Omelet

How can you go wrong with an omelet? I can eat one for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Wait. I would eat anything for any meal. Steak for breakfast? Yes, please!

An omelet can be a great source of nutrition. It is easy and fast to make, and it can be a complete meal. Yet, omelets are easy to mess up. The trick is getting the egg cooked thoroughly and I'm going to share my trick with you.

Ingredients
Filling (your choice)
Two eggs
Butter (1/2 a tablespoon)
Milk (1/2 of 1/4 cup)
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions
1. Heat a small frying pan to low-medium heat.
2. Prep all the stuff you want in your omelet by chopping/dicing/grating into desired size. All pieces should at be least bite-sized. For this meal, I chose tomato, cheese and broccoli, but I've also used ingredients such as diced lunch meat and frozen vegetables. An omelet is versatile and it's a great way to utilize leftovers!
3. Stir-fry any ingredients that need to be cooked and set aside all of the filling.


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4. For one person, break two eggs into a bowl, add approximately 3/4 of a 1/4 cup of milk, and add salt and pepper to taste. Mix the whites and yolks lightly so that the mixture is yellow and there are big bubbles on the surface. You don't want to mix it into a froth because it'll make the eggs come out tough.


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5. Melt some butter in the pan. Butter is good for your body. (I'm not kidding. Butter is a great source of real vitamin A, D, K, E and protein. Butter substitutes = ew and bad for you.)
6. Pour the egg mixture into the pan. Now here is the trick to getting the egg cooked through: As you see the edges harden, use your spatula to gently pull the edge toward the center of the pan and tip the pan so that the wet egg fills in. Continue doing this all around the edges until there isn't any wet egg left to fill in the edges. The surface will still be moist.


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7. If you are using cheese, spread it all over the egg. Put the rest of the filling onto one half of the egg and use the spatula to fold the egg over the filling.


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8. After a few minutes, take the pan and flip it over onto a plate. Voila! Done.


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