Oh how I hemmed and hawed about sharing this recipe. A recipe so simple that it hardly seems worth mentioning. But sometimes the very best recipes are the simplest. Wouldn’t you agree?
How many times have you tossed out leftover pasta? Maybe you haven’t, but I have certainly been guilty of this. Leftover pasta seems to lose something the next day. But for this recipe it’s just perfect.
Pasta Breakfast Skillet. Now, before you tell me that pasta isn’t for breakfast, I’ll ask you why not? It’s a carb. Pancakes, bagels, and potatoes are all carbs and are breakfast foods.Why not pasta too?
This skillet dish is sort of like a carbonara pancake. Pasta, eggs, Parmesan cheese and bacon. All mixed together and cooked in a skillet just like a pancake. But the beauty of this dish is that you can use pretty much whatever leftovers you have sitting in your fridge.
Bits of ham, peppers and onions, leftover crumbled sausage. Honestly, just about anything works. So, before you toss out that leftover pasta, think breakfast. Pasta, it’s not just for dinner!
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 2 cups leftover cooked pasta
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- ⅓ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- ⅓ cup milk
- Any add ins such as bacon, pancetta, veggies, etc
- Salt and pepper to taste
- In a large skillet, heat butter over medium-high heat.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients. Toss around to evenly coat with egg. Pour into heated skillet and cook until golden brown on each side, about four minutes for each side.
- To make flipping easier, I used two skillets that were the same size. I just topped one with the other and flipped it over.
My sister’s a swimmer and this kind of dish was really popular among the athletes and a staple at my house for a long time. Some pasta, some protein, some veg, you can give yourself a great balanced meal with this kind of dish.
Thanks for reminding me!
You’re welcome! I can totally see how an athlete would appreciate a dish such as this. It certainly gives staying power!
This is close to a recipe from my Italian grandmother – my family loves it – great idea for breakfast!
Yes, I wish I could claim culinary genius for this, but I think I remember this in my Nonna’s kitchen as well.
So this is the one you hinted at on Facebook. I have never done this but will certainly try it out. There are always leftovers to use up in the fridge!!!
This is the dish I mentioned. Almost too easy, lol.
Great recipe! Simple and quick and it uses up that bowl of leftover pasta. I never thought of it. Brilliant!
Thank you. I’m all for recipes that utilize leftovers. Waste not, want not!
I never toss out leftover pasta. And I’ve never had leftover pasta in the form of an omelette before either. So intriguing! Do the bottoms get all crunchy? How’s the texture inside? I imagine the insides to be gooey adn the outsides to be crunchy and lovely.
You’ve got it! Crispy on the outside, gooey in the middle. I bet with all of your noodles over there, this would be easy for you to recreate! I’d love to see your twist. I bet it would be amazing!
Hi there. The current Food on Friday on Carole’s Chatter is collecting links to posts about breakfast dishes. I do hope you link this in. This is the link . Please do check out some of the other links – there are a lot of good ones already. Cheers