The situation.

Here's the deal: there was not enough salmon for just plain salmon fillets, and there was a pound of beautiful asparagus sitting in a cup of water in the fridge, staying fresh and crisp. But I knew it's days of staying fresh and crisp were numbered.

Here's the other deal: Today is Thursday. I think every night this week dinner has either been cereal, or something purchased on our way home from somewhere. I am not proud of that. We generally eat at home every night of the week, so it was time to cook.

The solution ended up being a salmon asparagus frittata, recipe courtesy of Foodnetwork.com . Sometimes my experiments are not so delicious. But tonight it was delightful.

I'm not kidding, give this one a try. It's great to cook outside of the box sometimes. Darin recently found a blog about a guy who cooked 365 different dinners last year. My immediate reaction was, "he must be single, and have no kids." I would never be so ambitious as that guy, but it's certainly refreshing to mix-it-up every once in a while.

P.S. Don't even bother to ask if the kids ate it...the girls enjoyed a delectable serving of Kraft Mac and Cheese. And I believe my boys each enjoyed a heaping bowl of Corn Chex.