A Sunday Fritata on Tuesday

It's been a week, let me tell you. I don't know what I did to make the technology gods so angry with me, but just about every electronic gadget in my life has decided it's time to "kick it up a notch". (You should pardon the expression). My computer began making strange noises, and my mouse was frozen. My computer at work has been acting as though someone has spilled molasses in it. I can click on a document to open it and go treat a patient, knowing that it will be open when I get back, but not much before.

I bought a new cell phone because my other one died. The woman at the store told me that I could use my new cell phone as an MP3 player. Cool! I'm going to be on a very long flight in the near future....maybe an MP3 player will come in handy. "All you have to do is get a card at Frye's." So I go to Frye's, wave my cell phone at someone and ask "How do I turn this into an MP3 player?" "Oh......go down that aisle, turn right, and when you get to the desk down there, ask one of the guys to get you a blah blah card. (Do I remember? Not at all.) So I go to the appropriate desk, ask one of the guys and he knew exactly what I was talking about. Found it in a heartbeat, he did. I walked out of there feeling quite ecstatic about the possibility of having a couple hundred songs in my phone. Got home, figured out where that little thing went, inserted it, closed the back and then looked at my phone. How was I supposed to get the songs into the phone? I didn't want to pay for them, as I have quite a few in my computer and on discs.

Back to Frye's, and this time it took a while for the guy to figure out what my question was about. "How do I get the songs into my phone?" You need a card." "I have a card. How do I get the songs from my computer into my phone?" The light bulb went on, and he showed me a cable that I needed, which would hook my phone up to my computer. Yes!! This time when I got home, I managed to create a playlist and download it into my phone.

Where are they? I haven't a clue. I've looked for them, but they don't seem to show up on any list in my phone. But the little chip in there supposedly has something on it, according to what my computer is telling me. (And I won't go into buying the back-up external hard drive. After all, I'm not here to drive you nuts!)

This world has gotten complicated. For some of you, all of this sounds ridiculously simple. You were born at a time when this stuff was just part of what you learned, like riding a bike. For me, it is complicated. I know that at some point, it will not be complicated. I can and will learn it. But right now, it takes up so much time, when all I want to do is seek solace in the simplicity of a meal.

So sit down and join me, won't you? We're having a fritata with onions, tomatoes and roasted asparagus. I think I read 2 blogs last week about roasted asparagus. ThenI found some on sale. Need I say more?

I read about fritatas in both The Joy of Cooking and Marcella Hazan's "More Classic Italian Cooking". You can pretty much mix anything in with the eggs and then pour the mixture into the pan. That's the basic difference between a fritata and an omlette, it seems. In Italy, the "filling" is mixed in with the eggs. Ahhh...simplicity! I had an onion, a tomato, and a lot of asparagus which I had roasted.

1 onion, diced

1 tomato, sliced

5-6 roasted asparagus

6 eggs, beaten, using only 3 yolks. (My reduced fat version).

1 TBS Earth Balance (Or butter, if you wish).

Since I prefer my onions well cooked, I heated the pan, put the Earth Balance in and added the onions, cooking them until toasty.

Cut the asparagus into bite-sized pieces.

Add asparagus and tomatoes to the eggs.

When the onions have cooked, pour the egg mixture into the pan.

Allow to cook over medium heat until the bottom has set and there's only a little bit of runny egg on top.

Place in the oven under the broiler until the top has cooked and the eggs are set.

Serve slices with crusty bread.

It's hard to stop at one slice, I know. Especially when you're seeking comfort in simplicity. Go ahead -- help yourself to another slice....

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