Flamer has gone Mexican!

Flamer, my 3 1/2 QT. Le Creuset Braiser has mostly played a key role in my Indian curries cookings.

But I was inspired by my friend Jeanna's Eetlust blog: http://eetlust.blogspot.com/  She just purchased her 2nd Le Creuset piece in just under under 8 days from buying her first one (I'm so proud of her...I swear, they multiply by themselves!). She blogged a few weeks ago about the frittata that she made with her new little LC frying pan.

I have Brenda, my 8 inch skillet that lives upon Sonny a 2 1/2 Qt sauce pan... but there are 2 of us here in this household, so I felt that the 8 inch skillet was not big enough for breakfast...

So, I decided to use Flamer, who was still drying from last night's Indian delight.  I opened up to the fridge to see who wanted to play this morning... and it was spinach!

We went to costo last week, and I have this enormous go to bag of spinach that is already pre-washed and ready to go! I cut up an onion and sauteed for a few minutes. Thew in 3 huge handfuls of spinach and let it wilt down.  then I added a few scrambled eggs some parmasan cheese, and then threw some mozzarella cheese.

Then I threw that puppy in the broiler... something I have YET to do in Flamer... or any of pans!  It was quite exhilarating! Once all the cheese was melted I took it out and voila! My first ever frittata!

 

 

Plum Delicious

I've been searching for plates for a while now... I hate the plates that I currently have.  I tried to sell them when we went for our "everything must go" sale, since we were moving back to NY...

Well, my favorite plates DID sell, ... my back up plates did not... which become our everyday plates... which I detest.  I didn't hate these plates while I used them as our "company plates."  But I hate them as my everyday plates.

So I've been on the look out for JUST the right set of plates...

These MIGHT be them!  They are from Crate & Barrel and are called Max Plum.
I'm not SOLD on the cups. I don't HATE them, but I don't LOVE them.  I do like the bowls.  Makes me wanna put some soba noodles in them and break out my chop sticks.  I also like how the sides of the plates curve up.  I like the white outside too with the vibrant color in the inside...

I'd like to see them in the flesh. I like to touch things before buying them.  We'll see!