner, well coordinated!

Let me know what you think if you try this! Do you have any awesome recipes for me? Are you going to start using the word "brinner"? (You know you want to!)