(photo from popsugar.com because they take much better pictures than I do!)
One of my favorite food blogs is called Budget Bytes. The author posts simple and tasty recipes and I like that her motto is "My stomach is full and my wallet is too." One of her recipes we love and ate tonight is Joe's Special. After a little research I discovered that this is a recipe started in the 1920's at a San Francisco restaurant called Joe's (hence the name). You can find lots of variations on the internet, but I've only tried this one so far. We've had it with both ground beef and ground turkey and both work well. We think the thing that makes this so great is the feta cheese. What's not to love about feta? We eat this with toast and a little sriracha sauce because the budget bytes author is obsessed with sriracha and suggested it.
Joe's Special
(click here for original recipe)
INGREDIENTS
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2 Tbsp
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olive oil
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1 small
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yellow onion
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2 cloves
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garlic
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1 lb.
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ground beef
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1.5 tsp
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dried oregano
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1/2 tsp
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salt
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1 Tbsp
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worcestershire sauce
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1/2 lb.
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frozen chopped spinach
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6 large
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eggs
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2 oz.
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feta cheese (optional)
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2 Tbsp
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grated parmesan
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STEP 2: Add the ground beef, oregano, salt, and worcestershire sauce. Cook until the beef is no longer pink, breaking it up into pieces as it cooks (7-10 minutes).
STEP 3: Once the beef is fully cooked, add the frozen spinach. Cook and stir until it has thawed and heated through, breaking up clumps as you go.
STEP 4: Briefly whisk 6 eggs in a bowl. Push the beef and spinach mixture to one side of the skillet (or make a well in the center) and pour in the eggs. Gently scramble the eggs until they are cooked through, but still moist. Try not to mix them into the meat as they cook or you'll have beef coated in egg, rather than clumps of cooked egg. Once the egg is cooked, stir it into the beef mixture and turn off the burner.
STEP 5: Crumble or roughly chop the feta cheese and sprinkle it over the skillet. Also sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese. Stir to combine, taste, adjust the salt if needed, and then serve.
Recipe shared by Carolyn.
