An Italian-Style Breakfast skillet is a hearty and delicious combination of red-skinned potatoes, sunny-side-up eggs, onions, sweet mini peppers, baby Bella mushrooms, tomatoes, and fresh spinach, and seasoned with Italian herbs, kosher salt, and freshly ground pepper all in one cast-iron skillet.
Breakfast recipes shouldn’t be so difficult first thing in the morning. It should be a simple task, easy to clean up, and delicious to eat. This Italian Style Breakfast skillet fits the simple and easy part without skimping ingredients.
It’s in my nature to be a big grouch ball in the morning if I wake up on the wrong side of the bed. Look out, and it’s about to hit the fan. The last thing I want to do is be stuck in the kitchen, slaving over a hot stove and cleaning a giant mess.
A few years ago, I happily jumped on the one skillet bandwagon with several recipes. It’s my way of boycotting heavy kitchen duties. This recipe has been one of my favorite way to exercise my right to more morning free time.
Italian-Style Breakfast Skillet
- Two tablespoons of olive oil
- Five medium red-skinned potatoes, sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon of Italian herb blend
- Kosher salt, to taste
- freshly ground pepper, to taste
- One medium onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup sliced baby Bella mushrooms
- Five sweet mini peppers, sliced
- Ten grape tomatoes halved
- 1 /2 of a cup chopped fresh spinach
- 5-6 eggs
- Romano cheese for serving
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- Mini Spinach & Bacon Egg Cups will be another one of your weekend breakfast favorites with you and your loved ones. Combining crisp smoked bacon, eggs, quality phyllo dough, real butter, fresh chopped organic spinach, mild cheddar, sweet Vidalia onions, and seasoned with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Southern Sausage and Biscuits Casserole will take your Brunch Game to a new level of Southern Goodness. Brunch casserole is a cinch since we use frozen potatoes instead of washing, peeling, and dicing vegetables during mid-morning.
- Southern Chocolate Gravy with Bacon is a delicious, decadent Southern-Style gravy made from simple budget-friendly ingredients such as bacon drippings or butter, all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, sugar, milk, a pinch of salt, and smoky crumbled bacon to drive your taste buds over the edge.
Italian-Style Breakfast skillet
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 5 medium red-skinned potatoes sliced
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- ¼ teaspoon Italian herb blend
- Kosher salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 1 medium onion chopped
- ½ cup baby Bella mushrooms sliced
- 5 sweet mini peppers sliced
- 10 grape tomatoes halved
- ½ cup spinach chopped
- 5-6 eggs
- Romano cheese for serving
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Add red-skinned potatoes and season with dried basil, Italian herb blend, salt, and pepper to taste. Cover with a tight-fitting lid and cook until almost cooked through.
- Add chopped onion, sliced baby Bella mushrooms, sliced sweet mini peppers, halved grape tomatoes, and 1 cup of chopped fresh spinach to the cast iron skillet; turn the ingredients a few times to distribute.
- Carefully make 5-6 wells in potato mixture large enough to hold eggs, crack eggs, and place in wells. Cover with a tight-fitting lid and cook till eggs are cooked to your liking.
- Serve immediately. Sprinkle with Romano cheese if desired.
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This was excellent and so simple, clean up was a flash.
Don’t you just love a simple go-to recipe with almost no mess? Thanks for stopping by Jon
This was a great recipe for my In Laws visit. They loved it. I thought it was great too.
I am so thrilled to hear they enjoyed the recipe. Thank you for sharing this with me.
Great recipe Heidy. I pinned this recipe. I would love to have this for dinner too!
You know it’s funny you say that because it’s actually a great dinner idea as well. Thanks for stopping by Cydnee.
Reblogged this on Sarah's Attic Of Treasures and Our Neck Of The Woods and commented:
I love making breakfast skillets like this.
Anything easy makes me happy in the morning lol, thank you so much for the compliment and dropping by!!