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@michelleb: They can all be substituted with whatever you have around. The "Wegman's Brand Basting Oil" is just a mixture of cooking oils with some herbs in it--honestly, I don't notice any different taste when I have used it, so I usually just use olive oil. The sliced peppers and onions are just their store-brand pre-sliced peppers and onions. I replace that with 1 bell pepper and 1/2 to 1 red or Spanish onion, diced. All the rest in the recipe can be substituted with any brand of stock or hot cocoa mix or canned diced tomatoes (I like Ro-Tel brand--they don't have exact kind with basil and garlic, but regular Ro-Tel works just as well), etc. It's a pretty forgiving recipe, so you can alter it in any way you like! Honestly, I don't even use the store brand for a lot of the ingredients! :)

I was obsessed with making Spanish tortilla for a while. It's like a potato-onion frittata, except that you make it all on the stovetop. The trick is that you have to flip this half-raw egg mixture in the pan somehow--a very, very messy dish to be obsessed with. I came very close a few times, but my version was ultimately a bit more crumbly than the best tortillas I've had.