Omelet and a Schmear

Happy New Year my friends and fans!!!  I am SO excited to start this one off right! And like every other 30 something Mom on the planet, I am in resolution mode big time. So there will be a few changes here for as long as health is my priority. Well a semi-priority. Maybe more of a an ideal at this point. I give myself two weeks...

Anyhoo, moving on! I will now be featuring the two egg omelet VS the three Egg omelet. Really there will be no difference in the recipe and you can adjust accordingly as well following my fail-safe tips HERE. By dropping just one egg you lose 70 calories, some cholesterol I guess and you have less room for delicious ass-enhancing filling. Every little bit helps I suppose. Not to say that I am going to do away with all the good fattening stuffs... just reduce the quantity by a little bit and add in a veggie here and there. I refuse to give up my butter though! Weight loss be damned if I can't have some butter!!!

Oh and I'm SO excited to announce that I was given a RAD gift... the Magic Bullet!!  SWOON! Me and my bullet still have some courting to do, but so far I am rather impressed! I will gladly share little tips and tricks I learn along the way!

Alright enough babbling!!  ONTO THE OMELET!!!

Omelet and a Schmear

Ingredients:

canned salmon
cream cheese
green bell pepper
fresh tomato
Havarti cheese
Basic Omelet

Open and drain salmon. Chop up your bell pepper and tomato according to preference. Using about tbsp cream cheese (softened) mix together thoroughly with desired amount of salmon creating a paste (I used the bullet!) Set aside. Add bell pepper to egg mixture and cook your basic omelet. On the flip, schmear your paste on the omelet and fold. Top with Havarti cheese and fresh tomato. Serve and NOMS!

All the things you need to make this beauty!

My new TOY!!

Crappy pic, but here is the basic omelet ready to mix.

Salmon Paste ready to  mix.

I felt the need to post ONE more pic of the bullet magic...

Yeah well, need a little more practice getting the textures right!

This is my official 2 egg omelet pan. Just the right size!

Again, I need some practice with the bullet. Chunky monkey.

Schmeared Omelet

Schmear perfection!

My review:

I made a few rookie mistakes with this one. I really should have sauteed the bell pepper first. It complimented well, but lacked the bold flavor I love. Also, I was a little skimpy with the salmon. I was a little afraid of overwhelming the omelet with a fishy flavor and played it down to much. it fought with the cream cheese rather than flowed. And finally, although I did enjoy the fresh flavor I would most certainly include green onion next time. It was just a little too dull.























Eggnog Cheesecake Omelet (yes, really!)

I know you all have been waiting FOREVER for something new... and I admit to you that I have purposely not been posting omelet's because I do not want to continue to repeat myself over and over. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, so they say.

I am posting in real time, meaning, I am typing this BEFORE I have made this omelet. At this exact moment in time, I haven't a clue what this omelet will taste like, what exactly I am going to put in it, or if it will even resemble something edible at all. I am headed towards the kitchen to embark on an (assumed) unprecedented journey of (potential) omelet genius.

If I don't survive this experiment, know that I love you all.

Eggnog Cheesecake omelet

eggnog (splash)
milk (splash)
cream cheese (2 Oz)
vanilla (splash)
sugar (1 tsp)
cinnamon (dash)
nutmeg (dash)
crushed candy cane
2 eggs

First soften cream cheese in microwave and add sugar. Whip with fork until fluffy and set aside. Crack eggs into bowl and add splash of eggnog...whip then check consistency. If thick, add a splash of milk as well. Add vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon. Whip and cook as you normally would. The omelet WILL brown so don't be alarmed... cook it up proper. On the flip spoon cream cheese mixture into omelet, fold and garnish with crushed candy cane. Then NOMS. And noms you will...

No salt, no pepper...sugary happiness this morning!

Whipped up fluffy cream cheese and sugar

What will this be? What will this do?? ANTICIPATION IS KILLING MEEEE!

Mom has gone crackers this time..

So far, so good... looks ok to me!

I selected a mint chocolate candy cane.. fresh from the Christmas tree!

And then I beat the crap out of it!!!

It is cooking normally! OoOoOoOo....

Browned up like french toast! Without the toast!

Survived the flip (flipped beautifully in fact!)

Ooohhh Holy Noms! Your noms are very NOMMY!

Let this be part of your Holidays! Adopt and Omelet today!

Don't let the skinny fool you! It has flavor and plenty of it!

*Singing Choir*

MY Review:

Wow. All kinds of WOW. It is really and truly PHENOMENAL. This IS the flavor of Christmas, and nothing (and I really mean nothing) I have ever made has tasted so decadent. I must say that is it RICH, too rich to even finish. This is not a breakfast, this is a dessert to be shared with your loved ones on a cold and snowy Christmas Eve. Make this omelet and share it with your besty this Holiday Season. Make it a tradition.

THIS recipe was inspired by my friend, Angela... thank you for the awesome idea! I hope I did it justice!

I AM HEREBY CLAIMING COPY WRITE ON THIS RECIPE>>> THIS IS MY OWN CREATION AND WILL NOT TOLERATE THE FOOD NETWORK STEALING THIS!!  Paula, Alton, Guy.. you hear me???  MINE!!  That being said, if you would like to PRESENT this omelet, I am ready to be contacted!!!



Stuffed Up Omelet... Leftover Series #2

No No, this omelet does not have a cold. It's just all stuffed with stuff and stuffing and stuff. Ya know.. stuff. Like, stuff stuff.

I have to tell you that my leftovers are dwindling quickly... I aced the mashed potato's cuz they just passed up their prime. And I finished of the stuffing. I do, however, have loads of turkey left. So the next few days it will be turked-out omelets. And will NOT include anything else Thanksgiving related. Because I am over it...

Stuffed Up Omelet

Ingredients:

(mostly leftovers)

potatoes (I used cubed/fried)
Mac and Cheese
stuffing
gravy
breakfast sausage (patties)
Basic Omelet

Brown your sausage and set aside. Warm up your leftovers all together. Be sure to get your Mac and Cheese nice and hot, as this is the "cheese" in your recipe. Do up your omelet and add ingredients on the flip, preferably Mac and Cheese side down. Flip and cover in gravy. Have a large appetite for this one!

Sausage patties just a sizzlin' away

Leftovers... *sigh*

Close up of leftovers. WHY? I don't know.

I only used about 1/2 of what I warmed up... stuffing is so stuffy!

Served with a fresh, juicy pear. NOMS.

This is halfway through, and where I stopped. Even my voracious appetite could not conquer this one. Or I am totally over leftovers. Or maybe because I ate 2 of these:

BONUS RECIPE!!!!

These are fine little appetizers my husband calls "croissandles." Passed on from my friend Jennifer Paris. They are decadent and compliment all meals, but none better than breakfast!

Ingredients:

1 Roll Pillsbury Croissants (I use the big size ones)

1/2 roll Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage

1/2 package cream cheese

6 small squares cheddar cheese

Brown sausage till completely done, chopping with spatula until it is fine. Add cream cheese to pan, turn to low-medium heat and melt cream cheese with sausage until they are together as one. Add one piece cheese onto your rolled out Croissants (see package) and spoon mixture on top of cheese. Roll up and fold in the sides. Bake according to package directions. DIVINE.

You should eat this... really.

(tip of the day would normally be here, but I am fresh out of tips today)

My Review:

Even though breakfast sausage brought this half dead filling to life again, I am really over the whole Thanksgiving feast. I really did not enjoy this omelet enough to hoot and holler over it. But it was better then being reheated and stuck on a plate. The Croissandles on the other hand were NOMS and that's what made me smile this morning!!!













Turkey Club Omelet... Leftover series #1

I know for a fact that YOU have turkey leftover. Why do I know? Because the American way is to cook a 20 lb bird only to serve 6 people.. which leaves approximately 389 lbs of turkey leftover... and I am here to help you do something NOMS with it! This is #1 in a series of leftover omelets I plan on making for you. There will be maybe 3-4 depending on how far I wanna push the leftover "expiration date." I am a bit of a dare devil though.

Now I am a little embarrassed... I totally forgot to pick up one essential ingredient for this omelet:  Avocado. Please if you can, add some to yours. It's rather tasty.

Turkey Club Omelet

turkey
cream cheese
diced green chile's
bacon (broken into small pieces)
provolone cheese (sliced)
Italian "everything"  bread
Basic Omelet

Take about 1/4 cup cream cheese and add about 3 tablespoons of green chile. Pop in the ol' microwave for about 30 seconds and stir well. Set Aside.You want the cream cheese soft and spreadable. Start your basic omelet and while cooking warm up desired amount of turkey and bacon (reserve a small amount for topping.) On the flip, spread your cream cheese and chile mixture onto the omelet (reserve small amount for toast) and then turkey and bacon on top. Fold and cover in slices of provolone. Place on plate and microwave omelet for about 15 seconds to help the provolone melt. top with bacon. Toast your Italian bread and spread small amount of cream cheese mixture on the toast. NOMS.

BACON! BACON! BACON!!!!!

Your lovely leftover ingredients

I use a mixture of both white and dark meat.

OH SH&*!!  A SCRAMBLE???

GOTCHA!!  That was my Husband's breakfast!  AHAHHAH!!!

You cream cheese mixture

Shmeared...

I am loving the color scheme! So wintery!

Wow.. is that not gorgeous?

And thanks to my AMAZING "Paint" skills, here is what the avocado would have looked like... And yes I DO like to go that little extra mile for you,  my sweet reader. No extra charge for that. 





#*#*#*#* TIP OF THE DAY: Uuhhh... Yay Holidays!  #*#*#*#

My Review:

Something magical happens when you add cream cheese to food. It forces all the flavors to blend together. Such an amazing flavor combination even without the blessed avocado. A nice way to enjoy the otherwise boring turkey!