Week 5: The Target Frittata

Instead of making our weekly frittata on Sunday evening, we got to spend some quality time with good friends in our old neighborhood in Brooklyn. A fab friend turned 30 and her hubs & sister threw a surprise party at Sheepstation on 4th and Douglass. Sheepstation has yummy food and wonderful drinks—their dark n' stormy is top notch, a perfect balance of ginger and rum without being overly bitter or sweet.

So...this evening after work I drove to Wegman's only to find myself parking the car closer to Target. I had not been there in over a month and decided it was high time. I wandered around longer than expected and ending up getting very, very tired—I'm still a gal on the mend, so the idea of a trip to Wegman's after Target was daunting. Crossing my fingers, I made my way over to the 'grocery' section of the store and devised a plan for our week 5 frittata. I picked up eggs, tomatoes, basil and mozzarella and threw it in the cart with some pajama pants, mascara and a cute cable knit cardigan (couldn't get those at Wegman's). By the time I got home I was pooped—hubs to the rescue!

6 eggs
1 tomato
6 slices of mozzerela
basil leaves
1/2 shallot
1/2 clove of garlic
s & p to taste

Hubs chopped the shallots and garlic and sauteed them briefly before adding them to the 6 eggs. He placed the slices of tomato, basil and mozzarella on top and then placed the pan in the 350° heated oven. Despite my advice shouted from the couch, hubs did not use the broiler, so the cheese was not as melted as much as it could have been. It was tasty, but pretty basic—which makes sense for a Target frittata.

Advice for next time: Add 2 tbsp of water and/or milk, beat the eggs a little more, this frittata was lacking fluff (I shouted this advice too, but I guess he didn't hear...). Slice the tomatoes & cheese smaller and scatter more basil, so each bite has a mixture of the delicious flavors. And Broil!

P.S. the place mats and napkins are from Target too!
P.S.S. and don't worry, I know that my hubs was really sweet to make the frittata tonight and put up with my micro-managing shenanigans from afar.