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CHEESE OMELETTE

This two-egg cheese omelette is a breakfast classic. For a quick weeknight meal, make our farmer’s filling for added protein and enjoy breakfast for dinner! 

Yield: Serves 1.

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July 02, 2019

CHEESE OMELETTE

Ingredients

  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tbsp water
  • Pinch salt
  • Pinch freshly ground pepper
  • 1 tbsp salted butter
  • 1 - 2 tbsp shredded cheddar cheese
  • Chopped fresh parsley, optional*
  • Farmer’s Omelette Filling, optional*

Directions

  1. Whisk together eggs, water, salt and pepper until blended.
  2. Melt butter in a medium non-stick frypan over medium heat.
  3. Pour egg mixture into frypan. Cook, lifting edges of egg mixture occasionally toward centre of frypan with a spatula, allowing uncooked egg mixture to run underneath. Cook until eggs are set, about 45 – 60 seconds.
  4. Sprinkle cheese over half of egg mixture. With a spatula, lift uncovered half of egg mixture and lay over cheese-covered half. Gently slide omelette onto a plate. Sprinkle with parsley.
Nutritional analysis per serving:

273 Calories, 23.3 g fat, 14.3 g protein, 1.0 g carbohydrate, 0.1 g fibre, 510 mg sodium

Tip: If making more than one omelette, whisk together the corresponding number of eggs and amounts of water, salt and pepper. Make one omelette at a time, using 1/2 cup measures of egg mixture for each omelette.
Farmer’s Omelette Filling

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp salted butter
  • 1 tbsp diced cooked ham
  • 1 tbsp each diced red and green bell pepper
  • 2 thinly sliced mushrooms

Directions

  1. To make a filled variation of Cheese Omelette, melt butter in a medium nonstick frypan over medium heat. Add ham, red and green bell pepper and mushrooms; saute for I - 2 minutes. Transfer ham mixture to a plate; set aside.
  2. Follow recipe directions for Cheese Omelette until eggs are set.
  3. Sprinkle ham mixture and cheddar cheese over half of egg mixture. With a spatula, lift uncovered half of egg mixture and lay over ham and cheese-covered half. Gently side omelette onto a plate. Sprinkle with parsley.
Nutritional analysis per Farmer's Omelette: 369 calories, 31.2 g fat, 18.8 g protein, 4.4 g carbohydrate, 1.5 g fibre, 593 mg sodium