The overstuffed omelette

Spinach and mushroom omelette with Gruyere cheese.

This morning I made one of the best omelettes I have ever tasted. And no, I am not biased...

Did I overstuff the omelette with veggies? Definitely. I put in so much veggie filling that I could barely fold it over.

For the filling I chopped up 4 button mushrooms and 1/2 of an onion and they went into a skillet on low heat with a little bit of Earth Balance spread.

When the onion was translucent and the mushrooms tender, I tossed in 2 cups of chopped fresh spinach. I let that cook down until it was wilted then I pulled it out of the pan and set the mixture aside. Oh, and I did end up shredding a small amount of Gruyere cheese and adding that to the mushroom/spinach mix.

I whisked 1 whole egg and 3 egg whites together with a pinch of salt and pepper and 1/2 tsp. of water. I added a tiny bit more of the Earth Balance spread to the pan, turned the heat to low and added in the egg mixture.

Swirl the skillet a bit so that the egg mixture spreads evenly across the bottom of the pan. Then cover the skillet and let the egg mixture cook for a few minutes.

When the egg mixture is almost set, spoon in the filling into the center of the pan. Carefully loosen the edges of the omelette and gently flip the omelette in half. 

I also had some country potatoes and some plump ripe strawberries on the side.

And I always love a healthy squirt of ketchup on my country potatoes.

 Oh, and one huge mug of coffee.

I will tell you all about my trip to Ikea a little later.

Happy Saturday everyone!

Seaside Brunch

Everyone else was content to hang out and chat this morning so we didn't end up heading out to brunch until 11am.

We decided to go to Toasties in downtown Pacific Grove.

More coffee!

My niece chose scrambled eggs with potatoes and toast.

I was in the mood for eggs over easy and potatoes.

My other niece enjoyed bacon and banana chocolate chip pancakes.

MMM, bacon...

Banana chocolate pancake.

Then fueled by copious amounts of caffeine and sugar (is there any better combination) we did the next logical thing.


Manicures!


My niece went from this:

Pre-manicure.

To this:

Post-manicure.

My hands were transformed from this naked state:

Pre-manicure.

To this:

Post-manicure.

Now it is time to shop!

Breakfast out at home

I felt like going out for breakfast this morning.

But, since I am trying to practice more self-control and stay focused on a task, I decided to make a breakfast out at home.

One egg over-easy, country potatoes and a side of fruit.

Oh, and the most important element - a bottomless mug of coffee!

The best part about having breakfast out at home? Everything was cooked just the way I like it - the country potatoes were extra crispy - the egg was over easy but just a touch on the medium side and the coffee was really strong :-)

I have finally found a cooking method for the cubed potatoes that works well. Usually, I have to resort to adding water in at the end because the potatoes are browned but not tender.

Today I started the potatoes off on medium-high heat with some coconut oil. I tossed them about three times until they just started to get some color.

Then I turned down the heat to medium-low and let them cook for another 10 minutes - tossing occasionally.

Yup, the trick to country potatoes is patience :-)