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By Linda Larsen, About.com

Pasta Frittata

Pasta Frittata

Linda Larsen
There's something very comforting about coming home to your cozy house after a hard day of work or school and making and eating breakfast foods. And in these days of rising prices, breakfast recipes are less expensive than traditional dinner recipes.

Pancakes, waffles, egg, and cheese dishes are easy to make, use ingredients you most likely have on hand, and taste wonderful too. Plus, kids love the novelty of eating breakfast foods in the evening.

You can even make many of these recipes ahead of time. Pancakes and waffles freeze well. It's easy to reheat waffles in the toaster or toaster oven, and pancakes thaw and reheat well in the microwave oven. You can also use your crockpot for egg dishes that cook all day and are ready for you when you get home.

Breakfast Recipes

  • Corn Waffles
    These waffles are excellent made ahead and frozen, then just reheated by popping into your toaster. Serve them the traditional way with maple syrup and butter, or top with a spicy salsa with black beans stirred in.
  • Classic Pancakes
    Classic pancakes are so easy to make. Just follow directions carefully, and measure carefully and you'll serve the best pancakes ever.
  • Waffle Wiches
    These delicious sandwiches are cooked on a waffle iron for really great texture and crispiness. Use any filling you like in this easy recipe.
  • Make Ahead Waffle and Pancake Batter
    Make this easy batter the night before, then come home and start cooking waffles and pancakes.
  • Apricot Waffles
    Vary the type of fruit preserves you use for these delicious waffles. They're equally good using frozen prepared waffles or your own homemade.
  • Blueberry Pancakes
    These light and fluffy pancakes are stuffed full of luscious blueberries. Look in your supermarket for different flavored syrups to serve with pancakes or waffles - blueberry would be wonderful!
  • Oven Puffed Pancake
    This huge pancake, which is really a big popover, bakes in the oven so everybody gets a fresh hot chunk of pancake at the same time.
  • Crockpot Cobbler
    I think a fabulous dinner would be some simple scrambled eggs, a few spicy pork sausage patties, and this apple cobbler served warm from the crockpot. Try it!
  • Scrambled Eggs
    This excellent recipe for scrambled eggs cooks them in a double boiler. They're totally creamy, fluffy, and delicious.
  • Egg and Vegetable Stack
    Make a couple of small omelets, then layer them with vegetables and salsa for a great breakfast/dinner entree.
  • Scrambled Eggs with Spinach
    Fresh spinach wilts into hot, fluffy scrambled eggs for added color, flavor, and nutrition. Yum.
  • Cheesy Pasta Frittata
    A frittata is an excellent recipe for those who aren't quite confident enough to try an ethereal omelet. This recipe uses leftover cooked pasta to make a delicious dish.
  • Breakfast Strata
    Make this delicious casserole the night before, or even the morning you're planning on serving it for dinner. Use your favorite cheeses and sausages in this recipe; vary the vegetables too, if you like.
  • Baked Omelet
    Bake a larger omelet in the oven and serve everybody at once!
  • Crockpot Egg Casserole
    This crockpot recipe has it all! Eggs, hash brown potatoes, vegetables, and cheese cook all day to perfection and is ready when you are.
  • Hash Brown Omelet
    Potatoes and eggs are a natural combination, and so delicious in this easy, savory omelet.
  • Swiss Eggs
    When I was a teenager, recovering from just about any illness, I requested Swiss Eggs for my first meal as a healthy person. I love the combination of mustard, eggs, and cheese in this easy recipe. It's mild, but delicious and savory. What's odd is they are called 'Swiss' eggs, but there's no Swiss cheese in them!
  • Eggs Lorraine
    This easy casserole layers eggs with link sausages and cheddar cheese. It's really luscious.
  • French Toast
    I love French Toast. Serve it with maple syrup, butter and powdered sugar (my personal favorite), or try a mixture of chopped tomatoes and some fresh herbs.

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