My First Fritatta

This was not only the first frittata I've made... it was also the first one I had ever tried. Yep, I'm not sure I've ever had a frittata. So I'm not sure what possessed me yesterday morning to try my hand at making one. I mean, I can't even compare a good one to a bad one. Perhaps it was the thing of mushrooms sitting the fridge that my husband bought for me. I always have mixed feelings when I see a basket of mushrooms in the fridge. Excitement because I rarely get mushrooms - I'm the only one in the house that eats them, and worry - because I'm the only one in the house that eats them... I have to come up with enough things while I have "me" time, that I can make with them. Or things that I can make for everyone... where adding a few mushrooms to a portion of the meal isn't a big deal.

So I got this crazy idea that I was going to make myself a mushroom and onion frittata. And I found a recipe with there ingredients at Eat Me, Delicious. I"m horrible at following recipes. So I read the ingredients, skimmed through the directions and decided I could do it.

I made an individual portion (still too big) with 4 eggs, about 1/3 cup of mushrooms and 1/4 cup of onions. I also didn't have fresh herbs on hand... so I used dry ones.

I was pleased with the flavor... but disappointed in the texture. I think I made one blunder during cooking (and it's a big one). I had never used our broiler before... and so I thought I had turned it on to heat up while I was cooking the egg on the stove top. But when I went to put it in the oven... the oven was still cold. So, the egg sat in the pan cooking while the broiler heated up a bit. I have a feeling that's where the tougher texture came from. The egg as a little chewy. And really, chewy egg is quite disgusting now that I think of it. I did eat nearly half of the frittata, so the flavor must have helped mask the chewiness. Or - I was so desperate to pull it off... I convinced myself that I did. Either way, I was proud of what I came up with since it was a first for me. Now I need to go have a frittata so that I know what they are supposed to taste like. Only problem is... I'm not sure I've ever seen one on a menu. Hmmmm...