Pulled Pork & Potato Frittata

One thing I dislike quite a lot is food waste. By this I mean the fresh foods and leftovers that households throw away every day. There's not a lot of food that gets thrown in the bin here, mostly because I try and re-use leftovers from one day in a meal for the next. I make a rough meal planner for the week which I use when doing the online shop, but it's usually really flexible and I don't stick to it rigidly, especially if there are foods that need using up.

Last week I cooked a shoulder of pork in the slow cooker and made pulled pork for dinner. There was some leftover but I knew it wouldn't be enough to go around 4 or 5 of us the following day, so I decided to be creative with it, along with some leftover boiled potatoes from the allotment (there was rather a lot of these!), and some green beans.

Frittatas are a great way to use leftovers as, I suppose, it's a bit like a bubble and squeak made with the leftovers from a roast dinner, with the addition of eggs. 

This can be eaten warm or cold, and is great for taking on a picnic.

Pulled Pork & Potato Frittata 

2 tbps olive oil

leftover boiled potatoes, sliced

leftover green beans

leftover pulled pork

6 eggs

splash of milk

approx 100g cheddar cheese, grated

• Heat the oil in a large non stick frying pan
• Add the potatoes and fry until lightly browned on both sides
• Add the pulled pork and green beans, and fry gently, dispersing evenly in the pan
• Beat the eggs with the milk and pour into the pan
• Cook gently until slightly wobbly on the top
• Scatter the grated cheese over the top
• Place under a hot grill until bubbling and golden grown

A couple of days later I still had lots of allotment potatoes, along with some chorizo left over from my chicken & chorizo paella, and made a chorizo & potato frittata in much the same way as this one, with the addition of some red pepper and chopped tomato.