One thing that is always a great standby is the good old omlette. Some eggs and something of your choosing, veggies, meat, cheese or any combination of the 4. Cook on the stove top or bake, either way you have something both tasty and generally somewhat good for you. My friend Loie is a little more health conscious than average and she sent me her suggestion. I'm planning on doing one Omelet recipe each week, so if anyone has a favorite, go ahead and send it on!
One of the tricks to an omelet is to not over cook it. You have to know your technique. If you are a stove top cook then you want to be able to flip the pie at the right time so that it cooks from each side to the middle. If you are an oven cook, then you want to set the temp so that it cooks all the way through without browning the bottom too much. This is Loie's Version...
Ingredients:
6 eggs
2 medium potatoes, diced
1 cup diced veggies ( anything you choose. I like onions and sweet peppers.)
1 Tbsp butter(melted) or olive oil
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375
prepare a clean, 6 0r 8 inch cast iron frying pan by pouring the melted butter or the olive oil into the bottom and making sure it is spread evenly across the pan.
Separate 4 of the six eggs and save the yolks for another recipe. put the whites into a bowl with the other two whole eggs. ( removed from the shells!! )
Beat the eggs until well mixed, if you have an electric mixer make the eggs whip up a little. The more air you get into them the fluffier your omelet will end up.
toss the veggies and potatoes into the eggs an toss lightly, now pour the mixture into your oiled pan.
Set the pan in the oven and set your timer for 15 minutes. when the timer goes off check your omelet, if it appears firm use a spatula to lift the edge, if it is lightly browned you are good. turn off the oven and let the omlette sit for an additional 5 minutes.
Remove from oven, cut and serve.
Eat It!!
After thoughts:
If you wish to make this a romantic dinner ( and it can work well for a little romance) you can make two small omelets and serve with white wine.
To make the cooking time speed up a little bit you can nuke the potatoes so that they need not cook as long, or start with pre-cooked potatoes which make it go even faster!
While it sits in the oven for that last 5 minutes you can garnish with your favorite cheese and allow it to melt in the warm oven.
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My friend Loie has shared a couple more with me, and I thought I would put them up here for y'all to check out. Anyone is welcome to do the same things! Pots away. Who knows what we could discover!!
Hi Karl
This is good,
Two washed camabella mushrooms cut in strips
Onions diced
One med. size potato sliced on the thin side. Put
In frying pan add a little cooking oil and a little water.
add potato and cook till med done then add the onions
and mushrooms. Add low soduim soy sauce Cover and cook slowly for 30 minutes Toss salad
Dinner roll
Chop Suey
Cook
1 pound of lean ground beef ...Seaon to your taste
1 onion diced Cook with the above till done
2 cups of macroni cook elbow macroni so it is ready when the beef is done Drain cooked macroni
Mix together above and add 1/2 can of tomato paste and probably 1can of tomato sauce to your taste
Great with crackers
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