Hmm, what do you do when you are leaving on vacation in two days and have 10 eggs, Gruyère and a big bundle of asparagus in the fridge? Frittata!

This is one of our favorite weekend breakfasts, except this time we made it for dinner. We had too few eggs (it called for 12) and too much asparagus, but it still turned out tasty as usual. When you bite into a pocket of Gruyère, it's heavenly.

Ingredients	Jonas thinking he's cute by cracking an egg with his teeth. More amusing is the following scene in which he rushes to the sink to spit and wash his mouth out, exclaiming, "That egg touched a chicken's butt!"
Chopped asparagus cooking on the stove	Asparagus, ham and gruyère frittata
Asparagus, ham and gruyère frittata

Recipe source: America's Test Kitchen

For this recipe we were working with two recipes from two different sources. The brisket came from a WS cookbook and the potatoes from ATK (see sources below). The mashed potatoes are made with an astonishing 22(!) cloves of garlic!

At one point the brisket in the oven for 2+ hours, so this meal definitely wasn't quick and painless, but it wasn't too tricky to prepare either. The end result was slightly drier than anticipated, so we may have needed to baste more frequently.

Ingredients for braised brisket with port wine	Julia peeling 22 roasted garlic cloves
Cookies?! How did those get in this recipe? :)	The brisket and its pot companions, just before heading into the oven
Garlic mashed potatoes, ready to serve	Jonas carefully slicing the brisket
Jonas carefully slicing the brisket

Recipe sources: Brisket: Williams Sonoma Simple Classics, Garlic mashed potatoes: America's Test Kitchen